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1985-2000: CORPORATE PLANO

Rapid growth continues during this period, including the arrival of corporate campuses in the Legacy area with massive employment
growth and westward expansion. The city begins to recognize the troubles of downtown and begins laying the groundwork to
revitalize the area. Plano ISD establishes its reputation as a regional and national leader in public education and athletic prowess.

Frito lay (1985)

DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT PLAN (1991)

As development continued moving west of Plano’s original
core, the City acknowledged the decline of downtown
and created plans to revitalize the area. Building upon the
successes of renovation efforts in the late 1980s, the Downtown
In 1985, Frito Lay opened the first major office Development Plan laid the foundation of Downtown Plano’s
campus in west Plano, marking the beginning resurgence in the years that followed.
of a new major employment center. Just a few
years prior the area was farmland and agricul-
tural properties. More offices, corporate head- COLLIN COLLEGE (1988)
quarters, and housing would soon follow. Spring-Creek Campus Opens Ave K/Municipal
couplet complete

1985 1986 1988 1990 1992

FREDERICK DOUGLASS 128,713
COMMUNITY CENTER
DOWNTOWN OPENS (1987) POPULATION
RENOVATED OF PLANO
for Texas sesquicentennial
celebration

1986 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Following annexation of over 400 acres in west Plano
for Ross Perot’s Legacy office development, an update
to the Comprehensive Plan was needed. This new plan
was used for nearly 30 years and laid out the basic
land use and transportation pattern that is established
today. The success of Plano can largely be attributed to
the 1986 comprehensive plan and the greater planning
efforts of city leadership at the time.

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