\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlano officials hosted the city\u2019s annual State of the City on Feb. 3, reflecting on Plano\u2019s \u201cnext chapter of excellence\u201d and milestones from the past year.<\/p>\n
What happened<\/p>\n
Mayor John Muns said the city has focused on economic development in 2025, highlighting corporate relocations to Plano throughout the year, including Sally Beauty, Ryan, USAA and most recently, AT&T.<\/p>\n
\u201cCompanies have big choices, and they\u2019re choosing Plano,\u201d Muns said. \u201cThat says a lot about who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
AT&T\u2019s new headquarters<\/a> will be located at 5400 Legacy Drive, which is part of the former Ross Perot Electronic Data Systems campus at the intersection of Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive.<\/p>\n The city of Plano and developer NexPoint were in the process of redeveloping the site as the Texas Research Quarter, a planned life sciences and innovation district.<\/p>\n \u201cWith more projects like AT&T and Texas Research Quarter coming our way, Plano\u2019s next chapter will continue to set the standard for regional leadership as a model of growth and sustainability,\u201d Muns said.<\/p>\n A representative from NexPoint declined to comment on how the relocation affects plans for the research quarter. However, Plano Planning and Zoning commissioners recently approved a zoning change<\/a> for the site ahead of AT&T’s relocation.<\/p>\n Zooming in<\/p>\n Muns also made note of Plano’s upcoming withdrawal election from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system, stating \u201cthe way people move is changing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been over 40 years since Plano joined DART,\u201d Muns said. \u201cThe question now is does today\u2019s system serve the Plano of the future?\u201d<\/p>\n Since Plano City Council voted<\/a> to call the special election, nearly half of DART\u2019s 13 member cities have now scheduled withdrawal elections, including Highland Park, University Park, Irving, Farmers Branch and Addison.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are decisions that belong to our residents, and we want everyone to be informed about transit options ahead of this year\u2019s election,\u201d Muns said.<\/p>\n Over the last several months, Plano officials have been working<\/a> to create an alternative microtransit and paratransit system in the city. According to city documents<\/a>, Plano City Council is set to consider a contract with Via, a \u201cone-stop shop\u201d for microtransit and paratransit services, at its Feb. 9 meeting.<\/p>\n One more thing<\/p>\n Muns and other Plano leaders also highlighted the city\u2019s investment in infrastructure and public safety over the past year, including:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plano officials hosted the city\u2019s annual State of the City on Feb. 3, reflecting on Plano\u2019s \u201cnext chapter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[6861,49477,49467,49459,49457,49469,49461,49462,49458,49460,49478,49475,49472,49474,49473,49471,160,49466,49468,162,49463,49476,161,49470,49464,49465],"class_list":["post-152912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-att","tag-att-ceo-john-stankey-statement","tag-att-dallas-fort-worth-consolidation","tag-att-global-headquarters-relocation","tag-att-headquarters","tag-att-headquarters-move-2028","tag-att-legacy-district-campus","tag-att-north-texas-expansion","tag-att-plano","tag-att-plano-headquarters","tag-community-impact-plano-business-news","tag-dallas-fort-worth-metroplex-business-growth","tag-legacy-drive-plano-development","tag-north-texas-corporate-headquarters","tag-parkwood-boulevard-legacy-drive-campus","tag-planning-and-zoning-commission-plano-feb-2","tag-plano","tag-plano-corporate-campus-development","tag-plano-economic-development-news","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-legacy-district-development","tag-plano-life-sciences-innovation-district","tag-plano-news","tag-plano-zoning-change-eds-campus","tag-ross-perot-eds-campus-redevelopment","tag-texas-research-quarter-plano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}