Belo Garden is officially open.
Belo Garden is changing the landscape of Downtown Dallas, turning gray to green.
The second park in the Downtown Parks Master Plan scheduled for completion is the result of a partnership and joint funding effort by Belo Corp., The Belo Foundation and the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department.
“Belo Garden is a significant
accomplishment for our city,” said Robert W. Decherd, who was CEO of Belo Corp. when the agreement to build the park was forged. “It is also a great example of cooperation and joint fundraising between the public and private sectors. Belo Garden exemplifies the collaboration that resulted in the Downtown Parks Master Plan in 2005 – the first plan of its kind in the City’s history.”
accomplishment for our city,” said Robert W. Decherd, who was CEO of Belo Corp. when the agreement to build the park was forged. “It is also a great example of cooperation and joint fundraising between the public and private sectors. Belo Garden exemplifies the collaboration that resulted in the Downtown Parks Master Plan in 2005 – the first plan of its kind in the City’s history.”
The city was awarded two grants to clean up the Belo Garden site, a former parking lot. One came from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and one from the Environmental Protection Agency. The remediation is important work that needed to be done for the health of our city. The land meets the highest environmental and residential standards now that the remediation is complete. Belo Garden is a park that is of Texas and for Texas. For more information on sustainability, click here.
After the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality certified that the site was clean, Belo Garden Development LLC took over and worked with award-winning landscape architects Hargreaves Associates. Hargreaves was part of the design team that created the Downtown Parks Master Plan along with Carter & Burgess.
Now complete, Belo Garden provides an urban oasis for Downtown Dallas residents, employees, visitors and students, and will stimulate economic development by creating in-demand views for nearby buildings.
The park is open 5:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. and is free to the public.
