City officials have told residents in the neighborhood surrounding Fair Park that a 10-acre community greenspace is on the horizon for a decade — but little has actually been done to make the pledge a reality. Nine out of 10 times, when a city project stalls, a lack of funding is the culprit.
That isn’t the case for the proposed South Dallas community park, though, which had found itself long-buried beneath a pile of bureaucracy.
Wednesday afternoon, the Dallas City Council voted to dig the project out of the red tape and spearhead it themselves. In doing so, they may hand the park’s reins over to Fair Park First, the management group that came under scrutiny last year after its subcontractor, Oak View Group, was found to have misused over $5 million in funds meant for Fair Park operations…