Tonight is the design presentation for the White Rock Hills Recreation Center. The feasibility study and master plan will be revealed at the Dallas Arboretum from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Not sure what this is? Learn everything you need to know about the White Rock Hills Rec Center in our story that ran in the December issue of Lakewood-East Dallas Advocate.
To summarize, the grassroots organization Ferguson Road Initiative (FRI) had a vision to build a multi-generational recreation center along Ferguson Road, but it was forced to put the brakes on the project in 2008 when the economy tanked. For years, the organization has waited for the economy to stabilize in order to revitalize its dream.
FRI helped champion the success of the White Rock Hills Branch Library on Ferguson near Buckner in 2012, and now the organization is full steam ahead with the rec center project.
FRI hosted two community meetings last fall to tap neighbors’ opinions about the center. FRI needed a feasibility study in order to make the rec center a reality, and last year the City of Dallas managed to hand over $125,000 to conduct a study.
Tonight FRI plans to reveal the results of that study and the master plan for the project.
If you would like to attend, enter the Dallas Arboretum through the main gate on Garland and Whittier. Entry and parking are free.
FRI began more than a decade ago with the mission to “transform Far East Dallas into a safe, beautiful, prosperous and proud community” through economic revitalization. It covers the stretch of land from Garland Road to Mesquite from Interstate-30 to I-635, including parts of Forest Hills, Casa Linda, Casa View, White Rock Hills and White Rock East.
For more, check out the Ferguson Road Initiative website.
