‘We finally got 40 acres’: New park awash in wildflowers honors longtime Dallas leader | Grigsby
A variety of wildflowers including Dakota mock vervain, buffalo burr, lemon beebalm, coneflowers and Indian blanket, photographed after Tuesday's groundbreaking, grow on the land where the Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park will be created.Dallas dearly loves its groundbreakings, so forgive me that most of the invites that pop into my email go straight to the “mind-numbingly obligatory procession of speechifying” folder.
The Texas office of the Trust for Public Land persevered for four years, partnering with residents even through the pandemic’s darkest days, to get Highland Hills to this day. The park plan for Highland Hills reflects the features that neighbors of this tight-knit community said matter most. Not just nature and access, but amenities that provide unity and reunion.
Anecdote after anecdote was shared about the late judge’s personal sacrifices and unfaltering dedication to Highland Hills. Shortly after her father’s death, the Texas Legislature and Parks and Wildlife Department surprised Rep. Rose with a $1 million grant to the park to recognize Judge Rose’s work. Just to the east, a draw etched by Five Mile Creek cuts through the lush property, much of which is thick with nasty invasive privet.
A rendering shows Phase One of the Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park, on the south side of Simpson Stuart Road in southern Dallas. Phase One includes the nature trails and all the major amenities that the community requested, including pavilion, playground, nature trail and outdoor classroom., the first completed piece in its Five Mile Creek plan.
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