Midtown/Vickery Conversation: Overview of Infra. Projects w/ Midtown Dallas Inc
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This month, Nick Palles, Co-Executive Director of Midtown Dallas Inc, will give an overview presentation of their plans and projects for the district.
Among the improvement districts largest project is a $10.5 million shared use pedestrian and bike trail along Greenville Avenue, funded through a TxDOT grant. The trail will connect Midtown Park, the Medical District, Upper Greenville, Vickery Meadow and The Shops at Park Lane while linking to the SoPac, Ridgewood, Northaven and White Rock Creek trails.
Midtown Dallas Inc. is also backing improvements at the intersection of Park Lane and Fair Oaks Avenue, where the City of Dallas is redesigning the roadway to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety. Additional projects include planned SoPac Trail trailheads, the $7.2 million Ridgecrest Petition for the redesign of Ridgecrest Road as a complete street and continued investments in private security and neighborhood programming.
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Hyperlocal Conversations are neighborhood-specific monthly gatherings where neighbors explore ways to improve walkability where they live. Visit our website, dallasurbanists.org/hyperlocal, to learn more about the program, see our full schedule of upcoming conversations, and find or start a conversation in your neighborhood.
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About Midtown Dallas Inc: The Midtown Improvement District (MID), formerly known as the Vickery Meadow Public Improvement District (VMPID), was established in 1993 and consists of approximately 110 businesses, 11,929 multi-family units and 5 DISD schools. Midtown Dallas Inc. manages the MID. The general nature of the service and improvements provided by the MID are to provide public safety, graffiti control, landscaping, park improvements, trash pick-up, neighborhood improvements, acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of mass transportation facilities, marketing and promotional activities, distinctive lighting and signage, business development and recruitment and other services and activities. Learn more at midtowndallasinc.com