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City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Park Maintenance Services Newsletter
Third Quarter - 2011
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Team Built To Succeed
1
We’re Bigger Than You
May Have Imagined
1
Projects/Improvements
2
Volunteer Opportunities
Neighborhood/HOA
Events
2
Park History
What’s Happening
City Services
3
Contact Us
3
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A Team Built To Succeed
There are so many beautiful parks in your neighborhoods and we take great pride
in having the opportunity to maintain them. The citizens of Dallas have a dedicated
group of professionals working diligently to clean, mow, trim, plant and irrigate
over 374 parks, making your parks a place for fun! That group is the City of Dallas
Park and Recreation Department’s Park Maintenance Services Team.
As you may have noticed; dynamic changes are happening on Dallas parks. New
playgrounds, friendly activity pavilions, exciting spray-grounds, and beautiful
natural and wildflower areas pepper the landscape of your great city. We realize
parks are important to your quality of life, and we have committed ourselves to
making your parks safe, clean, beautiful and inviting. A dynamic stewardship plan
has been implemented to maintain your parks. Consistent mowing cycles, weekly
inspections of sprinkler heads, closely monitoring water ratios, and strong litter
campaigns all play a very important role in our efforts to maintain eco-friendly
natural spaces, but we need you.
With the assistance of neighborhood watch programs, home owner associations,
friends groups, youth organizations, corporate partners, and great volunteers, your
Parks will be even greater! We welcome and appreciate your suggestions or
comments. If you notice something that presents itself, prior to our weekly park
inspections, or you would like to share a fantastic idea, please contact us at
www.dallasparks.org. It’s going to take a team effort, so please join us!
We’re Bigger Than You May Have Imagined!
Here’s Something New!
Dallas Parks New Curfew
Hours: By action of the City
Council, the City of Dallas
parks are now closed from
11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Please
refer to the ordinance on our
website: www.dallasparks.org
• One of the largest municipal park systems in the nation
• Consist of 374 parks totaling 18, 618 acres plus 4,400 acres of water
• 43 recreation centers
• 6 golf courses, 4 driving ranges
• 5 tennis centers
• Kiest Softball Complex
• Cotton Bowl at Fair Park
• Over 200 athletic fields
• 1 skate park
• 1 skate rink
• 3 dog parks
• Disc golf course
• 104 developed trail miles
• 17 community pools
• 8 spraygrounds
• Bahama Beach Waterpark
• Indoor Pool (Bachman Recreation Center)
• Fair Park - a National Historic Landmark
• The Dallas Zoo and Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park
• Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
• Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park
• Cedar Ridge Nature Preserve and Trinity River Audubon Center
City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Park Maintenance Services Newsletter
Projects and Improvements
Park Maintenance
Services Team At Work
Danieldale Park Pavilion - 400 W.Wheatland Rd.- The new park pavilion is complete!
Martin Weiss Playground -100 Martindell Ave.-The new playground is complete!
Miller Family Park - 2814 Persimmon Rd. A new walking trail was installed, along with picnic tables, grills and benches.
The basketball court was striped. A new concrete parking lot was installed. Dome posts were place along Persimmon Dr.
Forestry work was done throughout the park in order to provide a clear view of the trail
Main Street Garden - 1950 Main Street- All raised beds were planted with earth kind roses. Damaged shrubs have been
replaced. Improvements have been made to the turf with regular aeration and fertilization.
Ferris Plaza - 400 S. Houston- New ornamental fencing was installed around the planters. Earth kind roses and Gulf
Stream nandinas were planted throughout the beds.
Martin Weiss Park -1111 Martindell-The Creek Clean-Up with the removal of litter, graffiti, and debris from Coombs Creek.
Oak Cliff Founders - 400 N. Zang-Cleared underbrush adjacent to new trail.
Thurgood Marshall - 5150 Mark Trail Way-Improvements to football field have begun.
Stevens Park Golf Course -1005 N. Monclair Ave.-Tree planting project.
Chalk Hill Trail - 2600 Chalk Hill Rd.& I30-Trail Clean-Up, tree-trimming, and debris removal.
Royal Park - 3461 Royal Ln.- The new park pavilion is under construction.
Northhaven Trail - Construction is underway for Phase I of III. Located primarily in an ONCOR utility right-of-way the
Northaven Trail will be the primary east west trail in north Dallas. The trail will link White Rock Creek Greenbelt, Royal Park
and the Elm Fork Greenbelt. It will connect with the existing White Rock CreekTrail and the proposed Elm ForkTrail.
The Northaven Trail will also connect several public and private schools.
NorthBark Dog Park - 4900 Gramercy Oaks- Construction is underway for this massive dog park.
Don’t forget to support your neighborhood park!
Get Involved In Your Community!
Here are some of the organizations in your community
Friends of Oak Cliff Parks
Friends of Deep Ellum
Friends of Trinity River
Friends of Kiest Trails
Friends of Cottonwood Trail
Friends of White Rock Lake
Friends of Katy Trail
If you would like to have your organization added to
our newsletter, please contact your community
program coordinator: Jeremy McMahon
Cottonwood Trail Ribbon
Cutting Ceremony
Friday-May 20, 2011: DART,
Texas Instruments, Friends of
Hamilton Park and Cottonwood
Trail, DCC Maurine Dickey.
Volunteer Event
It’s My Park Day
Saturday-September 10, 2011
8am-Noon
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Council member Vonciel JonesHill, Park Board members C.W. Whitaker and Joan Walne.
Northhaven Trail Groundbreaking
Saturday-June 16, 2011: Mayor Rawlings,
Councilmen Linda Koop and Ann Margolin
and Park Board members Lee Kleinman and
Larry Jones, as well as past councilman,
Lois Finkleman.
There’s History in
Your Neighborhood
What Happened On The Parks
Fretz-The park located at the corner of
Hillcrest and Beltline Roads was named for
a gentleman who served longer on the
Dallas Park Board than anyone else, Emil
Fretz. He truly gave his boundless energy to
the citizens of Dallas. In the early days of
the Park Board, there was a Fretz Park
located at 2100 Cockrell, the first property
the Park Board ever purchased. This was
also the first site of the first community
center and was located in what was then
known as the Cotton Mills district . It was
first called Cotton Mills Playground. On
Thanksgiving day, 1909, the park was
dedicated as “Trinity Park”. The first
improvements consisted of a temporary
bathhouse and combination kindergarten
and assembly room. Later a milk station was
established by the Infants Welfare
Association.
This Park does not exist any longer, so
when a new recreation center was built in
North Dallas, it was named Fretz. Once
again Emil Fretz was honored.
Send A Kid To Camp
A free, drop-in , summer recreational program for youths 6-15
conducted June 13 through July 29. The SEND A KID TO CAMP
program began in 1988 and since its inception, more than
59,100 Dallas youth have been served and 495 camps have
been conducted. Sites were located in communities where there
are few or no opportunities for youth to attend structured summer
recreational programs.
City Services
Parks (214) 670-4100
City Parks, Recreation Centers, Youth Activities,
http://www.dallascityhalls.com/Parks/index.html
Animals & Pets
Adoption, Complaints, Permits, Shelter, Zoo
http://www.dallasanimalservices.org/index.html
Streets & Traffic
Signs, Potholes, Construction, Street Cut Permits
http://www.dallascithall.com/streets/index.html
Public Safety
Fire Prevention, Safety Inspections, Crime Statistics
http://www.dallascityhalls.com/services/public_safety.html
Trash
Trash Schedules, Recycling, Report Litter, & Graffiti
Trinity Park/
Fretz Park
Circa 1930’s
http://www.dallascithall.com/services/litter.html
Weeds & Brush
Report High Grass, Report Graffiti, Regulations
Trinity Park/Fretz Park Circa 1930
http://www.dallascithall.com/services/lbrush.html
The Dallas Park and Recreation Department invites you to
enjoy an afternoon in the park and take advantage of free
internet access in our convenient WiFi Zones.
Timberglen Park
3810 Timberglen
Campbell-Green Park
16600 Parkhill Dr.
Tietze Park
2700 Skillman
Exall Park
1355 Adair
Lake Highlands North Park Ridgewood-Belcher
9940 White Rock Trail
6818 Fisher
Kidd Springs Park
711 W. Canty
Main Street Garden
1901 Main St.
Winfrey Point
951 Winfrey Point Way
Fair Park
3809 Grand Ave.
If you would like to learn more about your parks, how to organize a “Friends Groups”, become a volunteer, or
schedule a Park Maintenance Services representative to attend your organization’s meeting, please contact:
Kevin Moore
Community Program Coordinator
Pleasant Grove, South & East Dallas
[email protected]
Sam Franklin
Community Program Coordinator
Oak Cliff & Downtown
[email protected]
Jeremy McMahon
Community Program Coordinator
West & North Dallas
[email protected]
Publication Number 10/11-76