Frisco | October 2022

Kaleidoscope PARK

Kaleidoscope Park, slated to open in late 2023, will feature year-round public programming and amenities, such as a performance pavilion, a play area, a dog park, gardens, water features and public art.

“KALEIDOSCOPE PARK WILL THOUGHTFULLY ENGAGE THE DIVERSE AND RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.” SCOTT STEWART, KALEIDOSCOPE PARK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

COMPILED BY COLBY FARR DESIGNED BY CHELSEA PETERS

Performance pavilion

2 Children’s play area

Performance lawn

Sports courts

1 Arts lawn

Sports courts

3 Water feature & garden

Dog park

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RENDERINGS COURTESY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

New park leans into the future of development

A sculpture will use water particles and engineered ber to intersect nature and art.

open in 2023. Frisco City Council members amended the city’s master plan agreement with Hall Group in Febru- ary to include terms and conditions for the planned park, according to council documents. The new agreement stipulated Hall Group to donate about 5 acres to Communities Foundation of Texas, which will then oversee con- struction before donating the land to Frisco after construction is com- pleted. The agreement specically compared its vision for the park to Klyde Warren Park, a “highly pro- grammed” park located in Dallas. A total of $30 million is being invested into the project, split evenly between the city and Hall Group, according to the master-plan document. The city’s $15 million is accounted for in its capital projects funds budget. The Kaleidoscope Park project ts with Frisco City Council’s vision for the city, Cheney said. “We really view our commercial developments as an extension of our parks and [recreation] system,” he said. He referenced an ordinance passed in 2017 that required nonres- idential developments to dedicate more acreage to open green space. The ordinance also increased the minimum number of required ame- nities from ve to eight. “It’s actually led to more creative developments,” Cheney said. Stewart had previously worked at Millenium Park in Chicago for nearly 10 years. He played a role in

the Hall Park employee. Guests can go see live music one day and bring their children to play in the children’s play area the next day, he said. He compared it to the pro- gramming hosted at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas. “These types of developments will continue to be the future of Frisco,” Cheney said. “This is going to become the new normal for park development in Frisco.” The Kaleidoscope Park Founda- tion, a nonprot partner of Com- munities Foundation of Texas, will oversee the park’s construction, programming, operations and maintenance. The foundation’s board of direc- tors includes Frisco City Manager Wes Pierson as well as Hall Group representatives; Florence Shapiro, former Texas senator and Plano res- ident; and others, according to the news release. Partners with a plan Kaleidoscope Park is the result of a public-private partnership between the city of Frisco and Hall Group, according to a Communities Foundation of Texas news release. Hall Group broke ground on the $7 billion redevelopment project in 2021. The rst phase is estimated to cost $500 million and will encom- pass about 1 million square feet of space. The community park was included with plans for the rst phase of construction along with an oce tower, a 154-room hotel and a 19-story luxury residential tower. All these components are slated to

BY COLBY FARR

A new community park slated to open in 2023 aims to bring an inno- vative and inclusive green space to Frisco. Communities Foundation of Texas, a Dallas-based charity with a county oce in Frisco, announced a new name and park foundation in September for Kaleidoscope Park, a 5.7-acre green space located near the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway at the Hall Park development in Frisco. Construction on Kaleidoscope Park started in fall 2021 as part of a $7 billion plan to redevelop Hall Park, Frisco’s rst oce park, over the next 20 years. Kaleidoscope Park will feature free year-round public programming, including weekly lms, concerts, t- ness and well-being activities, and performances, according to a Com- munities Foundation news release. Its design includes amenities, such as a performance pavilion, a chil- dren’s play area, a dog park, gar- dens, water features and public art. Construction ocially started Sept. 6, said Scott Stewart, execu- tive director of the Kaleidoscope Park Foundation. Crews are com- pleting excavation, installing basic utilities and pouring some foun- dations in preparation for the next phase, which is planned to start in December, he said. Frisco Mayor Je Cheney said he was most excited about the public programming, which would oer a variety of experiences every day for both the average passerby and

A play area will have bridge structures, slides and more.

A water feature will add another decorative piece to the park.

SOURCE: KALEIDOSCOPE PARK FOUNDATION COMMUNITY IMPACT

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