Our class walked a few blocks from our college campus to the Trinity River Vision headquarters in downtown Fort Worth. We were greeted by Shanna Cate when we arrived, and we were provided with an informational session about the Trinity River Vision Project.
The "Master Plan" for the Trinity River is a concept literally decades in the making. Encouraged by community volunteers in the 1980's, developed by urban designers and specialty consultants in the 1990's, and adopted by City Council in 2003, the Trinity River Vision Master Plan encompasses 88 miles of the Trinity River and its greenbelts and tributaries throughout the Fort Worth area. The "vision" has always been to advocate for this natural resource, keeping the river beautiful, accessible, enjoyable, and productive. Making sure it remains a valuable asset for the entire community.
The plan focuses on eight segments of the Trinity River and its tributaries: Clear Fork North, Clear Fork South, Marine Creek, Mary's Creek, Sycamore Creek, West Fork East, West Fork West, and the Central City area now called Trinity Uptown. It considers environmental quality, conservation, recreation facilities, trail developments, reforestation, beautification, and linkage to neighborhoods, downtown, and other special districts. The plan also addresses adjoining land uses, transportation and how other facilities best complement and benefit from the greenways.
The project has a 12 year construction schedule for the bridges, bypass channel, storm water management, isolation gates, dam and channel lock, interior water feature and Trinity uptown. Construction started in 2009, so it is scheduled to be completed in 2021. Private development may begin with the mixed development projects and start building multifamily, office, retail and restaurants. I’m excited about this because I currently work on mixed development projects, so I recognize there is huge opportunity for business growth in Fort Worth, Texas.
When the project is completed it will provide an estimated 16,000 permanent jobs, and 10,000 mixed income residential units.
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