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Alex Reece
Alex Reece

Government Reporter

Alex joined Community Impact as a reporter in December 2022 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital and Print Journalism from the University of North Texas. She covers the communities of Frisco, Prosper and Celina. Prior to CI, she reported for the North Texas Daily and interned at the Denton Record-Chronicle. A fun fact about Alex is she owns a manual typewriter.

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Dleigh Designs Beauty Supply & Salon sells a wide variety of hair care and beauty products for men and women. (Courtesy Dleigh Designs)
Dleigh Designs Beauty Supply & Salon offers hair care services, products in north Frisco
Resident Gwen Ray's grandson Declan Ray was one of the first ribbon cutting attendees to explore the new ages 2-5 playground after the ceremony on Nov. 19. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)
Prosper unveils Lakewood Park; cricket pitch, soccer fields to open in 2025
The ordinance against engine idling only applies to trucks weighing more than 14,000 pounds. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Prosper Council prohibits engine idling in ordinance update
Clover Family Medicine & Esthetics offers both family health services and medical spa services. (Courtesy Clover Family Medicine & Esthetics)
Clover Family Medicine & Esthetics to offer same services in new south Frisco space
Karmic Grounds' Main Street location will operate as a private event-only space going forward. (Community Impact file photo)
Karmic Grounds’ Main Street location rebrands as private event-only space
Plans for The Railhead include more than 1 million square feet of office, hotel and high-rise residential buildings as well as multiple parks. (Rendering courtesy Heady Investments)
Planning commission OKs hotel, retail additions inside The Railhead in Frisco
The Stonebrook Parkway and FM 423 intersection is the process of being upgraded with additional turn lanes to improve the roads' traffic capacities. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Stonebrook Parkway intersection improvements, 6 other roadway updates in Frisco
Celina government center rendering
Check out Celina's full 5-year plan for city capital improvement projects
Chi Tea, which was founded in Chicago, Illinois, now has its first Texas location in Frisco. (Courtesy Chi Tea)
Chi Tea serves chicken sandwiches, bubble tea in south Frisco
The Beacon (pictured) is currently being built at the corner of Elm Street and South County Road, and is one of four apartment projects headed for The Rail District. (Rendering courtesy CAP Multifamily)
Developers to bring apartments to Frisco's Rail District
A recent Plano City Council purchase is the next step in a plan to replace the technology controlling the traffic light timing at intersections across the city. (Connor Pittman/Community Impact)
Plano to undergo complete replacement of all city traffic signal controller cabinets
Haley Watkins, pictured here checking out books at the library's spring 2023 grand opening, had waited months to see the new space. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)
Frisco library sees record-breaking patronage during first fiscal year open, data shows
Frisco's plans for Northwest Community Park, which should open in spring 2026, include plans to keep up the city's partnership with DORBA to maintain the multiple bike trails and loops already in place at the site. (Stock photo courtesy Adobe Stock)
Northwest Community Park construction ‘ready to go’ this November, wrap up 2026
Gee Road and US 380 (pictured) was one of two intersections to reopen after a wave of construction related to widening US 380. (Courtesy town of Prosper)
Gee Road, Legacy Drive intersections reopen in Prosper
Glovana Lash Studio offers eyelash extensions and other cosmetic services. (Courtesy Stephanie Ford)
Glovana Lash Studio offers eyelash extensions, other services in south Frisco
Chick-fil-A at FM 423 is currently under renovations, which will wrap later this year. (Courtesy Chick-fil-A)
Frisco Chick-fil-A renovations to expand drive-thru, refresh landscape
A sign on Frisco's School of Rock building in mid-October telling patrons they are still open despite construction. The parking lot behind the music school is expected to close this winter to make way for a parking garage. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)
Residents, business owners call on city to help The Rail District’s shops survive reconstruction
New Beginnings Family Aesthetics offers non-surgical treatment options that help with hair loss and hair growth. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
New Beginnings Family Aesthetics offers hair loss treatments in Frisco
Drivers can still access Carey Road, which will be closed until 2025, through alternate routes. (Stock photo courtesy Adobe Stock)
Carey Road remains closed to traffic as improvements continue
If the Frisco Center for the Arts is built, it will include both a Broadway-sized, 2,800-seat venue and a smaller 400-seat theater dedicated to PISD performances (pictured). (Rendering courtesy Theatre Projects)
Frisco Center for the Arts partners prepare for January 2025 decision deadline