Frisco’s Northwest Park plans delayed for additional input

The project

The plans presented are the most recent version of the 100-acre project and include:

• A dog park
• Amphitheater lawn
• Toddler playground
• Food truck spaces
• Bike skills track
• Picnic areas
• All-weather bike loop
• Discovery garden
• Prairie loop trail
• Prairie lookout
• Bike jump lines
• Adventure playground

“My 1% on this [is] I still think we should remove the tower ... [and] make what's out there more sustainable and help rejuvenate it,” Woodard said. “Let's spend the money on doing that.”

Northwest Community Park went through a community input phase when the project was first announced in July 2020, Coates said.

“We did a community survey, and we received over 1,000 responses, which was really great,” Coates said.

The master plan for the park was adopted in mid-2021 and designers have been working on the project since. Barring any major design changes, bids for construction could still go out in April and within the park’s $40 million budget, said Conners Ladner, a principal with Design Workshop Inc.