September 11, 2009
A little more than four years after the concept was formally introduced, developers are finally ready to launch construction on the $100-million Woodall Rodgers Park, a development geared to link Dallas’ uptown area to the CBD. Thanks to the inclusion of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, ground will officially break on the 5.2-acre parcel spanning the multi-lane Woodall Rodgers Freeway at Pearl St. on Sept. 14.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Tony Jones, chancellor of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jones will discuss how Millennium Park changed Chicago’s landscape, much as those behind the Woodall Rodgers Park hope the project will do the same thing for Dallas.
Linda Owen, president and CEO of fund-raising arm Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation tells GlobeSt.com that the development will provide a connection between two areas of the city currently divided by the concrete moat that is Woodall Rodgers. She says now is a good time to work on the project; as the development nears its end, the economy should be improving, and could “hopefully jump-start development along the Woodall Rodgers corridor,” Owen comments.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Tony Jones, chancellor of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jones will discuss how Millennium Park changed Chicago’s landscape, much as those behind the Woodall Rodgers Park hope the project will do the same thing for Dallas.
Linda Owen, president and CEO of fund-raising arm Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation tells GlobeSt.com that the development will provide a connection between two areas of the city currently divided by the concrete moat that is Woodall Rodgers. She says now is a good time to work on the project; as the development nears its end, the economy should be improving, and could “hopefully jump-start development along the Woodall Rodgers corridor,” Owen comments.
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