A major trail, better parking show Fair Park is a jewel that can shine again | SharonFGrigsby
Recent plans reveal that Fair Park First is fixing the basics our venerable gem lacked for a very long time.
Every announcement provides more evidence that Fair Park First is fixing the basics this site lacked for a very long time — community trust and an achievable blueprint to give this place a real future. As one of the scores of East Dallas runners, bikers and walkers stymied by the leg of the Santa Fe Trail that dead-ends at Parry Avenue, I will count the days until this new loop is built.
The 2.8-mile trail extension is possible because the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments came through with $8 million to vastly expand what was originally planned as a path on only one side of the park.Dallas County, the City of Dallas, including District 7 council member Adam Bazaldua’s discretionary fund, Fair Park First and the State Fair of Texas also provided funding for the $11 million project.
More than 50 years later, the Community Park is a small step toward healing for a part of our city traditionally othered by those inside Fair Park’s walls. A map at the end of Santa Fe Trail at Parry Avenue across from Fair Park illustrates the kind of access a connection to the National Historic Landmark would provide throughout East Dallas and beyond.
If plans stay on track, Fair Park will be home to 22.5 acres of greenspace by 2024, which almost doubles its current total.
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