Millions of dollars in grant money could help Dallas build its own version of Central Park near where Valley View Mall is being demolished.
Valley View Mall will soon be completely gone, and Dallas hopes to use a massive grant to build a new park near it.If all goes as planned for the city of Dallas, a large, new park will help improve the green scene in North Dallas. The City Council has approved an application to be submitted for an Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program grant that could be worth up to $10 million for a new park in the Dallas International District.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s local park grant manager, Dan Reece, proposals for this grant must meet a number of criteria, including the ability to “provide new recreational opportunities, particularly those that will increase access to nature’s benefits, such as green spaces, shady areas , and natural landscapes that help cool the air and reduce urban heat island effects, reduce pollution, and have positive effects on mental and physical health,” he wrote in an email to...
“It will be an actual demolition that people can see,” she said. “Because once the ground is clear, then it's going to be much easier for the rest of the city and the development community to imagine what has been envisioned all these years and feel like it's becoming a reality as opposed to just a dream.
The city learned about the possibility of a National Park Service grant for this purpose only “in the last few months,” Schultz said. It could be September or October before the city learns whether it will receive a grant.
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