By Jackson King Jackson joined Community Impact Newspaper as a reporter in January of 2022. He graduated in 2020 from Texas A&M with a degree in journalism. Jackson covers education, local government, business, development, real estate, transportation and nonprofits in the Richardson community. Prior to CI, he covered sports for the Wylie News, interned at Maroon Weekly and Insite Brazos Valley Magazine in College Station, Texas, and wrote freelance for the Dallas Morning News. The post Communion Neighborhood Cooperative closes diner in Richardson appeared first on DiscoverRichardson.com ..read more

Evan Zheng, manager of Richardson restaurant Hot Crab, said he thrives when the restaurant is busy. “I’m running back and forth from the back to prepare the food then bring it to the customers,” Zheng said. “We don’t want them to wait too long because they’re hungry. Back and forth running is the fun part. It’s go, go, go.” Evan’s Uncle Yong Zheng co-owns the Cajun food restaurant with Shirley Tam. The restaurant is located in the southern portion of Richardson on Spring Valley Road, just west of US 75. In addition to Hot Crab, Yong has multiple other restaurants that encompass a variety of c ..read more

Here is a list of some ongoing and upcoming events taking place in Richardson over the next several weeks. June 30: Rock out to the Lords of 52nd Street The Lords of 52nd Street will be performing at the Eisemann Center on June 30. According to the event’s description, The Lords of 52nd Street aided in the creation of several Billy Joel hits, including “Turnstiles,” “The Stranger,” “52nd Street,” “Glass Houses” and “Songs in the Attic.” Tickets can be purchased online. 8 p.m. $39-$56. 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. 972-744-4650. www.eisemanncenter.com/events-tickets July 1-3: Paint freed ..read more

[embedded content]  RICHARDSON – Officers with the Richardson Police Department have added new technology to help enhance the way they document, analyze, and report incidents around the community. The latest resource is the FARO Focus System. It’s designed to reconstruct traffic accidents with images and a virtual reality scene that’s created with specialized software. “It’s a game changer for the police department,” said Officer Chad Moore. The scanner is a black u-shape device that sits on top of a tripod. Once its on, a soft sound starts. Then, a tiny mirror in the center of the machin ..read more

  RICHARDSON - The annual Family 4th Celebration is scheduled to take place next week Monday at Breckinridge Park with the Richardson Community Band Patriotic Salute Concert starting at 8:15 p.m. and fireworks set to begin at 9:30 p.m. Parking is limited, so free round-trip shuttle service is available at 3101 E. President George Bush Turnpike. Shuttle buses start at 6 p.m. and the last bus will depart from off-site parking at 9 p.m. Text FAMILY4th to 888777 to receive alerts on weather and other event information. You can also call the event hotline at 972-744-4581. More event informatio ..read more

By Jackson King Jackson joined Community Impact Newspaper as a reporter in January of 2022. He graduated in 2020 from Texas A&M with a degree in journalism. Jackson covers education, local government, business, development, real estate, transportation and nonprofits in the Richardson community. Prior to CI, he covered sports for the Wylie News, interned at Maroon Weekly and Insite Brazos Valley Magazine in College Station, Texas, and wrote freelance for the Dallas Morning News. The post Optometrist business Focus on Eyes sold to new owner in Richardson appeared first on DiscoverRichardson ..read more

Due to limited on-site parking at Breckinridge Park for Richardson's Family 4th Celebration event, the city will provide a free round-trip shuttle service from its offsite parking locations. The free Family 4th Celebration is slated for 6-10 p.m. July 4 at Breckinridge Park, which is located at 3555 Brand Road, Richardson. The event will offer live entertainment, children's activities, concessions and a fireworks show. Open to the entire community, attendees are encouraged to bring picnics, blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy children’s activities, concessions, a patriotic musical salute and mo ..read more

At the end of May, Methodist Richardson Medical Center had nearly 100 registered nurse vacancies to fill. Those vacancies correspond with a growing nursing shortage state officials said is happening across Texas. Projections from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services show hospitals across the state are facing shortages of nurses and other full-time employees. The demand for full-time registered nurses is expected to grow to nearly 350,000 over the next decade, Texas projections show. Based on these estimates, more than 16% of the open registered nurse jobs in 2032 may not be fille ..read more

The city of Richardson announced earlier in June that it was changing the hours of its Heights and Huffhines recreation centers for the summer. Both recreation centers are now open 6 a.m.-10 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, 6 a.m.-9 p.m. on Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sundays. City officials said the change returns both recreation centers to the hours at which they operated before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Heights Recreation Center, which is located at 711 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson, offers a regulation-sized basketball court, a dedicated gam ..read more

June 24, 2022 This is the latest edition of Week In Review — a series of weekly messages from the Mayor and City Council to help Richardson residents and businesses keep up to date on events at City Hall. If you would like to sign up to receive this in a weekly e-mail click here. Throughout the year, the City Council or City Plan Commission will hold meetings on topics of significant interest to local neighborhoods or the community in general. Links to view all City Council or City Plan Commission meeting documents that may have topics of interest to you can be found here: City Council | City ..read more