Dallas leaders toured the location for a second deck park over a busy freeway and voiced strong support for the SouthernGWPark project.
Dallas City Council Member Carolyn King Arnold initially called it a ‘wreck park.’ But she was among the supporters Thursday because she said the city has invested repair money to save old houses and provided other neighborhood improvements to preserve that community, too.
“We've got to look at this particular project as a bright light, a catalyst, to make sure that we now have, that we're moving toward equity,” she said. Besides the site on the other side of the park, one property owner has big plans for new development. Chad West, the councilman representing that side of the project, wants affordable new housing included in the new development.
“We've got to be very thoughtful about how we keep people in the neighborhoods who want to stay here. And, a piece of that is making sure they can afford the housing that is going to inevitably come up around this area,” West said.
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