"When the city council takes its scheduled vote on the site plan for Adriatica’s harbor district on Tuesday, it will be the culmination of years of work by Stonebridge residents, city employees and Adriatica’s unique developer, Jeff Blackard."

Supporters, who put a great deal of faith in his plans, call him a visionary, and his words and manner invite such terminology. Blackard said he’s been sent by God to McKinney. He says it without apology before residents, reporters and even the city council

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