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Pedestrians walk along the Frisco Main Street promenade in summer 2020. Business owners had mixed reviews on whether the promenade helped or hurt their revenue. On Tuesday, March 9, the Frisco Town Council decided to bring the promenade back this summer. Photo from town of Frisco The Frisco Pedestrian Promenade will return to Main Street this summer, and with more than three months to plan, officials are hopeful they’ll be able to improve on the concept from last year. The Frisco Town Council discussed the future of the promenade during a work session Tuesday, March 9, and while a consensus...

Flames flare from a grill June 15, 2019, during the 26th annual Colorado BBQ Challenge on Main Street in Frisco. Officials will be taking a close look at the BBQ Challenge as they evaluate what events best fit the town's vision moving forward. Photo by Hugh Carey / Summit Daily archives The Frisco Town Council held a high-level conversation about how to approach events moving forward, hoping to take advantage of the year-plus drought of gatherings to ensure the town’s festivals, concerts and contests are meeting the town’s goals. Frisco officials broached the topic during a lengthy work s...

Photo by Jason Connolly / Jason Connolly Photography With the novel coronavirus pandemic putting more stress on local families, the Frisco Town Council is looking at ways it can provide more support for child care. At a council work session Tuesday, Jan. 12, the group discussed options for providing funding directly to families who struggle with affording child care. The council currently provides $65,000 a year to the Summit County Preschool, which is a nonprofit and not affiliated with the county government. While the town has a number of options for providing assistance to local families, ...

Photo by Sawyer D'Argonne / sawyer.dargonne@summitdaily.com. Frisco officials resumed talks around a potential remodel of the town’s police department last week, picking up previously approved concept drawings for the space that were pushed to the side as a result of COVID-19-related budget cuts. For some officials, an upgrade to the department is long overdue. “This place is in serious need of some tender love and care,” Frisco Police Chief Tom Wickman said. “We have a big table, and people eat there. They clean their guns there. They drug test there. We need more space to carry out ...