EVERY CITY HAS A STORY. OURS BEGAN AS A SMALL OUTPOST ON THE SHAWNEE TRAIL,
WHICH RAN FROM SOUTH OF AUSTIN, 
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UP THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND BEYOND. TEXAS RANGERS EXPLORED THE SHAWNEE TRAIL IN ROUTE TO
MARKETS IN THE MIDWEST. 
          IN 1902, THE SAINT LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY WAS BUILT IN THIS AREA. 
          A GROUP OF SETTLERS WERE ALREADY HERE, ALONG WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE PRESTON RIDGE. 
          IN A SMALL COMMUNITY CALLED LEBANON, THIS NEW RAILWAY LINE NEEDED WATERING HOLE STOPS FOR
ITS STEAM ENGINES. 
          LEBANON'S ELEVATION ALONG THE PRESTON RIDGE WAS TOO HIGH,
SO IT WAS PLACED ABOUT FOUR MILES TO THE WEST ON LOWER GROUND. 
          A COMMUNITY GREW AROUND THIS TRAIN STOP. IT WAS A PLACE FOR PIONEERS IN HONOR OF THIS NEW
RAIL LINE. 
          RESIDENTS NAMED THE TOWN FRISCO. FRISCO REMAINED RELATIVELY SMALL THROUGHOUT THE 1900S AND
HAS EXPLODED OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, GROWING BY OVER 500% TO A POPULATION OF ALMOST 250,000. 
          THIS REMARKABLE STORY CONTINUES TODAY. FRISCO'S SUCCESS HAS BEEN UNRIVALED. 
          FRISCO IS NOW THE PROUD HOME OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. 
          THE PGA OF AMERICA. FC DALLAS. A GROWING LINEUP OF THE FINEST HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY AND THE PREMIER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GRADE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE STATE
OF TEXAS. 
          THE BREATHTAKING PROGRESS IN FRISCO THIS PAST YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. 
          OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE SAW THE 3 BILLION DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS THE MIX ALONG THE TOLLWAY IN
SOUTH FRISCO START TO TAKE SHAPE. 
          THE EXPANSIVE TOYOTA STADIUM RENOVATIONS BEGAN IN A BIG WAY. 
          THE INITIAL PHASE OF OUR 1000 ACRE GRAND PARK BROKE GROUND. 
          THE GRAND OPENING OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND UNIVERSAL KIDS RESORT,
THE FIELDS WEST DEVELOPMENT, WENT VERTICAL WITH A HALF DOZEN CRANES UP. AT THIS VERY MOMENT,
FRISCO ISD OPENED THE DOORS TO ITS 1200 SEAT VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL FRISCO,
MAIN STREET AND THE RAIL DISTRICT MILESTONES WERE COMPLETED. 
          THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW VISION FOR OUR BELOVED DOWNTOWN. 
          THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE 200 PLUS ACRE FIREFLY PARK,
LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF FRISCO. 
          THE EXPANSION OF THE COLLIN COLLEGE FRISCO CAMPUS WITH A 120 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT
HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND HALL PARK, ONE OF OUR LONG TIME VISIONARY PARTNERS, BROKE GROUND ON A NEW TEN STORY OFFICE TOWER
CALLED THE TERRACES AND ANNOUNCED AN EXPANSION TO THE BEAUTIFUL KALEIDOSCOPE PARK. 
          NOW MORE THAN EVER, FRISCO IS A PLACE FOR PIONEERS. 
          IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE 23RD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO. 
          THE STATE OF OUR CITY IS STRONG. WE ARE A CITY RESPECTFUL OF OUR PAST AND FOCUSED ON THE
FUTURE. 
          FRISCO IS FAST MOVING FORWARD LOOKING AND HAS ALL THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORLD RIGHT IN
FRONT OF IT. 
          IT IS NOW TIME FOR US, ALL OF US, TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY
THAT IS FRISCO, TEXAS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.