Dallas Park and Recreation Board Launches Smart Growth for Dallas

Dallas Park and Recreation Board Launches Smart Growth for Dallas

The Dallas Park and Recreation Board has announced Smart Growth for Dallas, a partnership with The Trust for Public Land, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, and The Texas Trees Foundation. The effort will identify areas in which parks can grow the economy, connect communities, improve public health and protect the city’s most important natural places.

“With the pace of development in Dallas only quickening, we are running out of time to protect our city’s most important natural places,” said Willis Winters, Director of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. “Smart Growth for Dallas will provide invaluable data, insight, and analysis that will allow us to find and protect these natural assets, for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.”

Combining Geographic Information System computer modeling and on-the-ground engagement with residents and park users, Smart Growth for Dallas will create an interactive “decision support tool” to help Dallas prioritize its investments in parks based on their economic, social, and ecological benefits. Results of the program will be available to city staff, non-profit partners and the public through an interactive website.

The Trust for Public Land has begun the first phase of mapping and analysis, with initial results expected to be complete by June. To take an online survey about Dallas’s parks system and signup to receive project updates visit www.SmartGrowthForDallas.org.

 

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