Fair Park’s community green space in South Dallas is getting an $8.6 million grant from the federal government, a first of its kind for the city’s park and...
The long-promised space at Fair Park is part of the city’s vision to make amends to Black families in South Dallas and its neighboring communities.New renderings of the nine- to 10-acre Community Park, to be built along South Fitzhugh Avenue adjacent to Fair Park, include this one of the proposed Prairie Wonderland area. Construction of the park will start in late 2025; the park is expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027.Fair Park’s community green space in South Dallas is getting an $8.
The long-promised community space in Fair Park is part of the city’s vision to make amends to Black families in South Dallas and its neighboring communities. The green space is part of the city’s larger revitalization effort at Fair Park, with a vision of undoing harm and neglect caused by municipal policies, including razing homes of Black residents using eminent domain to expand parking for the State Fair of Texas.
For months this year, issues between Fair Park First and Oak View Group, which oversees daily operations of the park, centered around a report showing the park was missing $5.7 million in donor funds restricted to specific projects.In October, the park’s finances appeared to be worse than expected. Several vendors hired to work in the 277-acre park were owed $6 million. That was on top of a $3 million funding gap in the park’s overall budget.
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