Tommy Ellison, chairman of the Farmersville Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, calls it a “missed estimate.”
The joint city-Collin County entity is prepared to step up to help Farmersville cover the extra cost it has incurred on an important parkway development project that is scheduled to be completed about the time Collin College opens its brand-new Farmersville campus in the fall of 2021.
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By John Kanelis • [email protected]
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