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Let’s Not Screw Up Fair Park

Over at the DMN, there's an op-ed (or whatever you'd call it online) that is worth your time. A woman named Tammy Johnston, chair of the South Boulevard-Park Row Historic Neighborhood Association, explains why she doesn't like the looks of the latest effort to re-imagine Fair Park. Johnston says:
Dallas is in the process of making a decision about Fair Park that may be our last, best chance to get it right. … So, it is disappointing to see Dallas is one again poised to make a great blunder with Fair Park. The proposal presented by the Fair Park Texas Foundation to the city's Park and Recreation board on April 7 makes the "Future of Fair Park" look a lot like its past -- another regrettable waste of potential and taxpayer dollars -- where taxpayers foot the bill but don't share in the park's economic potential.
Spend a few minutes to read the rest.
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Over at the DMN, there’s an op-ed (or whatever you’d call it online) that is worth your time. A woman named Tammy Johnston, chair of the South Boulevard-Park Row Historic Neighborhood Association, explains why she doesn’t like the looks of the latest effort to re-imagine Fair Park. Johnston says:

Dallas is in the process of making a decision about Fair Park that may be our last, best chance to get it right. … So, it is disappointing to see Dallas is one again poised to make a great blunder with Fair Park. The proposal presented by the Fair Park Texas Foundation to the city’s Park and Recreation board on April 7 makes the “Future of Fair Park” look a lot like its past — another regrettable waste of potential and taxpayer dollars — where taxpayers foot the bill but don’t share in the park’s economic potential.

Spend a few minutes to read the rest.

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