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:THIS PARK WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN
2004, SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THIS RENOVATION." GALLEGOS PARK IN DOWNTOWN
FRISCO WILL SOON BE ENTIRELY NEW THANKS TO A REINVESTMENT PROJECT. "WE'RE
PRETTY MUCH STARTING FROM SCRATCH." "WE'D LIKE TO GIVE BARBARA AND HER FAMILY A
BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE HERE OF GALLEGOS PARK." IT'S BEEN NEARLY 21 YEARS SINCE THE CITY OF FRISCO OPENED
AND DEDICATED GALLEGOS PARK TO THE FAMILY AND NOW IT'S BEING REVITALIZED. "WE ARE STARTING OVER.
SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY HERE, WATER, SOME OF THE METERS AND SOME OF THE EXISTING
DRAINAGE, BUT PRETTY MUCH FROM THE GROUND UP REINVESTMENT." CREWS CLEARED THE AGING PLAY
EQUIPMENT AND PAVILION FROM THE PARK SITE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THE QUARTER OF AN ACRE LOT AT
PECAN AND SECOND STREETS IS NOW A BLANK SLATE, READY FOR REBUILD. "THIS IS A REALLY SMALL SURFACE
AREA, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT OF IT WITH THE PROGRAMMING."
PLANS INCLUDE A NEW PLAYGROUND, PAVILION, AND BASKETBALL COURT ALONG WITH THE ADDITION
OF A CHALLENGE COURSE AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. "AND UNIQUE TO THIS PARK WILL BE A PING-PONG
TABLE AND ALSO THE BAG TOSS GAME, CORNHOLE. SO, THOSE ARE TWO NEW FEATURES THAT WE'RE EXCITED
TO BRING INTO THIS PARK." AND THIS REVITALIZATION PROJECT IS HAPPENING WHILE THE CITY IS REINVESTING
IN DOWNTOWN. "IT'S KIND OF JUST A FORTUNATE HAPPEN STANCE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN AT THIS
TIME AND GALLEGOS HAS COME UP FOR REINVESTMENT AS WELL." THE PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT $1.5 MILLION
AND WILL BE PAID FOR WITH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND A FEDERAL GRANT. "EVERYBODY'S EXCITED
TO SEE THE NEW PARK GO UP. IT'S KIND OF BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. GALLEGOS PARK IS
EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR PLAY IN SPRING 2026.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.