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Trinity River
Aerial rendering of planned River Central mixed-use development [Image: Gensler]
The Last Word: Gensler’s Barry Hand on the Planned $2B River Central Development South of DFW Airport
by David Seeley | Oct 28, 2024
River Central—a planned 400-acre mixed-use development—is slated to spread along the meandering Trinity River through Fort Worth and Grand Prairie south of DFW Airport.
by Lance Murray |
Apr 24, 2024
The 130-foot-long land bridge over Beckley Avenue will create a major park connector, linking Harold Simmons Park’s West Overlook with the park’s nature preserve. The planned $325 million Trinity River park aims to "bring Dallas together," says Congressman Marc Veasey.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2024
It's been 146 years since the last total solar eclipse wowed viewers in Dallas. The Trinity Park Conservancy says its April 8 event at the Ron Kirk Bridge and Felix Lozada Gateway will offer "a truly unique" way to experience the next one.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2023
For decades, Dallas has dreamed of a transformational park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas. This week, the Trinity Park Conservancy announced that a groundbreaking will finally happen in 2024. The 250-acre Harold Simmons Park will offer community-uniting nature, a stunning playground with towers and tube slides, a prairie walk, a two-acre bike and skate park, overlooks with views of the greenway and the city skyline, and more.
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Rendering: Norm Li
A Beautiful Purpose: Dallas Water Commons Project Will Transform 17 Acres of Wetlands Into a Public Greenspace in The Cedars
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 9, 2022
The Dallas Water Commons project, slated to break ground in 2024, will transform an industrial site in Dallas' Cedars neighborhood into something both beautiful and purposeful: a public wetlands park with hike and bike lanes that will cleanse and filter 650 million gallons of run-off stormwater each year. A big bonus: protecting the wetlands habitat and the species that live and breed there.
"This is a game changer for Dallas," says Vickie Meeks, a local artist and member of the project’s advisory board.
"This is a game changer for Dallas," says Vickie Meeks, a local artist and member of the project’s advisory board.
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by Fort Worth Economic Development |
Aug 23, 2022
Entrepreneurs and industry leaders benefit from the city's business-friendly approach.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 16, 2022
The first-ever outpost of Karl's Fishing & Outdoors aims to hook you with Mystery Tackle Boxes, interactive "bait tech" experiences that play for each lure you grab off the wall, and a 40-foot "Bassmobile" parked outside today through Sunday.
Karl's "promises to deliver an experience that hasn’t been seen in the outdoor category," says the retail experience director for its parent company, Catch Co.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend $403 million on the final design and build of a 1.5-mile flood-control bypass channel, which will reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth—and create Panther Island.
Fort Worth hopes the 800-acre island will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district, connecting downtown Fort Worth to the city’s cultural district and the Stockyards.
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[Photo: Roschetzky/iStock]
New Water Coalition Launched to Invest in Conservation Efforts for the Upper Trinity River
by Alex Edwards | Mar 22, 2021
A group of industry, nonprofit, and governmental organizations—including Texan by Nature, Molson Coors, Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper—have formed the Texas Water Action Collaborative to improve the water quantity and quality of the Trinity River.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 20, 2020
The 2020 Conservation Wranglers are expected to be recognized at Dallas' George W. Bush Presidential Center on October 27, 2020.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Aug 22, 2018
The Trust for Public Lands study released Wednesday shows that 60 percent of Dallas residents live within a 10-minute walk to a park.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 22, 2018
Here are examples of how DFW is embracing human-scaled urban design.
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[Photo: Chase Mardis]
SMU STEM Academy Launches DISD Teachers to New Heights
by Mallory Houser | Jun 26, 2017
This summer, Dallas ISD teachers are going to school — learning ways to increase student interest in STEM subjects.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 16, 2017
The river would be the "magnetic core" to all the great institutions and attributes that Dallas-Fort Worth has to offer.
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by Kerry Curry |
Feb 8, 2017
The funding recently approved by Congress brings the massive project in Fort Worth closer to reality.
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