Rare real estate steal: Will Dallas save 282-acre oasis from Fairfield State Park’s fate? | SharonFGrigsby
Developer is ready to donate the last slice of Hill Country left in southwest Dallas. Let’s not dilly-dally.
On their own dime, neighbors and other nature lovers have stewarded this land. So have the bikers who otherwise would have to travel to Arkansas or Colorado to find similar challenges. The fragrance of wet cedar reminiscent of the Hill Country hung from the previous night’s rain. The season’s first bluebonnet nubs peeked out to take spring’s temperature. A beaver lodge sat in the creek below; junipers beckoned the golden-cheeked warbler.
The president of the Dallas-based company is Brad Phillips, son of the late billionaire investor Gene Phillips. Hearing about Trust for Public Land’s interest, Phillips asked consultant and former Irving Mayor Herb Gears to help. From left, Jacob Nilz, president of DORBA, the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association, Maggie Nilz with their dog Riley, and Robert Kent, Texas state director for Trust for Public Land, in the Big Cedar Wilderness Saturday, March 18.
Founded in 1985 by Pastor Robert Summers and his wife, JoAn, the church began holding services here in 1991 after toiling for several years to clean up the land, which formerly was a mule ranch.
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