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BY AUBREY HOWELL
Fulshear OKs $1.5M land purchase for Primrose Park
2016 and a 1-acre dedication in 2019, per agenda documents. O cials previously said Phase 1 of the project included walking trails and parking, while Phase 2 brings: • Four baseball and softball elds • Sports lighting for all elds • A restroom and concession building • Parking and required detention Also of note City Council also approved an agreement with Fulshear Little League as the recognized sports association for baseball and softball programming at Primrose Park. The league anticipates its preseason to begin in mid to late July, followed by fall practice, a regular fall season and playo s in November, per agenda documents. Stay tuned Work on the park’s third phase is slated to begin this summer, per agenda documents.
More parkland will be added to Primrose Park using funds set aside for park and facilities land acquisition approved by voters in May 2025. The big picture At a May 12 meeting, Fulshear City Council approved the $1.5 mil- lion purchase of approximately 4-acres from Living Word Lutheran Church for incorporation into Primrose Park and future public park development. The approval comes after the city postponed the grand opening of the park’s second phase—cen- tered on baseball and softball elds—from May 9 to June 13 after press time due to weather and rain impacts. The details The land acquisition is the fourth expansion of the park’s footprint, with the initial 10-acre donation by the Cornelius family in 2015, followed by a 15-acre purchase in
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