By Sammy Gardner

 

Phillips Creek Ranch is a 950-acre masterplanned community in West Frisco.  The rolling terrain and character of the land is ideally suited to be developed as an upscale community that will include over one hundred acres of open spaces, lakes, an extensive creek system, spacious parks and eleven miles of hike and bike trails.  Currently in the early construction stages, Phase I is scheduled to open late in 2012 with presales currently under way.  Phillips Creek Ranch will eventually have more than 3,700 homes at completion and over 12,000 residents.  The first subdivision within Phillips Creek Ranch will be called Sheridan and will include 547 homes with a price range of $300,000 to $1,000,000.

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FRISCO ADOPTS $90 MILLION BUDGET, MAINTAINS CURRENT TAX RATE 

 
By Sammy Gardner

 

(September 20, 2012) The City of Frisco’s tax rate will be $0.461910 per $100 of property value for the 
next fiscal year.  This tax rate was the same during the last fiscal year (FY12).    

The average home value for FY13 is $287,800, which is a 0.95% increase over the previous year’s average
home value of $285,093.  That means the average homeowner will pay approximately $7 more in property 
taxes during the new fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2012.  

During the September 18 City Council meeting, the Frisco City Council voted to adopt a $90.2 million (approximate) General Fund budget for FY13.  

Most notably, the new General Fund budget allows the City of…

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