The Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreation Department is launching Advance TXK Parks, a master planning initiative focused on the future development of parks, trails and amenities in Texarkana, Texas. Advance TXK Parks includes three public meetings held on the following dates:
Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 6:30 p.m
Thursday, December 5, 2024, 6:30 p.m
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 6:30 p.m
Each meeting will be held at the Texarkana, Texas Convention Center, 2910 S. Cowhorn Creek Loop, Texarkana, Texas.
Keith Beason, Parks and Recreation Project Manager for the City of Texarkana, Texas, invites residents to join the discussion.
“The master plan will serve as a blueprint for our Parks and Recreation Department over the next 15 to 20 years,” Beason said. “We encourage everyone to participate in this process so that together we can improve our parks and facilities to better meet the needs of the community.”
The Parks and Recreation Department is working with Norris Design, an engineering firm that helped develop the Texarkana, Texas Comprehensive Plan launched in 2016. Norris Design is a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm specializing in planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, etc. Urban design. They provide services for a variety of projects including residential, commercial, mixed-use, recreational and public projects. Norris Design focuses on developing sustainable and innovative solutions that combine functionality with aesthetics, with the goal of improving communities and environments through thoughtful design and engineering practices.
Rick Leisner, project manager for Norris Design, expressed excitement about the future of parks in Texarkana, Texas.
“We look forward to working with the citizens of Texarkana, Texas, to develop a parks and recreation plan that best serves the community,” Leisner said.
In addition to the public meetings, there will be an online citizen survey in which the public can participate. This survey will be launched on the project website https://www.txkparks.com/ before the second meeting on February 11, 2024.
For more information, contact Keith Beason at keith.beason@texarkanatexas.gov or (903) 798-1715.