"3 2 1" THE CITY OF FRISCO AND HALL PARK CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF KALEIDOSCOPE
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PARK WELCOMING VISITORS FROM ACROSS NORTH TEXAS."I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC." "I THINK IT'S
GREAT." "IT'S SUPER COOL." "WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF
KALEIDOSCOPE PARK." "BUT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE VISION OF ONE INDIVIDUAL, CRAIG HALL. WE ARE SO
PROUD AND SO PLEASED TO BE A PART OF HIS VISION. THIS REALITY IS HERE FOR YOU TODAY AND FOREVER
MORE." DEVELOPER CRAIG HALL BUILT HIS FIRST OFFICE BUILDING IN FRISCO NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO. "IT'S VERY,
VERY EXCITING AND HOPEFULLY LONG TIME TO COME WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THIS."
"I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT FEELS LIKE." HALL GROUP, THE CITY OF FRISCO AND THE
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS MAKE UP THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. KALEIDOSCOPE PARK SITS JUST SOUTH OF
THE STAR WEST OF THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY. "IT'S SO COOL, WE'RE SO LUCKY. FOR FRISCO, I'M NOT
SURPRISED, FRISCO DOES SOME GREAT STUFF, SO NOT SURPRISING." OPENING WEEKEND IN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A
PETTING ZOO, FACE PAINTING AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. "WE GO TO KLYDE WARREN PARK, BUT THAT'S GETTING REALLY
CROWDED SO THIS IS LIKE A GREAT ALTERNATE, SO THIS WILL BE ON OUR ROTATION." "YOU CAN TELL
THEY REALLY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT. IT'S VERY CONDENSED, SO AS A PARENT I DON'T HAVE TO RUN AROUND
AFTER MY KID IN A VERY LARGE PARK, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO." FRISCO CITY LEADERS ARE EXCITED TO SEE
HOW EVERYONE ENJOYS IT. "THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING." "SO TO COME
OUT HERE AND SEE IT ALL DONE JUST SEE IT OPEN UP HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IT IS TO HALL PARK." "I LOVE THAT
IT'S OPEN FROM 6:00 A.M. TILL 11:00 P.M. SO PEOPLE CAN COME ENJOY IT ALMOST ALL DAY LONG." "IT'S AMAZING
FROM HAVING A DOG PARK TO AN EVENT LAWN JUST ALL THE ART THAT'S WOVEN THROUGH IT. THE CHILDREN'S
PLAY AREA IS GOING TO BE A POPULAR SPOT AND THEN OF COURSE THE SCULPTURE KIND
OF HIGHLIGHTS AND SETS THE TONE FOR THE PARK." THAT SCULPTURE IS CALLED BUTTERFLY REST STOP. ARTIST
JANET ECHELMAN CREATED HER INTERPRETATION OF THE MILKWEED PLANT THE ATTRACTS MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
DURING MIGRATION. "I THINK WHAT'S MAKING ME REALLY HAPPY IS SEEING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND
PEOPLE JUST INTERACTING AND LYING IN THE GRASS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE BRIDGES ACROSS AGES
BACKGROUNDS ETHNICITIES." "THIS IS A PLACE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL COME AND ENJOY AND IT'S JUST GOING
TO BE A PART OF THE FABRIC OF FRISCO GOING FORWARD."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.