Park progress The city of Dallas has worked over the years to make Flag Pole Hill Park what o cials said is one of its busiest facilities.
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of instances with close encounters between cars and cyclists.” Communal support The parks and recreation board does not receive funds from the city’s annual general fund for park improve- ments, Agarwal said. A majority of funding comes from bond packages, public-private partnerships and donations. The Lake Highlands Junior Wom- en’s League nonpro t has raised thousands of dollars this year toward improvements at Flag Pole Hill Park, said Meredith Suntich, the chair of the annual Run the Highlands marathon and festival. A nal amount of funds raised is still being tallied. Suntich said her organization was among other nonpro ts, such as the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation and For the Love of the Lake, that helped raise funds for the playground. “We’ve seen that the park has really continued to grow, and it’s one of the busiest parks in Dallas,” Suntich said. “We wanted to give even more play spaces and even more accessible equipment for the kids in and around Dallas.” Agarwal said he is focused on raising as much private funding as
Restoration work is done on the park pavilion.
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An all-abilities playground is completed. A trail near in the south end of the park is added. Feb. 15: Work on a new trail and two parking lots begins. Winter 2022-spring 2023: Construction
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An all-abilities playground was added in 2018 at Flag Pole Hill Park with aid from area nonpro ts. (Matt Payne/Community Impact Newspaper)
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possible for parks to get a head start on new projects. “If we wait for the next bond pro- gram, we’re talking three years or four years from now,” he said. “We’ll try to get some private funding to see those improvements.” The money collected from the Run the Highlands event will be donated for the parks and recreation board to consider adding wheelchair swings and new slides to the all-inclusive playground, according to Suntich.
Stewart said that kind of equipment makes for a great park even though children not in wheelchairs might not be able to use such swings. “The community groups that have been involved have been sensitive to that. And I think they’ll continue to be sensitive to that,” Stewart said. “We’ll never have something that works for everyone, but we’ll have something for everyone.” Alexander Willis contributed to this report.
on phase one is expected to be completed.
SOURCE: CITY OF DALLAS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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