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FRISCO'S GRAND PARK TAKES ANOTHER
STEP FORWARD I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THINKING OF GRAND PARK AS A
UNICORN BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOW BECOMING A REALITY THIS IS THE CIVIC PARK POTENTIAL
PADDLE BOARDING KAYING UM A GREAT EVENT SPACE AN AMPHITHEATER SO A LOT OF WAYS TO REALLY
JUST BUILD COMMUNITY AND ACTIVATE THIS SPACE AFTER MANY YEARS IN IDEAS THE GRAND PARK PROJECT
REACHES A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE BUT TRUTHFULLY I THINK THAT EVERY MAYOR IN COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT 20
TO 25 YEARS WILL PROBABLY ADD ON A PHASE TO THIS PROJECT AS IT WILL BE A GENERATIONAL BUILD AND A
GENERATIONAL PROJECT SEVEN PEOPLE HAVING A SHARED VISION IS NOT EASY BUT UM WE GOT THERE YOU KNOW
THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP I KNOW MANY OF US UP HERE HAVE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO SEE THIS BECOME
A REALITY AND 20 YEARS LATER FOR SOME OF US IT'S ACTUALLY FINALLY COMING TRUE SEVERAL CONCEPTS
FOR THE PARK WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUT ULTIMATELY CITY LEADERSHIP BELIEVED THE
DISTRICT'S CONCEPT WAS THE BEST FIT THAT WAS THE MORE BALANCED APPROACH TO THE DESIGN AND IT WAS
THE ONLY APPROACH THAT REALLY JUSTIFIED OUR VISION FOR GRAND PARK TO PLAY DISCOVER CONNECT EXPLORE
GRAND PARK STRETCHES ROUGHLY 1,000 ACRES THE LAND TO BE DEVELOPED FIRST IS BORDERED BY LEGACY
DRIVE COTTON JIN ROAD THE DALLAS NORTH TOWAY AND STONEBERG PARKWAY THE FIRST 350 ACRES OF GRAND
PARK WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT IN IN PHASES BECAUSE IT'S SO LARGE THOSE PHASES ARE THE DISTRICTS
ADVENTURE PLAY SPORTS PARK BOTANIC GARDENS NATURE CENTER AND THE FIRST PHASE TO BE DEVELOPED
WILL BE CIVIC PARK WHICH WILL SPAN 70 ACRES IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A GIANT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK BIG BLUE
STEM TRAIL WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN BIG BLUE STEM TRAIL WAS OUR FIRST APPROACH AT
OPENING GRAND PARK FOR THE PUBLIC IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MAIN SPINES OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM OF
GRAND PARS ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND CONSTRU BEGINS IT WILL TAKE A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF
TO BUILD CIVIC PARK THE FIRST PHASE WILL COST ABOUT $40 MILLION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
PAID FOR WITH BOND FUNDS AND A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION I
THINK IT'S A WAY OF SHOWING THE CITY WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO HOW WE LIKE TO REALLY THINK
BIG AND OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE ONES
THAT FINALLY PUT THE SHOVEL ON THE GROUND
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.