The city of Dallas recently approved a new Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan and the city's first Recreation Master Plan. The comp plan updated the previous Renaissance Plan.
According to an article by Jen Kinney, "Dallas has just adopted a new Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan and the city’s first ever Recreation Master Plan…"
The plans, developed in partnership with Philadelphia-based Wallace Roberts and Todd (WRT), "aim to create an integrated, sustainable parks system" by, among other measures, preserving existing land and acquiring new land. Kinney adds more details:
The comprehensive plan is a departmentwide guiding document supported by other asset-specific strategies: master plans for trails, downtown parks, aquatics and more. Recreation is another top priority, and the Recreation Master Plan is the first to look specifically at the programs the city provides and how to improve them.
The article includes more details about the plans and their goals.
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