A planned overhaul of Frisco Commons Park, with a new playground built for all ages and a splash pad, could get $1.277 million from Collin County's parks bond program.
A county advisory panel, the Collin County Parks Foundation Advisory Board, has recommended that amount for the city's Frisco Commons Reinvestment project, and the award is on the consent agenda for the Commissioners Court's 1:30 p.m. meeting on Monday, Oct. 12, in McKinney. Frisco asked for $2 million.
The board's spreadsheet says it favored partial funding because of the money available, and it lists the project's total cost at $10 million.
What the city plans
The 8000 McKinney Road park sits beside The Grove at Frisco Commons, the city-run center for active adults. A 2025-26 review of city park property identified it as needing reinvestment, according to a June memo from park planner Daniel Barron.
On June 16, the City Council voted 5-0, as part of its consent agenda, to hire Celina-based LANDARC Studio to design the work under a contract worth up to $1,243,700, paid for with park dedication fees. That agreement describes an estimated construction budget of about $11 million, not counting design.
The design scope includes:
- a playground focused on inclusive play for several generations, redesigning the park's Hope Park Playground
- an interactive splash pad of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 square feet
- an expanded community garden, known as The Harvest at Frisco Commons,
- a shade structure or pavilion, new walkways, flexible lawn and paved spaces, and benches and drinking fountains
- updates to two existing restroom buildings, from paint and fixtures to possibly new roofs
- an expanded parking lot, possibly including paving gravel Sycamore Street, plus new entry signs
- drought-tolerant and native trees and plantings, drainage work and irrigation
The contract calls for the designers to meet with community members who helped create the original Hope Park Playground to hear ideas for its replacement, and to hold up to one community meeting on concept plans if needed.
Timeline
The memo put the start of design in spring 2026 and projected that construction would begin in late 2027, between October and December. The council will award the construction contract separately once design is finished.
