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Trinity River
The Panther Island project, also known as Central City, is located in an industrial area north of downtown Fort Worth. The project will create a new urban district on an island combining mixed-use neighborhoods with a network of canals and a lake to control flooding. [Rendering: Courtesy of Trinity River Vision Authority ]
Corps of Engineers Steers $20M More to Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2023
The project aims to reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth and create Panther Island—which the city hopes will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district. The new 2023 funding is on top of $403 million already allocated to the project as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2022.
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.
sponsored by Fort Worth Economic Development
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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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Two trash-gobbling, solar-powered, current-turning waterwheels are coming to Fort Worth's Trinity River. [Photo: fortworthtexas.gov]
Solar-Powered, Trash-Gobbling Waterwheels Are Coming to the Trinity River in Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Dec 16, 2021
Powered by the sun and the river's current, two Trinity River Waterwheels will be able to capture tons of floating pollution daily—keeping the waterway pristine as it flows through Fort Worth. The city council voted Tuesday to accept private donations to support the initiative. One official says the results will be "astonishing."
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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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Love locks over the Trinity River along the Santa Fe Trestle Trail.: "Katherine, Will you marry me?" [Photo: Quincy Preston]
Grab Your Camera & Snap Photos of the Trinity River Corridor
by Heather Noel | Aug 16, 2017
To be eligible for the city of Dallas' annual contest, photos must be taken this year between Jan. 1-Oct. 15.
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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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