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Friends of Highland Village Park Foundation seeks T‑Mobile grant for Unity Park interpretive trail around historic pecan
Summary
The Friends of Highland Village Park Foundation presented plans for an interpretive trail around the historic “Unity Tree” at Unity Park and said it will apply for a T‑Mobile Hometown Grant up to $50,000; the group requested a letter of endorsement from the CDC and said it will work with city staff on design and maintenance.
The Friends of Highland Village Park Foundation presented a proposal for an interpretive trail around the Unity Tree at Unity Park and said it will apply for a T‑Mobile Hometown Grant that can fund up to $50,000 for a shovel‑ready project.
Kevin Fenderson, president and founder of the Friends of Highland Village Park Foundation, described the Unity Tree as a historically significant pecan near the Little League fields and said the foundation wants to build interpretive stations and a short decomposed granite trail that tells the tree’s story and connects people to the city’s landscape. “If our park foundation had a bumper sticker it would just read we plant trees,” Fenderson said, summarizing the group’s mission to plant trees and support preservation and education.
Fenderson said McAdams…
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