Health & wellness
BY HALEY VELASCO
Health & Wellness Edition 2026
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This annual guide highlights opportunities for residents to engage in healthy activities and learn about wellness-related topics in their community. All stories were written by Community Impact’s team of local journalists. In this edition, readers will nd reporting on upcoming parks, local tness centers and the importance of mental health among college students.
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New 106-acre park coming to League City
Pat Hallisey Park design Park area Playground
A park, named after League City’s former mayor Pat Hallisey, is slated to start construction in late May, o cials said. What you need to know The 106-acre park , which will be located near the intersection of Calder Drive and Ervin Street, was previously named Bay Colony Park. The park’s design, according to city documents, includes: • Pickleball and tennis courts
What’s special about it? League City City Council approved the new park to be named “Pat Hallisey Park” at its Feb. 25, 2025 meeting. Hallisey served as League City’s mayor from 2016-22 and was the director of the League City and Galveston County park departments. “Pat Hallisey is probably the most deserving guy for this in League City,” Council member Tommy Cones said. “He worked very hard in his younger days to have a vision for League City and make League City what it is today.” What’s next Design for the park is slated to be completed by the end of February, with the bidding and contract negotiation process beginning soon after through mid-May, Wei said. Construction will begin in late May of this year through April 2028, Wei said.
Tennis/ Pickleball
Softball elds
Parking
Parking
Baseball elds
Soccer Fields
Disc golf
Detention pond
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• Five softball elds • Four baseball elds • Two soccer elds
$41.08M: Construction $3.92M: Design $476.8K: Land acquisition Cost breakdown for Pat Hallisey Park
The capital improvement project will cost over $45 million and will be paid through park dedi- cation fees and sales-tax revenue from the city’s 4B Industrial Development Corp., said Chien Wei, League City’s parks and cultural services director.
Total $45.48M
SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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