Dallas Parks
The plan sounds simple enough: reclaim 40 acres of privet-choked Bachman Greenbelt and replace it with wildflowers. But anyone who has seen this particular kind of “weed” — privet, a highly invasive woody shrub — take over a North Texas green space knows that’s not a weekend project. That’s what the Friends of Bachman Lake…
It’s still cold outside, but at least everyone’s getting back into the groove of things, more or less. Plenty of meetings at Dallas City Hall were canceled early in the week, but there’s still some news coming out of 1500 Marilla St. City Council Takes Control of Community Park Project From Park Board Frustration over…
Dallas has a lot of neighborhoods with a lot of different styles of homes. The uniting factor throughout the city is the Parks and Rec Department and the Office of Arts and Culture. Those two departments do not just give us a reason to like living in Dallas, they give us a reason to love…
North Dallas is getting some more green space with the addition of a new park on a currently vacant lot, the latest step forward for Mayor Eric Johnson’s Dallas Greening Initiative. Located at 18201 Gibbons Dr. by the intersection of Frankford Road and the Dallas North Tollway, the lot is next door to Dallas Fire…
Dallas City Council will have a number of recommendations to consider on Wednesday when it sets a new schedule for parkland dedication fees, and it seems some officials are more gung-ho than others to incentivize multifamily housing construction. According to a new state law, cities can require developers to dedicate up to 10% of their…
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