Dallas Plans $20M Community Park at Fair Park

The City of Dallas has registered construction of the Community Park at Fair Park with the state, setting a Dec. 29 start for the long-planned project. The Dallas Park and Recreation Department filed the project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Nov. 7. The filing lists an estimated construction cost of $20 million at 1860 Exposition Ave.

The city puts the total project cost at $40.6 million, which includes costs beyond the construction estimate in the state record. As of August, about $33.1 million had been raised from federal, state and philanthropic sources. In August the City Council approved a tax increment financing development agreement with nonprofit Fair Park First for up to $3 million in gap funding from the Deep Ellum TIF, with the Dallas Foundation acting as financial steward.