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We’re excited to reveal the Best of McKinney 2025 finalists — the top three vote-getters in each category! This year’s competition drew an incredible 8,500+ votes from our community, recognizing the outstanding businesses, organizations, and individuals who make...
If you’ve been waiting for mortgage rates to finally ease up, there’s good news. Last week, they dropped — and not just a little. On Friday, September 5th, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit its lowest point since October 2024. It was the largest single-day...
The McKinney Chamber is excited to launch McKinney Minute—a new monthly video series featuring Chamber President & CEO Lisa Hermes and Shelbie Hamilton, Editor of Community Impact. Each month, they’ll sit down to highlight key business news from Community Impact...
For parents and caregivers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), navigating the maze of policies, terminology, and requirements that seem to keep changing can be overwhelming. These issues can create barriers to understanding and...
MillHouse offers a space for women to unleash creativity and inspire one another. The membership model includes coworking space, private studios, creative markets, and local events.
McKinney Roots has broken ground on a new community farm at Gray Branch Parkland, where it plans to expand food production and educational programming. The future site will include a 200-tree orchard, hydroponic greenhouse, community center and expanded chicken flock...
Denise Steller came to the McKinney community 10 years ago not knowing a single person in the city — until she started at First United Bank. She quickly discovered how warm and inviting the community was and was welcomed by many wonderful women, including Barb Delk,...
If you run a service business in McKinney — a salon, a real estate practice, a coaching business, a cleaning service, a personal training studio — you already know the problem, and AI is here to solve it. You are the person delivering the service and the person...
Swan Roofing has helped both residential and commercial clients for over 40 years by providing efficient and high-quality roofing services in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. We are industry leaders, and we take pride in sharing our knowledge and experience with our...
Are your kiddos or grandkids looking to play and learn the most fun and popular sport? We have some Summer Pickleball Programs for all levels. Please come out to the Courts of McKinney and let our expert coaches show them how to play pickleball. Sign up on the...
There is a pattern we see in organizations that never makes it onto a dashboard or into a quarterly report, and yet it tends to be one of the most consequential things happening inside a business when it takes hold. On paper, everything looks reasonable. Revenue is...
Come on out to the Courts of McKinney for our Summer Camp. We have a Summer Camp with tennis, pickleball, swimming, arts and craft, and much more. Visit our website for more information. https://www.impactactivities.com/tcom-camps. 10 weeks 5 days a week. Sign up...
What Realtors & Out-of-State Buyers Need to Know Before Closing If you’re helping clients relocate to Texas — or you’re moving here yourself — there’s one factor that can dramatically impact home insurance eligibility, coverage, and pricing: 👉 The age of the roof...
As our communities continue to grow, so does our opportunity to create spaces where everyone feels seen, valued, and included. One barrier we don’t always talk about openly, but many people experience every day, is ableism. And for many of us, it’s not a familiar...
It was a beautiful morning on April 30, 2026, as the McKinney community gathered to celebrate the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of Burress Design Group at their new location on 6958 Mediterranean Drive McKinney, Texas 75072. The celebration began with an official...
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