Fort Worth Climate Safe Neighborhood Coalition
In collaboration with community members, students, academic scholars, and practice partners, we aim to advance park equity while supporting climate health. We’ve had two public input sessions, and the Glenwood Park master plan is now fully drafted for review and discussion at the Park & Recreation Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 pm, in the New City Hall, located at 100 Fort Worth Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76102, in Room MZ06 on the Mezzanine Level.
Brief history: In May 2022, community partners formed the Fort Worth Climate Safe Neighborhood Coalition, whose strategic goal is to increase equitable access to safe, sustainable green space and to advance tree equity and extend environmental knowledge throughout Fort Worth. The first meeting of our Coalition took place at Glenwood Park, the green space that has been the focus of our park advocacy efforts from the start.
About Glenwood Park
Glenwood Park is a historic 37-acre park in southeast Fort Worth, less than 6 miles from TCU campus. We’ve hosted several events, which have included health promotion activities, clean-up, and also a bioblitz where we took inventory of all of the natural resources inside the park! See our News tab for more details and to see what we’ve accomplished together with community volunteers.
Join coalition partners as we develop the master plan for Glenwood Park with the Southside community and park users. Long-term, this work could be included in a bond package for approval by the City and voters. In May 2024, contracted landscape architects through Land Design held a public session to get ideas and bring them to life - we look forward to the next public session, where they will share their designs and ideas with the community! The follow-up public meeting with a mock-up park design will follow later in the fall!
Infographics:
Community input on Glenwood Park
Safe Walking Routes to Glenwood Park
**Infographics developed by TCU Nursing students in fulfillment of their Public Health Nursing clinical course in Spring 2024
Photos below are from previous clean-up events (starting in Oct 2022) and a Health & Environment Expo in April 2024
