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BY CODY THORN
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH & CODY THORN
Fort Worth approves development, update of District 4 parks
Roanoke calls $62M bond election for convention center
City Council dissolves North Fort Worth TIF One of Fort Worth’s 16 tax increment nancing districts, or TIFs, was dissolved at the Jan. 28 city council meeting. Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10, or TIF 10, helped develop the land where Cabela’s, 12901 Cabela Drive, is located near I-35W and SH 170 in Northeast Fort Worth. City documents show that the development in the Alliance area of Fort Worth encom-
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Fort Worth City Council approved a contract with Northstar Construction for $1.77 million for improvements and updates to four parks, including the development of Kingsridge Park and Kingsridge West Park in District 4, during a City Council meeting on Jan. 14. In addition to the $1.77 million contract, the city’s annual maintenance cost for the four parks will increase by $73,800 beginning in scal year 2026-27, according to city documents. Zooming in The city website states the 28.4-acre Kingsridge Park West was dedicated in 2018 at 5001 Golden Triangle Blvd. Kingsridge Park is 20 acres located at 5373 Camrose St. and was dedicated in 2011. Oliver Penny, a landscape architect with the Fort Worth Park and Recreation Department, said the park improvements at Kingsridge Park will include the installation of an 8-foot-wide looped walking trail, security lighting and a children’s playground.
Fort Worth parks to be updated Dedicated parks
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Roanoke City Council called a special election during its Feb. 11 meeting for a $62 million bond to construct a convention center just east of City Hall where the Peabody Hotel was previously planned to be located. What you need to know The bond would not raise property taxes since city o cials expect the convention center to pay for itself using sales tax produced from the project, Mayor Pro Tem Holly Gray said. The bond would include costs for designing, constructing and equipping the convention center facility. The center would feature conference and meeting rooms, ballrooms and gathering spaces that will be attached to a full-service hotel. The election will be held May 3.
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Zooming in Along with the hotel and convention center, a parking garage will be constructed on the 3.5-acre lot. The hotel would be privately owned and funded, and conversations are still ongoing about what type of hotel will be constructed, said Steve Risser, vice president of business development at Gallagher Construction Company. “The idea is to have a boutique-style hotel,” Risser said.
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A rendering shows a proposed playground at Kingsridge Park, which will be located at 5373 Camrose St.
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The bonds matured and city sta and city sta recommended ending the TIF early due to no outstanding or pending obligations, per city documents. All unpaid amounts as of July 1, 2024, would be considered forgiven, according to the agreement.
He added Kingsridge West Park is in the design phase and the city is anticipating the project receiving development bids later in the spring. By the numbers During the Jan. 14 council meeting, an approved
$181,475 ordinance increased the Parkland Dedica- tion for the Kingsridge Park and Kingsridge West Park projects. City documents state another $110,055 was added to the scal year 2024-25 budget for the projects.
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