Health & wellness
BY DANIEL SCHWALM
Health & Wellness Edition 2026
Welcome to our Health and Wellness guide! The older I get, the more I nd myself thinking about wellness. What seemed like a funny topic worth little consideration to me as a child is now everywhere I look. For this guide, we focus on wellness rooted in health—so, stories about parks, the YMCA, digital detoxing and other options to get moving in the new year.
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The city of Cedar Park made progress on several projects to improve and expand public parks in 2025. Some notable updates include: Brushy Creek North Fork Trail City leaders cut the ribbon on the Brushy Creek North Fork Trail in January 2025. The three-mile trail starts near the intersection of West Parmer Lane and East Whitestone Boulevard. To the south, the trail connects to the Brushy Creek Regional Trail. Timber Trail connection at Bell Park The connection of the trail at Bell Park to Timber Trail was completed in March, according to the Improvements made to Cedar Park parks in 2025
The Brushy Creek North Fork Trail in Cedar Park is roughly three miles long and starts near the intersection of West Parmer Lane and East Whitestone Boulevard. (Courtesy Cedar Park)
city’s website. Bell Park opened in late 2024 along Cluck Creek and includes a playground in addition to approxi- mately 4,000 feet of new trail. Updated lighting control systems New lighting control systems have been installed at all city tennis courts. The city says the new systems enable sta to be more ecient by eliminating the need to visit each site to adjust lighting timers and by remotely alerting them to potential light or power failures.
The big picture In 2022, Cedar Park voters approved $42 million in bonds for parks and recreation projects. Many of those projects are ongoing, including further development at Lakeline Park, improve- ments to playing elds at Brushy Creek Sports Park, trail reconstruction in Milburn Park and Brushy Creek Lake Park, and expansion of the Veterans Memorial Park pool.
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