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City sells 5.8 acres to real estate company Colleyville City Council sold nearly 6 acres in the southern portion of town during the Feb. 20 meeting. The 5.886 acres was sold to Big Sky Real Property #1, Inc., a development arm of Venture DFW, according to Assistant City Manager Mark Wood. The details The city will get a little more than $3.07 million for the property. Wood said the prop- erty would be a mixed-used development.
Plans underway for Veteran’s Memorial, public art project
The city of Southlake approved plans for one piece of public art and is starting the process of creating a Veteran’s Memorial at Bicentennial Park. Milenka Lopez, assistant to the director of community services, presented the plan for the Veteran’s Memorial that would be near the city’s 9-11 Memorial Statue during a council work session Feb. 20. Following that, council approved a contract with Vito DiBari for public art at the Department of Public Safety West building. The speci cs Lopez said the total funding for public art was $570,070 before a contract to not exceed $100,000 was approved later in that meeting for DiBari, a Miami-based artist. DiBari was chosen out of four nalists. He
Southlake council approved a concept plan for public art at the Department of Public Safety West building.
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submitted ve concepts to the Southlake Arts Council. The concept that was picked is a V-shaped piece with wings and the city of Southlake logo, as well as crests from the police and re departments. For the Veteran’s Memorial project, Lopez said a call for artists by the arts council should happen in late 2024.
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