A nationwide not-for-profit and campaigning for team for the outdoors placed Dallas 34th out of 100 for its parks, a greater position than the city got simply a year ago.
Count on for Public Land checked out the country’s 100 most heavily populated cities to design its position, which was based upon park accessibility, equity, property, financial investment, and features.
Dallas triumphed of a variety of D-FW competitors, besting Garland (67 ), Ft Well Worth (72 ), and Irving (99 ).
At an interview on Wednesday, Mayor Eric Johnson commemorated the city’s 5th successive year climbing in the position. In 2024, Dallas can be found in at 38. In 2020, it was placed 54th.
” We’re being seen as a nationwide leader in city park growth,” Johnson claimed. “This is not a very easy point to do in a city of our dimension, and we’re not decreasing.”
Also at journalism seminar was Count on for Public Land Texas state supervisor Molly Morgan, that attributed city management and the Dallas Park and Entertainment Division for functioning to improve the city’s park system.
” Today, 81% of Dallas citizens live within a 10-minute stroll of a park,” she claimed. “That’s substantially greater than a years earlier. … This really did not occur by coincidence either. It’s many thanks to strong city management, solid public-private collaborations, and community-driven preparation that this occurred, and it takes intentionality and the management that we have in this space.”
Dallas citizens authorized a $345 million bond in 2015 to fund park renovations and the growth of eco-friendly areas, routes, play grounds, entertainment facilities, and pedestrian bridges. It covers some 187 tasks.
