A sustained campaign by neighborhood residents and environmental activists compelled Fort Worth city leaders in Jan. 2024 to begin rezoning a 6.84-acre truck lot along Village Creek Road for nonindustrial use.
The winding dispute that followed — played out in city hall hearings , community meetings and federal court — may have finally drawn to a close March 25, with Fort Worth electing to purchase the property and settle all pending legal claims surrounding it for $3.455 million (including closing costs).
The contested patch of gravel hugs the northern edge of U.S. 287, a short drive west of its intersection with East Loop 820. The plot is boxed in by single-family homes to the west, a community center to the north, and a sliver of truck depots and a nursing home to the east…