Saturday, February 15, 2025

Flower Mound gets $750K grant for new park

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Friday announced nearly $31 million in local park grants, including $750,000 for a future park in Flower Mound.

The competitive grants are allocated to local government entities on a 50/50 reimbursement match basis, according to a TPWC news release. Once funded, the sites must remain parkland in perpetuity, properly maintained and open to the public.

Flower Mound received a $750,000 non-urban outdoor grant for development at Trotter Park. The 13.11-acre undeveloped park property is located at 4551 Cross Timbers Road, between Flower Mound Road and Bruton Orand Boulevard. The town received the parkland in a deed from Toll Brothers in 2020. The town had previously wanted to put a tennis center there, but voters in May 2023 rejected a proposed $7.5 million bond election, prompting the town to move forward with a different plan.

In July 2024, the Flower Mound Town Council approved the Trotter Park master plan, which calls for two tennis courts, 12 pickleball courts, one basketball court, a playground, half-mile multi-use trail, and more.

The TPWC awarded one other grant for a park in Denton County: a $750,000 non-urban outdoor grant for the Lily Cantú inclusive playground project in Denton, which includes inclusive playground equipment and surfacing along with native landscaping.

Mark Smith
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is the Digital Editor of The Cross Timbers Gazette.

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