Flower Mound parks staff report $750,000 TPWD grant for Trotter Park, multiple trail and park projects underway

Flower Mound parks staff told the Parks Board that the town received a $750,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife outdoor recreation grant for work at Trotter Park and has submitted applications for regional Transportation Alternatives grant funding to support trail projects.

The grants and ongoing construction matter because they will fund trail and park improvements across the town, advance the Peters Colony Memorial Park project next to the Flower Mound Public Library, and help the town leverage an $82,000,000 parks-and-recreation bond the Town Council approved for a May election.

Parks staff (identified in the meeting as a staff and director and as Parks Capital Improvement Program staff) said the TPWD award is an outdoor recreation grant with a 50/50 match and will go toward Trotter Park. Staff also reported they submitted a Transportation Alternatives application through the regional COG and were seeking up to $10,000,000 for…