Frisco | March 2026

BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

Some context

design for other mountain bike parks in the North Texas area.” The focus on families and cycling is going to bring people from miles away to enjoy the park, McGrath said. The city invested about $45 million on the proj- ect including contingencies, which haven’t been used so the park is closer to a $40 million price tag, Coates said. “It’s like a getaway from the city right there in the park,” McGrath said. “We are very excited.”

The park’s bike trails will be maintained by the Dallas O-Road Bicycling Association, or DORBA, once it is completed. Volunteering to maintain trails is a large part of DORBA, said Rick McGrath, the organization’s development director. McGrath said the park will become the “gold standard” for what a park with cycling in mind should be in North Texas. “We’re so excited about what they are doing there,” he said. “We’re going to use the same

Funding Northwest Community Park

3 4

1 Bonds: $40.73M

2 Community Development Corporation: $2.82M

3 Tree mitigation: $590.32K

4 Park dedication fees: $390K

SOURCE: CITY OF FRISCO COMMUNITY IMPACT

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Beyond cycling, the park will include open space that will incorporate a dog park, event lawn, playground and food truck spaces. The goal was to cater to the entire family with the park with something to do for all skill levels, Coates said. The trails can also be used for runners, walkers and anyone else wanting to see the native Blackland Prairie that is specic to the region. The prairie is an ecological region in the North Texas area known for dark clay soils that once covered large portions of Frisco. The prairies and ecology can be used for eld trips, which was a priority when the park was developed, Coates said. Around 2017, Frisco ISD ocials asked about eld trip opportunities in nature and had to travel to surrounding commu- nities for those trips. Now, Northwest Community Park can t that need, she said. There are untouched areas of the park that

Cheney sees the park as a testament to the focus on green space during his time in oce, which comes to an end this May. It will be on his “mayor’s tombstone,” he said.

“When people either get on a bike or they decide to walk the trail through the

woods, they’re not going to feel like they’re in Frisco.”

The park will feature playgrounds, trails and a splash pad along with the miles of hiking and biking trails.

RENDERING COURTESY CITY OF FRISCO

JEFF CHENEY, FRISCO MAYOR

students can learn about nature. The walking trails in the park also have oshoots of gathering areas where teachers can hold mini lessons on the go, Coates said.

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