Art and preservation

Artists Scott Shubin and Juli Hulcy-Kessinger won the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group’s Spare Parts public art grant for their “Steam Punk Bird.” The sculpture was installed outside Metro Paws Animal Hospital in October.

The developer building 250 apartments adjacent to the Chicken Scratch on Commerce at Pittman wants to dedicate 30 old-growth trees on the property in honor of tree preservationists. Nominate someone for Wood Partners’ “Pappy’s Tree Grove” at elettore.com/pappystree-grove.

A plan to change how the city preserves historic neighborhoods is headed to City Council this month. The City Plan Commission approved changes to how conservation districts can be formed, which some say will make any new ones nearly impossible.

Trails

Pest Control

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Plumbing

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A $3-million grant from the North Texas Council of Governments will connect the Trinity Skyline Trail from Sylvan to the city of Irving. The 4.7-mile extension will be funded with nearly $3 million from the council of governments as well as almost $2.8 million from the city of Dallas. When completed, the skyline trail will reach from the Santa Fe Trestle Trail to Irving’s Campion Trail and is part of the plan to connect Dallas and Fort Worth by 64 miles of trail.

City hall

The Park Board-approved Aquatics Master Plan calls for closing all but one of the city’s existing pools and replacing them with “regional aquatics centers.” The master plan would cost as much as $50 million to implement, and the city doesn’t have the money yet. In our neighborhood, the existing Bahama Beach park would serve as the regional aquatics center. Sites for another two, plus five smaller centers haven’t been selected.

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