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pathway PARK July 2017: Council increases the minimum amount of open space and amenities in city projects. October 2021: Hall Park announces a $7 billion redevelopment project and holds a groundbreaking. February 2022: City Council amends the master development agreement with Hall Group to include construction of a new community park. September 2022: The park name is announced along

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Future of workspaces As the world moves past COVID-19, Cheney said he believes more cities will move toward adding more open space to nonresidential develop- ments. Open space is now in demand for oce and retail users, he said. “Companies more now than ever are looking at how their employees are taken care of when they’re mak- ing relocation decisions,” he said. “By having Kaleidoscope Park, it’s really going to answer a lot of those types of things.” The project signies Frisco lean- ing into the future of workspace, said Gloria Salinas, vice president of the Frisco Economic Development Corp. Outdoor amenities are not only attractive to companies when look- ing for new oce space, they are also attractive to the talent working in those companies, Salinas said. Green spaces provide opportunities for cre- ativity while oering a chance to net- work outdoors. “I think the worker today and the workforce today, the younger genera- tions, really appreciate the [walkabil- ity], the amenities, the green space,” she said. “There’s a component of talent that’s really driving wellness at work.” Craig Hall, founder and chair of Hall Group, opened Hall Park in 1998, and Hall Group has been a longtime part- ner with the city. Public-private partnerships with businesses and companies, such as Hall Group, the Professional Golf- ers’ Association of America, Blue Star Frisco and FC Dallas, have laid a foundation for success in Frisco, Sali- nas said. “All of these truly innovative devel- opments are public-private partner- ships,” Salinas said. “We really lean into designing and building a commu- nity with the developer that has not only the resident, but the workforce in mind.” City leaders say the park will create a new “experiential” green space that will serve as an engaging and inclu- sive gathering place for the Frisco community. “[Residents are] going to be wowed by the fact that it’s going to have kind of this new generation of park con- cepts, which is an accumulation of dierent [experiences],” Cheney said.

with a foundation and board of directors. Park construction begins. Late 2023: Kaleidoscope Park is scheduled to open along with other Hall Park redevelopment projects,

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maintaining a public space built on a foundation of arts and culture, free and open programming, and equita- ble representation in that program- ming, he said. Stewart said he is focused on park construction, funding and envision- ing how the park will operate once it is opened. The park’s operations budget, which funds things such as maintenance, programming and park enhancements, will be funded by pri- vate donors, Stewart said. The foundation will oer naming rights to private donors for park fea- tures, such as the children’s play area and dog park, he said. In addition to the naming rights, corporations will have opportunities to be involved by sponsoring or partnering with park programs. “Kaleidoscope Park will thought- fully engage the diverse and rap- idly growing communities across North Texas,” Stewart said. Once the park opens, it will feature a “regular cadence” of programming, Stewart said. Foundation sta are working on specic schedules, but the big picture involves highlighting specic events on specic nights. “We’ll have a regular weekly series of events so that Monday nights, maybe those become local music night,” he said. “Wednesday nights,

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