parks

State Rep. Angelia Orr has filed a bill that would lead to a state takeover of the popular Fairfield Lake State Park. An expert in eminent domain law explains how that could work.

During its first meeting of 2023, the Fort Worth City Council voted to amend a proposal to honor Atatiana Jefferson’s legacy at a community center near the home where she was killed.

Construction began Monday on Arlington’s long-awaited recreation center for residents 50 and older, which is projected to open next winter or in early 2025.

Mayor Eric Johnson requested an inventory of vacant, unused city-owned land last week. Officials will discuss if it’s possible to use the land to develop more parks, playgrounds and other green space.

Dallas Parks and Recreation will begin an emergency pesticide application of White Rock Lake on Friday after several types of water hemlock, a poisonous plant, were discovered.

The program allows Dallas teenagers to visit local attractions like the Perot Museum and the Dallas Zoo for free. Passes can be picked up at any Dallas recreation center.

Fort Worth is looking to create more green space for residents, and to do that, it’s trying something new.

Southeast Dallas residents who live near the former Shingle Mountain site want the city council to approve a $2 million cleanup of toxic lead and arsenic contamination.

Fort Worth’s parks department is asking residents to approve the biggest bond proposal in the department’s history. The pot of $124 million would go towards renovating parks, rebuilding community centers and adding a pool in Stop Six.

The construction theme park for kids has teamed up with Texas A&M University's Department of Construction

The City of Dallas is making progress on a new 5-acre park in Oak Cliff that will reunite a part of the city that was once divided by the construction of I-35.