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Lewisville parks staff report progress on Green Centerpiece Master Strategy; nature center RFP narrows to three finalists
Summary
Parks and recreation staff updated council on the Green Centerpiece Master Strategy — a partnership involving the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of North Texas, and Lewisville Independent School District — and described completed actions and next steps including nature center procurement, prescribed burn management, volunteer management,
Lewisville — The Lewisville City Council on Oct. 20 received an update from parks staff on the Green Centerpiece Master Strategy, a multi-agency effort to manage and program public lands including Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LELA), Lake Park, and associated green corridors.
Director-level staff and Chris Chastain, the city's preserve and greenbelt manager, told council the strategy updates work that began with the city's earlier planning efforts and described several completed actions and items in progress, including a finalized core lease renewal at LELA, new volunteer-management coordination, preserved partnerships with the University of North Texas (UNT) and Lewisville Independent School District (LISD), and a narrowed procurement process for a planned nature center.
The presentation noted that much of the Green Centerpiece property is federally owned by the U.S. Army Corps…
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