Special Project Committee Tours Hope Park in Frisco, Texas

As we continue to gather information on building a children’s park in our community, the Special Project Committee toured the 6 month old Hope Park in Frisco, Texas after our regular meeting on July 25, 2013.  This park was built by volunteers in partnership with the City of Frisco as an all encompassing park for both special needs children and children of all ages.

The purpose of the tour was to gather information on how the park was conceived, how money was raised, and how the partnership worked with community volunteers and the city staff.  This project involved many different groups in the community, including churches, schools, businesses, and individual contributors, city staff, contractors, and many community volunteers. The design of the park was completed, bids were solicited for costing, and numerous fundraisers were completed along with corporate donations, and city financial support to bring the park to reality. 

The committee will continue to gather information but will also begin to develop the scope of a project that our club can undertake.  Can we get the community and business donations to expand the scope of the project?  Can we size the project into phases that can be added to over the next several years?

These are just a few of the questions we are working to answer.  We know we have the cooperation of our cities and the park staff.  We are still working on determining a good location.

We continue to look for input from our members and other community leaders. The committee is made up of Dick Calvert and Bill Bexley as Co-Chairman, Scott Smith, David Hale, Sid Fuller, Ben Cunningham, and Regina Edwards.  Feel free to email Dick or Bill if you have questions or you know individuals or companies that might donate time and dollars to help us provide an all encompassing park in the Carrollton and Farmers Branch community.