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OAK CLIFF ADVOCATE VOL. 20 NO. 6

8 Checking in with Chad West DINING

The library shuffle

Oak Cliff Bee Company 18 The Tale of two parks

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WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT NOBODY KNOWS

Dallas Public Library will see changes within the system by the next city budget

Story by ADVOCATE STAFF

What’s happening to City Hall? And did alley trash ever really get figured out? Are the Dallas Stars leaving us to go north? What are we doing with the Neiman Marcus Downtown? Why can’t we stay on budget?

Dallas isn’t quite good at definitive decisions.

And now there’s been talk of closures, regions, flagships, naming rights, coffee shops and passport offices. We don’t know what to do about our libraries.

There have been three options that have been discussed to mitigate funding issues, one of which includes branch closures. City council members and some residents hope to keep all branches open, but there has not been a resolution to keep all libraries open permanently. The current budget problems don’t make things clearer.

It all started with the City of Dallas’ Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget. City leaders did not include funds to keep the Skillman Southwestern Library open. It also stated that the Dallas Public Library was tasked with “reimagining services through the creation of a library regional model,” which would utilize flagship locations with extended services and identify up to four branches for potential closure in the FY 2026-27.

This was approved on Sept. 18, 2025. After outrage, a few last-ditch saving efforts and a tug-of-war, Skillman Southwestern Library closed Sept. 27, 2025.

“No one wants to close libraries, but my predecessor was put in a position, just like I am being now, with significant budget pressures,” says Manya Shorr, Dallas Public Library director. “And she looked at a map and saw that there were a number of very close libraries to Skillman Southwestern and made the best recommendation she could at the time.”

At the beginning of the year, Shorr presented a regional model plan to the Quality of Life, Arts and Cultural Committee, which would create five flagship libraries that provide extended hours and expanded programming and services to offset the closure of the branches.

The selected flagships, Fretz Park, Vickery Park, Pleasant Grove, Hampton-Illinois and Bachman Lake, were chosen based on proximity to major intersections and public transit. Additionally, two more flagships are planned to be selected for the Southwest and East regions, depending on the 2027-28 FY development.

To address a $2.6 million budget reduction requirement for the next fiscal year, Oak Lawn, Skyline, Renner Frankford and Arcadia

Park branches were slated to close to provide general fund savings. Since Arcadia Park is maintained in partnership with Dallas ISD, there’s a potential for the district to take over the management of the branch.

The recommendations for the closures were selected based on three elements: community need (median household income, population of high school completion, population under 5 years old), library usage (checkouts, computer sessions, programs, program attendance) and library coverage (reachability within a 15-minute drive for residents, square footage of the branch).

“So when we learned the names of the libraries, of course, and we wanted to make sure that none of the libraries were closed. That’s when we all came out, people who lived in those areas, as well as just library lovers in general, saying, ‘This is silly,’” says Denise McGovern, executive director of the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.

At the conclusion of the January committee meeting, council members urged Shorr to return with a proposal to keep all branches open, evaluate the proximity of branches to similar City facilities (such as community, recreation and cultural centers), expand information on community access, additional features to

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consider (such as voting and other external services), and revenue considerations.

Following the presentation of the regional model, a survey commissioned by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library was conducted from Feb. 13-26.

In the survey, 97% of respondents supported that funding should be maintained or increased. Majorities opposed closing four branch libraries in exchange for expanded hours at five others (73%), opposed the regional/flagship model in general (72%) and opposed the closing of some libraries even to avoid reductions in hours, staffing and services at remaining libraries (53%).

“ The survey … is just one data point that we used to make updated recommendations to the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee because it’s not statistically significant,” Shorr says. “It was just an open survey, and granted, 4,000 people filled it out in two weeks, which is amazing, but it did not necessarily represent the entire city.”

Outrage against the library closures seems to be more conceptual than personal. Forty-seven percent of respondents said closures wouldn’t affect them or declined to answer.

When asked about their preferences on how to solve the funding issue, the majority of respondents thought the City should increase funding toward libraries. If unable to do so, the majority thought libraries should keep all branches open and reduce hours citywide. Closing some branches to utilize the flagship model was the third choice for most respondents.

Willingness to travel to a library if their library was closed was about 50-50.

The results of the survey were included in an April update to the Quality of Life, Arts and Cultural Committee. Shorr presented the three options. One, the regional model with four closures and five flagships, originally presented Jan. 20, 2026. A second option with flagships and no branch closures. Lastly, keeping everything the same, no closures and no flagships option.

The second flagship model where all branches stay open, was the most well-received by the committee.

“That’s wonderful, except that still doesn’t solve the issue of the $2.6 million in the budget,” McGovern says. “And so if the money continues to be cut, the entire system is still intact and has a lot of opportunity, but still doesn’t have the funding.”

To address the funding issue for the

flagship model, Shorr presented options to help raise revenue in the branches. Proposals included increased room rental costs, incorporating paid parking to the central library and seeking to add passport offices to libraries in areas that could use that service.

Around the horseshoe, District 7 Council member Adam Bazaldua suggested additional revenue options such as sponsorship and naming-rights opportunities or leasing options for coffee shops.

“I think the problem is the public library is not designed to be a revenue-driving department,” Shorr says, adding that to make it so, the library system’s mission of being “free and open to the public” would need to change. “We don’t have a model that supports raising that kind of revenue that would offset our budget. So I can’t imagine we would ever make up enough money … to fill a $2.6 million budget shortfall.”

In a similar vein, McGovern is wary about how operations could be affected if all 29 libraries remain open without the $2.6 million in funding to the library system.

“The biggest part of it is getting the funding back so that it doesn’t have an impact that causes loss of hours or personnel,” McGovern says. “I mean, it’s a lot of money, but not a lot of money in the giant pot of the budget.”

But it’s quite expensive to run buildings, and reductions would have to be more extensive if the flagship model was implemented. Shorr says one of the ways to find budget dollars is by substantially reducing staff positions and hours.

It’s not like the City just needs to scale back $2.6 million. Currently, the City has an expected $34 million shortfall and has a spending and hiring freeze. This means we’re not over budget yet, but we’re likely not going to stay in line with the biggest budget that Dallas has ever seen at $5.2 billion. The bulk of the deficit is public safety overtime and increased medical claims out of the self-insured employee health fund. But decreased revenue streams like property and sales taxes, while infrastructure needs continue to surge, aren’t helping either.

On May 3, Mayor Eric Johnson released a statement condemning council members for speaking out against closing libraries after approving a budget last year that recommended the potential closure of up to four library branches.

“Fiscal responsibility is a year-round,

full-time job. If your elected officials talk about it 11 months of the year but refuse to support spending reductions when voting on the budget — or if they vote in favor of budget reductions only to fight against their implementation — Dallas’ budget will never be fixed,” he said.

Dallasites are expected to get a more definitive plan when the city manager releases her proposed budget in mid-August, Shorr says.

“I would say that no library director wants to close branches, least of all me,” she says. “I’ve been in public libraries for 30 years. It’s gut wrenching to think about closing library locations, but the City of Dallas has not adequately funded the Dallas Public Library for 25 years, and we’ve really reached a tipping point where our budget does not support the number of locations that we have, and so the goal in recommending the regional model with the closures was really to rightsize our budget so that we could create sustainability in service to our community going forward.”

Budgets for libraries are tight nationwide, but Dallas’ issue is also “not the norm,” Shorr says.

She pointed to a chart in the regional model presentation from January that compares Dallas to other cities of similar populations, which seems to show that Dallas’ library system is underfunded.

Despite this, Shorr wants libraries to offer more services to Dallasites, not less. But the City may have to think outside the box to accomplish that goal.

“No matter what happens, we will still be exploring creative and innovative ways to offer more library services in the future,” Shorr says. “They’re going to look different than what Dallas is used to right now, which is just standalone libraries. But I’ve been talking about this for a year, the idea that we have more libraries in retail areas, whether strip malls or malls, that we have more partnership opportunities, that we have smaller footprint libraries that don’t cost as much. That, along with the flagships, is the future of the Dallas Public Library and how we’re going to offer more to people in the future.”

Which plan will the City ultimately go with? That’s unclear, and nothing is off the table yet.

A CONVERSATION

WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER

Interview by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ

Chad West has served as a council member since May 2019, having been reelected in 2021, 2023 and 2025. Prior to his election to council, West served on the Dallas City Plan and Zoning Commission from 2017 to 2018.

WITH THIS BEING YOUR FOURTH AND FINAL TERM AS THE DISTRICT 1 COUNCIL MEMBER, HOW HAVE YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES ON COUNCIL AND AS A FORMER CITY PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSIONER GUIDED YOU THIS YEAR?

Serving both on the City Council and previously on the Plan Commission has given me a long view of how decisions shape neighborhoods over time. I’ve learned that good policy isn’t just about reacting, it’s about making the right long-term decisions for the Dallas of tomorrow. This year, I’ve leaned heavily on that experience to focus on implementation: making sure the plans we’ve adopted actually translate into real improvements on the ground, whether that’s safer streets, better zoning or more attainable housing options.

HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN KEY PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME ON CITY COUNCIL. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STATE OF HOUSING IN DISTRICT 1, AND WHAT STEPS DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY?

District 1 reflects what we’re seeing citywide — strong demand, rising costs and not enough supply at all price points. We’ve made progress in diversifying housing types, but affordability remains a challenge. I’m proud that after a nearly two-yearlong effort, we voted to protect the Dallas Public Facility Corporation (DPFC) and Dallas Housing Finance Corporation (DHFC), which together account for over ¾ of the new affordable housing built in Dallas last year. I’m also proud that District 1 produced 572 new units of deed-restricted affordable housing in 2024, a whopping 42% of the city’s

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total. Moving forward, zoning reform will be a great opportunity to modernize our code, encourage missing-middle housing, and make it easier to build in the right places. At the same time, I’ll continue supporting the Home Repair program, increasing property tax relief for seniors, and working with partners like Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) to increase homestead exemption claims across District 1 so growth doesn’t come at the expense of displacement.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE PRESERVATION WITH THE NEED FOR AND INTEREST IN NEW DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

It starts with recognizing that preservation and growth aren’t mutually exclusive. We have neighborhoods in Oak Cliff with deep historic character, and that should be respected. We already have nearly half of the city’s conservation and historic districts, and the next four underway citywide are all in District 1. But we also need to accommodate new residents and investment. The balance comes from thoughtful long-term planning like the West Oak Cliff Area Plan – directing diverse housing options to appropriate corridors, maintaining neighborhood integrity and ensuring new development complements the existing fabric rather than overwhelms it.

AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND AMID THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CITY HALL, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THE PROCESS?

To my earlier point, we must do a better job thinking long-term as a city and city council. Just like a family’s personal finances, it’s easier to spend on something fun today like a vacation than do the financially prudent thing of saving and planning for the long term. Unfortunately, decades of councils have kicked the can of City Hall maintenance down the road. While I believe this shows that residents care most about City services they use most often – like streets, parks and libraries – it also is a reminder we need to think more creatively about our city’s financial health long-term. I also think this process has shown how important trust and transparency is, and we must do a better job both as a council and at the City leadership level to make sure our residents feel informed and included in these important decisions.

SINCE THE ADOPTION OF FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 IN SEPTEMBER 2024, HOW HAS YOUR DISTRICT PROGRESSED TOWARD THOSE GOALS? WHICH AREAS STILL NEED MORE ALIGNMENT?

ForwardDallas 2.0 is contemplated every time a zoning case is brought forward. I don’t believe I’ve approved a single zoning matter in District 1 that was not in alignment with ForwardDallas 2.0. I’m glad we proactively worked to create the long-term planning in the West Oak Cliff Area Plan. I also plan to initiate conversations for the Far West Oak Cliff area near Joey Georgusis Park because many of those neighbors have long been neglected.

WHAT IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT CITY BUDGET?

It’s going to be a tough budget. My priorities will continue to be public safety, safer streets, and prioritizing the essential City services people rely on like our libraries and parks. I think the challenge is an opportunity to start thinking more creatively, like we’re doing at the North Oak Cliff Library by delivering a new library that will be financially supported by housing development on top.

WHAT CAN OAK CLIFF NEIGHBORS EXPECT FROM THE CITY AS IT PREPARES FOR THE IMPACTS OF THIS SUMMER’S FIFA WORLD CUP?

I am so excited to put Dallas on the world stage for FIFA World Cup, but it’s important that this event benefits our communities. I’ve been working with City staff and local stakeholders to make sure Oak Cliff is ready to capitalize on this opportunity –especially for our small businesses. I know many neighbors are excited for this opportunity to come together and celebrate Oak Cliff. We also need to work to minimize possible disruptions for neighbors like increased traffic and noise. I’m confident we can find the right balance.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING THIS TERM THUS FAR? WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE?

I’d say it’s two things. First is making our streets safer for all road users and prioritizing the safety of vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists over the speed of cars. We saw that in the Sylvan-Colorado “peanut” roundabout under design and the complete streets coming to Davis and downtown Elmwood. The second is modernizing our approach to housing to ensure we preserve the beautiful historic neighborhoods of Oak Cliff while delivering much needed new housing.

The biggest challenge is navigating the growth in a way that is inclusive so that the neighbors who have been here for generations benefit from it rather than face displacement. It’s a major challenge citywide, but Oak Cliff is among the hardest hit, partly due to its high demand as a place to live.

HOW CAN NEIGHBORS BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN COUNCIL DECISIONS?

The best way is to stay engaged early and consistently. Sign up for my newsletter, attend community meetings, reach out to my office, follow council agendas, and participate in neighborhood associations. Too often, people get involved late in the process when decisions are already taking shape. The more input we have upfront, the better outcomes we can achieve together. Oak Cliff is lucky to have many passionate advocates for safe streets, housing, parks, libraries, our seniors and much more.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

HuÍtzitzilin Cafe encapsulates the art and flavor of Mexico

Story by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ | Photography by KATHY TRAN

STEPPING INTO THE QUAINT

200-SQUARE-FOOT CAFE , it’s easy to feel at home. There are toys for kids along the front wall and a corner filled with art that could be hanging over your own fireplace.

These were deliberate design choices on the part of owner Martha Roque.

“I created this space just so people can feel at home, especially the people that can’t go back, and also for

the people that love going to Mexico,” she says.

HuÍtzitzilin Cafe on Jefferson Boulevard is in remembrance of Roque’s time in Mexico and her loved ones.

“I wanted to honor (my grandma) and my loved ones that are no longer here, which is where the name comes to be with HuÍtzitzilin,” she says. “The story behind HuÍtzitzilin is that it’s a messenger from a loved one that’s no longer here. And so I

wanted something that had meaning … I didn’t want a catchy name. I wanted something that had a meaningful definition.”

Above the front entrance of the shop, a mural depicts a hummingbird (which is also a translation of HuÍtzitzilin) and includes her grandma’s favorite flowers and marigolds to represent Day of the Dead.

As a native of Guanajuato, Roque came to the United States at 3 years

Not only does HuÍtzitzilin Cafe feel like home, but also a garden with all the plants surrounding the tables as decor.

old and has spent most of her life in Oak Cliff. She returned to Mexico to live with her grandparents for three years while she was a teenager, where she learned how to cook with her grandma.

“When I came back, I brought that from her, because she was very good at cooking, and I love mixing flavors and stuff like that,” she says.

Roque went on to graduate from South Oak Cliff High School and worked in the fast food industry until she transitioned into working in multifamily housing.

She says after having a baby young, she wanted a job that would be best for her daughter and for herself. Roque quickly flourished in her new career moving up from a leasing agent to property manager to supervisor.

As much as Roque excelled with her career, she still felt dissatisfied in her former corporate role. She quit that job and traveled to Mexico to take courses on coffee to be able to bring something that could remind her customers of home.

And then she opened HuÍtzitzilin Cafe last year.

“I wanted something that was mine. I wanted something that I wasn’t knowledgeable about because … I wanted to take the initiative of doing something that I don’t know how it’s going to work out, but I’m going to try,” she says. “And something that I can say, ‘I did it myself.’ Nobody showed me, nobody guided me. I mean, it was me sitting here everyday manifesting it.”

Today, Roque has returned to a new role in the multi -

All of the bagel sandwiches, minus the Banana Cabin Bagel ($6), come with chimichurri sauce.

family industry, and with her new company, she is able to continue her work with HuÍtzitzilin Cafe.

Since learning the skills in Mexico, she has continued to develop new drinks for the HuÍtzitzilin Cafe menu, often with housemade ingredients like the syrup used in the Cafe De Olla Latte ($7.75-$8.75) made with piloncillo, cinnamon, cloves and espresso.

Some of the most popular drinks are the Strawberry Matcha ($7.75-$8.75) and the Cookie Butter Latte ($7.75$8.75) with brown sugar, butter, espresso and a Biscoff cookie on top.

Roque is always experimenting with new syrups and creating new flavors. Some of the ones that don’t make the menu are in the shop for a limited time, such as with some recent film fundraiser themed drinks and a custom drink she made when she held an event after hours for a business’ anniversary celebration.

For food, HuÍtzitzilin Cafe carries an array of locally made pastries and sweets in addition to their bagel menu. One of the big sellers is the Egg & Earth Bagel ($8), which comes with avocado, boiled egg and sesame seeds toasted on a plain bagel.

Each bagel sandwich option (minus the Banana Cabin Bagel available for $6) comes with chimichurri sauce from Guanajuato, adding an oily, earthy, herb flavor to each bite and another reminder of home.

“I wanted to also have my family be proud of what I did and my kids,” she says, “and it’s an accomplishment, not just for me, but to my family, to the Latino community as well.”

HuÍtzitzilin Cafe , 1836 W. Jefferson Blvd. #120, 214.484.3714, instagram.com/huitzitzilincafe

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in the deep end

Over decade later, looking back at the last Aquatic Facilities Master Plan

Story by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ

City of Dallas pools are aging. The oldest pool in the city was built in 1947. The newest was built in 1975.

And in 2009, the City sat down and thought it was time to do something about it.

The Aquatic Facilities Master Plan was developed over the course of three years, with a 2015 update, to replace the existing city pools with either an aquatic center or a sprayground.

While a decade ago the City focused on decommissioning city pools, the aging facilities came up again as a topic of concern during the last budget cycle.

The initial recommendation in August 2025 called for the closure of three city pools per year over the course of three years.

In the adopted budget, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert cited the Legacy Pool realignment as a key initiative in positioning the Park and Recreation Department for even greater success.

By decommissioning aging pools with declining attendance, the City could support the department’s priorities of green space access, improved sustainability and resiliency of park infrastructure and

strengthened community programming.

Here’s a look back at what was in store based on that 2015 updated plan.

Four options were presented to address the facility updates which included reconstructing 20 selected pools “as-is,” developing community family aquatic centers, developing regional family aquatic centers or a hybrid option.

The hybrid option was selected and adopted in 2013 with the intent to provide “a higher and more diverse level of service and price points” for city residents.

Under the hybrid option, the City selected moving forward with three regional (large) family aquatic centers (including Bahama Beach), five community (medium) family aquatic centers and three planned spraygrounds.

Additionally, the Park and Recreation Board adopted a resolution to utilize proceeds from the sale of Elgin B. Robertson Park in May 2015 to be utilized to support new aquatic facilities, bringing in $31.8 million in funding. This selected option was then updated in July 2015 with three to four of each aquatic facility type for the three regions of North, Central and South of the city

to “provide an equal level of service with a cost recovery rate of 70-80%.”

Following the updated 2015 plan, new perimeters were adopted for some of the aquatic center definitions.

For example, the introduction of The Cove Aquatic Centers. These large facilities include an “eight lane lap pool with a diving board, climbing wall, and basketball goal, open and closed flume slides, current channel, crossing activity, toddler pool with an interactive play structure, shade structures, group pavilion, picnic tables and lounge chairs, a bath house with family changing rooms, lockers and a concession stand.” Those facilities include The Cove at Crawford, The Cove at Fretz, and The Cove at Samuell Grand. All three were a part of the first phase for the master plan.

Of the facilities listed in phase one and phase two of the 2015 update, many of the upgrades came from the 2017 bond funding. Those funded in part or all by the 2017 bond include: The Cove at Samuell Grand, The Cove at Crawford, The Cove at Fretz, Kidd Springs Aquatic Center, Lake Highlands North Aquatic Center, Tietze Family Aquatic Center, Exline Neighborhood Aquatic Center,

PHASES FROM THE 2015 UPDATE:

Harry Stone Neighborhood Aquatic Center, the Kleberg-Rylie Park Sprayground, the NashDavis Park Sprayground, and the Timberglen Park Sprayground.

After the 2017 bond funding, that leaves three listed facilities as a part of the 2015 master plan phases one and two that have not been updated: the Park in the Woods Sprayground, Martin Weiss Recreation Center and Singing Hills Recreation Center.

Currently, with the 2024 bond package approved by residents, only the Singing Hills Recreation Center will receive funding allocation to upgrade aquatic facilities. Martin Weiss also received funding from the 2024 bond, but only for $9 million in upgrades to the recreation center and not aquatic facilities.

As for phase three, the Dallas Aquatics currently lists the Dallas ISD Partnership Program as a collaboration that provides “programs at a few of their indoor natatoriums.” Those programs include free swim lessons for Dallas ISD students, water fitness classes and lap swimming.

Water fitness and afternoon lessons were offered at the Pleasant Grove Pool from August 2025 to May 2026, with the latest iteration of free swim training for students available at multiple locations across Dallas from September 2025 to April 2026.

Over a decade later, City staff are now preparing an updated master plan. In a statement to the Advocate , a spokesperson for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department said a new master plan is being reviewed by the Aquatic Task Force, with recommendations expected and park leadership waiting for the final draft for review and approval.

PHASE I ($36.6 MILLION)

Crawford Regional FAC (now The Cove at Crawford Park)

Fretz Regional FAC (now The Cove at Fretz Park)

Samuell Grand FAC (now The Cove at Samuell Grand Park)

Lake Highlands North Community FAC (now Lake Highlands North Community Aquatic Center)

Kidd Springs Community FAC (now Kidd Springs Community Aquatic Center)

Tietze Neighborhood FAC (now Tietze Neighborhood Aquatic Center)

Timberglen Sprayground

Park in the Woods Sprayground

Kleberg-Rylie Sprayground

PHASE II ($23 MILLION)

Bachman Regional FAC (now Bachman Aquatic Center)

Singing Hills Community FAC (now Singing Hills Recreation Center)

Harry Stone Neighborhood FAC (Harry Stone Neighborhood Aquatic Center)

Martin Weiss Neighborhood FAC (now Martin Weiss Recreation Center)

Exline Neighborhood FAC (now Exline Neighborhood Aquatic Center) Nash-Davis Sprayground

PHASE III (TBD)

Future Additional Indoor Aquatic Facility in Partnership with a School District

DEFINING SITE TYPES:

REGIONAL FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER (RFAC)

• 4 acres or more for pool, support facilities, and parking

• 100 cars or more parking (existing or space to add)

• Easy public access (bus, rail, autos or bicycle trails)

• Minimal service zone overlap with like facilities

COMMUNITY FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER (CFAC)

• 3 acres for pool, support facilities and parking

• 50 -100 cars parking (existing or space to add)

• Easy public access (bus, rail, autos or bicycle trails)

• High public usage and/or support

NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY AQUATIC FACILITY (NFAC)

• 2 acres for pool, support facilities, and parking

• Only ADA parking (two spots) required

• High public usage and support

Photo via Getty/Peter Cade.

Bees a buzz the Texas way

Oak Cliff Bee Company hosts colonies across the city with roots in our neighborhood

Story by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ | Photography by LAUREN ALLEN

Winnetka Heights neighbor Chris Chance says he started working with bees at exactly the wrong time.

“Didn’t go so great right out of the gate,” he says. “But you know, learned from my mistakes, and kind of got pretty good at it. Well, I say I got good at it. I didn’t get good at it. Even today, they still humble me in terms of reminding me that they’re going to do whatever they want to do.”

Although he says otherwise, Chance has grown his beekeeping success into the Oak Cliff Bee Company. The organization’s mission is to champion sustainable beekeeping practices through raising public awareness on the valuable role of bees, working with communities to safeguard the essential pollinators.

Chance got his start with bees after some time spent at Mount St. Michael Catholic School’s farm program, which he and his wife participated in while their children attended the school.

Around 2018 or 2019, the Chances started bringing in chickens to sell eggs and adding to the urban farm experience that included sheep and geese, turkeys around Thanksgiving, and a big Pyrenees dog. There’s also a cat on the property named Midnight Chicken.

“Every year, it’s somewhat of a struggle in terms of balancing the budget and everything. And so that didn’t leave a ton of resources available from the school to fund the farm,” Chance says. “And so I kind of had a really expensive month with electric fences and stuff that related to the chickens. And it’s like, ‘I got to figure out a way to make some revenue on this related

to the farm, to help finance it, and I’ll pay for it.’”

He first introduced three or four hives to the farm in 2020, growing to six or seven before starting a bee club at the school. By November 2023, he launched the Oak Cliff Bee Company.

With his background in Fortune 500 businesses and running an IT company, Chance says he felt he had a pretty good handle on how to join the corporate side of hive management. There are few hive management companies in Dallas and after learning what a competitor offered, he says he felt he could do even better.

Oak Cliff Bee Company currently has about 50 installs that they manage, including hives at The Crescent, the North Texas Food Bank Community Garden and the Hilton Anatole.

A typical day starts out in Oak Cliff, running a route across North Texas, checking in on whether or not to provide the bees with supplemental food and evaluating their resources. The dedicated beekeepers will either bring in additional boxes for expansion or implement splits, where colonies will be divided in a way that mimics natural swarm behavior.

Most recently, Chance says some of the queens that went through a split haven’t taken well. Another factor that affects hive management is the weather, with seasons coming a little bit earlier than normal this year.

“It’s one of these bridges that we can’t do anything about, just have to figure it out,” he says.

That troubleshooting aspect is part of why Chance continues to work with bees.

“I love the problem-solving piece

of it. I love the fact that when everything clicks and again, they control it, right?” he says. “I act like I have something to do with it. I don’t. The whole hive is an organism, and (when) it works well, it’s just amazing to see it all come together.”

Another key component that Chance enjoys with beekeeping is sustainability.

“We’re very intentional with what we do, and it’s really driven from a Texas agriculture perspective,” he says.

By connecting with the community through education, Chance says it’s been a positive experience to see how bees bring people together.

“I really enjoy, personally, just educating people around that. And that’s part of the reason that I’m so passionate about our bee club that we have (at Mount St. Michael), and why I put so much energy into it,” he says. “Truly, that’s how, in my mind, we define sustainability is educating people around bees.”

Alexis Islas, Chris Chance and Shannon LaGrave checking in on the bees at Mount St. Michael Catholic School.

thetal e of two parks

Nearly30years&$650 m i l lion later, 255 acres of gre e n

IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES, it was the age of highways, it was the age of division, it was the separation of neighborhoods — in short, the period is much like the present, that vehicles continue to dominate our city. But now we’re in a time where we hope new green spaces will reconnect us.

When Klyde Warren opened in 2012, Dallas entered the age of the deck park. Now, the southern sector is getting its very own with Halperin Park. The 5.3 acres will cover the flying cars of Interstate 35E below, with 2.8 acres of Halperin Park already open.

The origins of Halperin Park came about a decade ago. Neighbors discussed the possibility of park development aligning with a planned reconstruction of the highway from the Texas Department of Transportation that could double as an opportunity to reconnect west and east Oak Cliff.

Around that same time, Annette

spaceiscomingsoon

Simmons made a $50 million donation for the construction of a new Trinity River park in honor of her late husband. The Trinity River Corridor Project didn’t start in 2016, having been awarded a $246 million bond program in 1998 by voters. The work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued on in between the levees and still does to this day, but now the project includes Harold Simmons Park.

So here we have two parks. Both years in the making, many changes to each and both theoretically investing in underserved communities of Dallas.

“It really seems as though parks have been the sort of natural way to undo all of this (dividing of neighborhoods), not only damage, harm, blight that got created from the past,” East Kessler neighbor Katherine Homan says, “and this is just the biggest blessing and the biggest solution to the past that we are just so fortunate now to be able to say, ‘It’s coming in West Dallas, in Oak Cliff,’ which was so devastated by the past.”

by LAUREN ALLEN

Public Green Foundation, was one of those in attendance at the early community meetings when Halperin Park was just a concept.

Her involvement grew to joining the board, later being asked to step into her current role.

Like her own origins with the project, Allen says Halperin Park has been very intentional about including the community both in planning and in the opening weekend of the park, which she described as “an ode to Oak Cliff.”

A key component to that planning is the Community Advisory Council.

“That’s made up of residents from both sides of the freeway,” Allen says, “and so we relied on them for input, for helping to get the word out and for keeping us honest in terms of making sure that the park really is reflective of the wants and needs of our community.”

Eddie Jasso, Community Advisory Council member and Oak Cliff native, joined the council in January and currently lives in Kiestwood.

His family has been super excited for the park and plans to utilize the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to get there based on what he had heard about parking limitations. He added that with little kids and the way people can

Photography

The steps of Halperin Park are beside the 12th Street Center.

situation, so I understand the constraints there with parking, but you know, we’ll see.”

Daymond Lavine, founder of the Brentwood Trinity Heights Community Action Group, is also involved with the council. After moving to Brentwood in 2022, Lavine established the action group in 2023 as a way for neighbors to rally around certain causes such as blight, code compliance, and development. He began his involvement with Halperin Park about a year and a half ago.

When it comes to Halperin Park, Lavine says there is a disconnect with his neighbors. They also worry about parking and how traffic will actually flow over time

“I can tell you immediately in my neighborhood, people sort of see the park as, ‘That’s happening over there, but I’m still in my neighborhood,’” he says. “We pretty much have to handle what we’re doing in our neighborhood because we’re not really seeing how the park is going to handle dealing with our issues like vice and things of that nature.”

He says when it comes to crime surrounding the park, Halperin Park staff is not asking about that.

Although Lavine has brought up this concern a couple of times with the council, he has found it easier to focus on the community action group when it comes to addressing those neighborhood issues.

“We don’t have the resources to continually reach out to the park, so we have to continue to do what we need to do,” Lavine says. “We need to maintain our jobs. We need to maintain our homes. We need to maintain our families, and we need to maintain our current livelihood, but I think the onus, when major projects come into an area, the onus is on that project with a multimillion-dollar budget to respond adequately.”

Safety within the park has been a concern across the process when it comes to crime in the area. Jasso says although Oak Cliff has had a bad rap for a long time, it happens everywhere, and he is not concerned about that when it comes to the park.

“I think the more people use it, I think the less crime will be around there,” he says.

Allen says there will be a 24-hour security presence at the park, with future plans to work with the City’s Department of Transportation and Public Works to ensure that there is safe access with crosswalks

A model of the “play cove” at Harold Simmons Park that will include six towers.

from all over the city, and to have something like that in the southern sector where I live is going to be a really terrific amenity… I think people from all over the city are going to use the park, but the fact that it is anchored in an area that has been, let’s say, underinvested for a long time, is good to see.”

Although Halperin Park is an investment, Lavine says it seems that most of the benefit is for those who are outside the immediate

“My hope is that it truly communicates more than just a lip service to what it needs to be in this area. My hope is that it truly begins to emote what it is to be in an area that was once a Freedman’s Town, right?” he says. “I mean that the whole thing about the park is that it’s bridging the gap between the east side and west side of Oak Cliff because 35 intentionally separated that community. That sounds great when it’s written on paper, but the emotions part of it, I’m not sure anybody really feels that yet, so my hope is that they figure that part out.”

Neighbors have raised points about the effects of gentrification and how having these developments could lead to increased property taxes.

Allen says that Halperin Park continues to host sessions to help

address neighborhood concerns.

“That’s another big commitment of ours is making sure our neighbors are educated about how they can do things like file homestead exemptions, and we’re patterning that after the successful program that exists in West Dallas at the West Dallas Community Center,” Allen says.

These concerns don’t just come with Halperin Park, but with the development of the $325-million Harold Simmons Park, which broke ground in April 2025.

Harold Simmons Park will span a total of 250 acres primarily between the Ronald Kirk Bridge down to the Margaret McDermott Bridge. The park was previously planned to be 200-acres between the levees. There was the brief stint of the Dallas Wave, which provided whitewater for kayakers for a cost of $4 million, just to remove for $2 million more. The City has been trying to make the Trinity River more useful for some time. Now, that use has moved up to include additional gateways and overlooks.

Harold Simmons Park has worked with organizations like the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law to provide assistance in protesting property taxes and has hosted community conversations on gentrification to take those concerns into the park.

“That’s just how development works … if you have an attractive area, well then make the neighborhood around there a place that people will come in and develop,” Homan says. “Now, of course, that’s going to bring all of those problems that we had with Bishop Arts, and that’s gentrification, and that’s just the nature of the beast. That is why I feel that Tony Moore and his people have really gone out of their way to make sure that they are providing for the people there, to stay there and protecting them with jobs and giving them a stake into the benefits of the park being there actively.”

Moore was the president and CEO of Trinity Park Conservancy, the nonprofit behind Harold Simmons Park. He recently announced the transition of his role to Chief Operating Officer Brian Kilpatrick, effective immediately on Tuesday, May 26.

“Dallas has been waiting for this park for so long, so we had to move in urgency to get something built and get something delivered to the citizens of Dallas,” Moore told the Advocate in February. “And so, to be honest, we’re 30 years late in doing something. We did not have the luxury of waiting anymore.”

One of those planned overlooks, the 22acre West Overlook, is the first expected to be completed. Playground materials are being constructed in Germany, with the first shipment of features expected to arrive this summer.

Sam Acosta, Oak Cliff native and director of community government affairs for TPC, connects with local leaders to keep organizations informed about the park’s progress and receive feedback, calling the process “a two-way street.”

“I can say we’ve been lucky because prior to joining TPC, TPC was already doing community work,” he says.

West Dallas 1, a coalition of neighbors and neighborhood associations who reside in 75212, is one of the community organizations Acosta has worked with. The organization focuses on protecting the community’s identity and quality of life through collaboration with officials and allies.

Starlet Ramirez, a Ledbetter neighbor and West Dallas 1 member, is a parent of a child with a disability. She says that Moore really impressed her when after her suggestion, he looked into Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio to see an example of accessibility in parks.

“Every ride is accessible to the child, whether they are in a wheelchair, where they can walk, any kind of mobility issues, and for him to go and see that and bring that vision back here,” she says. “He’s not going to be able to replicate the whole thing, but to know that this is what I’m talking about when I say inclusive … that means my voice was heard, and we have a seat at the table, and different people can enjoy this.”

Jeff Howard, who currently serves as the president of West Dallas 1, says that with Harold Simmons Park, it does feel like the community is included.

“I think any chance you can bring recreation and quality of life to the neighborhood and include the neighborhood, the surrounding community, it’s a win-win … because we are replacing what’s there with more recreational green space,” Howard says.

Community engagement was also included in the earlier design process since there were previous community meetings and outreach events focused on that.

“Their fingerprint is all over this park,” says Marcus Shropshire, vice president of design and construction for TPC.

Homan says that with the development of

This ramp, known as The Skywalk, in the completed phase one of Halperin Park leads up to the City View Terrace.

Harold Simmons and Halperin Park, it’s like people “finally discovered the pretty part of the world here.”

Halperin Park includes a bandshell, skywalk to a skyline view, water features, playground and central lawn and will later include a phase two extending to Marsalis Avenue. The 250 acres of Harold Simmons Park will feature splashpads, sport courts, gardens, picnic and grilling areas, event lawns and spaces, a skate park, roller rink and nearly 2,000 mature trees.

“(Harold) Simmons Park is going to be like Six Flags on steroids,” she says. “They’re just going to have so much there. And the Halperin Park is going to be a place that is more of a community park and will be something that those of us that live down here will be able to just sort of share and just be able to say, ‘Our family’s been reunited. We’re one again. We’ve become whole again.’”

Homan got involved with Harold Simmons Park through her role in the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group. The group connected with park leadership after learning that The West Dallas Gateway Pecan Tree, which was declared historic in 2023, would be in the West Overlook portion of the park.

“It’s one of the first trees in Dallas to have that sort of designation. And so now we’re working with the park,” says Ron Veech, FWADG president. “We have a very large plaque talking about the tree and everything, and it’s in the Trinity (Park) Conservancy offices. … Tony has assured us that we’re going to be included in the plans for sthat section of the park. And we definitely want to do whatever we can to make sure that tree is safe and well protected.”

The pecan tree has survived quite a few accidents, such as damage and breakage to the guardrail surrounding it. When it comes to traffic, parking and safety at the park, Veech says he understands those as valid concerns from the community, but believes Harold Simmons Park will work to address that.

“I’m hopeful that, just like everything else in Dallas, though with growth there’s going to be traffic,” he says. “And I think it’ll be worth it for them to have to maybe find a parking place if they do drive, but once you get into the park, I think it’s going to be such a nice experience that you’ll forget about those traffic woes.”

Amanda Reiter, Kings Highway neighbor, says she often drives by Harold Simmons Park, but doesn’t know much about what the plans are.

“I think people are probably a little concerned about the construction and being able to get out of Oak Cliff and navigating around the park,” she says. “You know, obviously, again, the more green space the better. I look forward to what they can bring. I just am keeping an open mind around navigating the park and all the construction.”

For Paula Hutchison, a West Dallas 1 member and GilbertEmory neighbor, construction is not unique to Harold Simmons Park but is just a part of living in Dallas.

“I mean, on my way to church, they got four holes cut about 500 yards apart. It’s everywhere,” Hutchison says. “So you just get used to it really.”

Construction is not the only hurdle when it comes to

Dallas but also keeping the trust of the community with the execution of each new, extravagant project.

Ronnie Mestas, a co-founder of West Dallas 1, says that with Harold Simmons Park leadership, he has trust and confidence that the community will at least be included in that conversation. As for Jasso, he’s a little more unsure that all plans will be completed for both parks.

“I know we have phase one on Halperin, and there is a phase two. So we would love to see phase two happen. It’s just that now we have two parks, for lack of a better term, fighting for the same private funding. So I know Harold Simmons also is a huge, huge park that’s also going to be done in phases,” Jasso says. “And so while we see these beautiful images, I’m just hopeful that we can get the whole park … Hopeful that it’ll be completed to the 100% of the design.”

Correction/Clarification: The cost for Harold Simmons Park has been updated from $350 million to $325 million to more accurately reflect the latest estimated costs.

This story has been updated from our June print issue, which was printed May 22, 2026. As of Tuesday, May 26, Tony Moore has transitioned his role of president and CEO to current Chief Operating Officer Brian Kilpatrick.

The concentration of trees is where the West Overlook portion of Harold Simmons Park is located between West Commerce and West Main Streets.

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