IN CLOSING

Food is the Special of the Day!  It is official- two of my favorite places have partnered together for a few years!  Superdrome Velodrome Adds Buca di Beppo as New Corporate Sponsor  Read all the details here- this is a awesome deal and one you should take to your CEO’s and Marketing folks to join the Superdrome and all the energy it has currently-

Where will you eat today?  If you eat at the Chick-Fil-A on Eldorado and North Dallas Tollway in Frisco today, May 17 (my birthday!) – they will make a donation to an upcoming youth mission trip!  Read all about it here!

The boys and I with our sponsored board at the Frisco Superdrome

Superdome Ribbon Cutting

Great to see Frisco’s Mayor Maso and Council Members Jeff Cheney, Tony Felker and Joy West ride bikes at the Superdrome ribbon cutting yesterday!

Ribbon Cutting and Open House

Something huge happened in Frisco over these last few weeks.  The Superdrome got a face lift!  With all volunteer hours by the members of the Superdrome Management Group (SMG) and the community- Frisco has its new track.  The SMG would like to invite all to the facility this Sunday the 29th to view all the work that was done.  Tentative time line is the track to open at 11am, with lunch cooked at 12:30 with a ribbon cutting festivities running from 1-1:30pm.  

I would like to recognize Tim and Suzie Goodwin, Joe and Kim Crenshaw, Lura Popovich, Joe Foos and Paula Felix for their tremendous hours of sometimes “thankless” work.  So proud of you all!

Work the Track

Have you found yourself with some extra time and need to volunteer?  Please check with the good folks at the Frisco Superdrome as they finish up the installation of 700 new boards.  I have only been able to get over there a few times during this lasted effort and all were very rewarding.  You are building a part of Frisco and man that feels good!

Work the Track

Have you found yourself with some extra time and need to volunteer?  Please check with the good folks at the Frisco Superdrome as they finish up the installation of 700 new boards.  I have only been able to get over there a few times during this lasted effort and all were very rewarding.  You are building a part of Frisco and man that feels good!

Frisco City Council Takes Great Steps!

Here was the verbiage for last weeks agenda item at the Frisco City Council Meeting:  Consider and Act upon the approval of an extension to the Management Agreement between the City of Frisco, the Collin County Community College District and the Superdrome Management Group for the maintenance and operations of the Frisco Superdrome. (Parks and Rec)
 
And it passes without issue!
 
What this item is, was two fold; 1. To allow the Superdrome Management Group (SMG) to continue to run the day to day operations of the Superdrome and receive a monthly allowance of $6,667 from the Superdrome Enterprise Fund (SEF) that was established in 1999.  2. Have SMG receive a one time payment from SEF of $98,100 for a complete resurfacing of the Frisco Superdrome! 

 The Council did offer one challenge to the SMG- continue to gain sponsors that can help keep the track financially stable and SMG agreed.  Scroll down to item 25 and you can watch that section of the council meeting!
 
How this connects back to the Frisco Cycling Club.  At a track race that Tom Ernst from Richardson Bike Mart held- we as a club decided to host an open house.  We invited City officials and sponsors to the track.  We also provided food and drinks for all who joined us.  We had several sponsors join us as well as George Purefoy, Frisco City Manager and Tony Felker, Frisco City Councilman and newly appointed President of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce.  They both have been around since the track got its start and the conversations kept coming back to the look of the boards.  When you see photos of the track when new, those boards were beautiful- but over time they weather and fade.  So, we started meeting with a group of City officials via the club and got a great conversation going and then handed it back to the SMG.  Many thanks to club members; Joe Crenshaw, Tim Knowles and Joe Foos for taking the time and energy to attend and prepare for those meetings.
 
The City understand that our club is one of many disciplines but one that wants to be involved and is willing to take time out of the day to work.  Let’s keep that up in 2009 and for the future- never let this spirit and partnership with the greatest City in Texas fade.

Frisco City Officials Meet at the Superdrome

The Frisco Cycling Club (FCC) is a local group of cyclists- some like to race and some like to tool around, but all like to be safe on the roadways.  So we took it upon ourselves to attend and be involved as much as possible here in the City of Frisco.  We did not stop at the roadways; we also had a meeting last week with many of the City officials at the Superdrome.  The Superdrome is a Velodrome that could (with a roof) hold any Olympic or World Championship event.  We at the FCC set a meeting to see what more the City might want to do to partner with this great, barely 10 year old facility.  Stay tuned…it was a great meeting!

Frisco Cycling Takes 1st Place!

All year long the Frisco Superdrome hosts a race series on Friday nights.  It draws racers and beginners from near and far.  Well, the Frisco Cycling Club was well represented this year and Christopher Scott won the Category 4 division!  Already looking forward to next years series.  Want to race or ride with us- learn more here.

Tom Ernst did it again!

What a great event and an awesome turnout we had at the Frisco Superdrome the other night!  Tom Ernst from Richardson BikeMart (RBM) successfully promoted his 2nd track event at the Superdrome.  As a draw to have “fans in the stands” he stuffed 150 RBM bottles with giveaways from local companies.  After the bottles were all given away, Frisco Cycling Club (FCC) member Drew DeMoss counted the stands at around 200 in attendance!  One of our sponsors of the FCC, Dr. Bullitt made it to the event with his kids, thanks for joining us.  Also, a thank you to Frisco City Manager, George Purefoy and Frisco City Councilman, Tony Felker for joining us at the races.  I took a call from Councilman and FCC member Scott Johnson and he was not ready to be on his feet that long after his recent back surgery- heal up Scott- I was serious about getting a City Staff/City Council track class going soon!).   Please stop in to RBM Frisco and thank Tom for his work on this event!