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WEInspireTX Women’s Entrepreneur Summit Returns for Its Second Year, Empowering Women to Achieve Business Success

Calling all aspiring women entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts! The highly anticipated WEInspireTX Women’s Entrepreneur Summit is back for its second year. It is ready to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit and provide a platform for women to excel in their business endeavors. This empowering event will occur on November 15, 2023, at the prestigious Accasisa’s Event Venue in Fairview, TX. WEInspireTX …

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Fairview Texas Receives $8 Million Grant for Fairview Parkway Extension

Exciting news for the residents and businesses in the Town of Fairview, as the town has been awarded an impressive $8 million Collin County grant for the extension of Fairview Parkway. This substantial funding will be pivotal in enhancing regional traffic movement and unlocking further development opportunities in the rapidly growing area. Let’s delve into the details of this significant …

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Fairview Commerical Real Estate Developer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Dallas Business Journal Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Lucy Billingsley The Dallas Business Journal recently announced its Best Real Estate Deals finalist and the Lifetime Achievement winner for 2023. Lucy Billingsley, Billingsley Company has been selected as the lifetime achievement award winner. Billingsley, who announced plans to develop the 242-acre track in Fairview, TX, in 2020, has had a lifelong …

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Collin County Selects Lone Star PACE For C-PACE Administrator

Lone Star PACE named program administrator for Collin County C-PACE program to assist with low-cost financing for qualified energy and water efficiency upgrades in the county. C-Pace Program Administrator Selected Frisco-based registered municipal advisory firm Lone Star PACE was selected by Collin County Commissioners Court as the Program Administrator for the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. C-PACE provides long-term, attractive …

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Quinn Graduates from the Advanced Economic Development Leadership (AEDL) Program 

“Super” Dave Quinn, CEcD, recently completed a two-week Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master Economic Development Practitioner (MEDP) certificate. Mr. Quinn has been in economic development for 19 years.  AEDL is a collaboration of four universities – Clemson University, The University of Southern Mississippi, Texas Christian University, and the University of New Mexico. These four universities …

Disaster Assistance for Texans Impacted by Severe Winter Weather

On February 19, 2021 the federal government issued a major disaster declaration for Texas due to the recent severe winter weather. The declaration provides for direct assistance for disaster survivors in 77 counties, including Collin County. The Individual Assistance (IA) authorized by the declaration is provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This assistance can include grants for temporary housing …

Business and Residential Storm Recovery and Relief for Collin County

Just like millions of households across our state, many small businesses were also impacted by the severe winter storm last week. Local businesses play a critical role in making Collin County the remarkable community it is today and I wanted to ensure business owners have information on the programs and resources that may be available. As a result of the Disaster Declaration, …