The gray cloud ceiling and intensive winds did not disabled the University of Texas on the plans of Arlington, at the future location of its new Uta West Campus in front of the Highland Hills Drive on the western edge of Fort Worth.
However, the weather moved hundreds of people who were present in a large white tent on the railway breaker. The excitement for the project went into the room when the Drumline played from Uta and people recorded their souvenirs: white plastic shovels with the slogan “I Dig Uta”.
Uta President Jennifer Cowley welcomed the managers of the political, business, business, community and education that gathered to celebrate the occasion.
“Uta is more than one place, Y'all,” said Cowley, who carries a trouser suit with the Maverick colors of orange and blue, from the podium. “It is an idea – an idea that a great university can change the lives of their students and the communities they serve.”
Cowley said that a few years ago they took this idea and tried to go west where a large part of the region's growth is – not only new residents, but also new companies. Officials found land in Walsh development and plans for a new university on 51 acres. Now the first building should be completed in 2028. After all, the campus is ready to serve over 10,000 students years after the end of this building.
Ryan Dickerson, Chief Executive Officer of the Walsh Companies, said he was enthusiastic when Uta Walsh turned to a future university campus. At first he thought it was a “long shot” that the university would exist within Walshs 7,500 acres of land.
“A university creates many things. (IT) creates ideas, creates executives and creates opportunities,” said Dickerson, who found that he was already seeing how Uta West becomes part of the feeling of community in Aledo, Fort Worth and Parker County. “A university creates high -quality urban development.”
The UT System Board of Regents approved the purchase of 51 acres of land in West Fort Worth in August. In January, UTA and the UT system have completed purchases of the two tracts, which include the location of the future campus.
The report submitted an inquiry to the open records to determine the costs for the country purchases, but so far the information has been refused. The UT system cited ongoing negotiations and the risk of gaining an advantage in the still ongoing real estate transactions, said Cynthia Tynan, public information coordinator of the UT system.
UTA managers expect the campus to be a community center – even before the construction of the first building has been completed. Officials asked for more than 1,600 answers through a survey. At the end of spring you will open a Uta West office in Willow Park. The university will start organizing summer camps for children and further training courses for adults, and the residents nearby can get to know the future opportunities at Uta West.
The university will also concentrate its vision so that it becomes part of the community, not only in what is offered, but also in the way it is built – with a different design of the main campus of Arlington. It will be more of a hill country in the ranch.
“I think you will see more wood in the buildings of Uta West, even to the extent to which we consider a kind of (hybrid) mass wood element,” said John Hall, Vice President for Administration and Economic Development at the UTA, in an interview with the report. “You can use wooden ceilings in public spaces that really emphasize the room.”
There will also be many windows and limestone. The design team also examines historical structures in Parker County from Clock Tower in the Parker County Courthouse to the landscape design of Clark Gardens. There are also unique window shapes and arches, masonry and hiking trails on the drawing board. The classrooms and laboratories will probably follow a more traditional design.
Cowley and others stood in front of the tent of the future university site and took their golden shovels and counted on three before turning the floor. There were several rounds with the stirring of the dirt when various sentences were excavated by managers.
Cowley spoke to the residents and community leaders and said Uta had a dream of transformation and opportunities. But Cowley, who studied urban planning, warned the audience.
“We know at Uta that a dream without a plan is just a wish,” she said.
But today it marks the beginning of a true dream to stand on the 51 hectare of the future campus in one place.
Shomial Ahmad is a university reporter for the Fort Worth report in cooperation with Open campus. Contact them homial.ahmad@fortwortheport.org.
The reporting on the university education of the report is partly supported by the most important university institutions in Tarrant County, including Tarleton State University, the Tarrant County College, Texas A&M-Fort Worth, Texas Christian University, the University of Texas in Arlington and the UN UN-HEALTH Science Center.
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