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Willow Park Parks and Trails Index

Updated: Dec 15


Index of Willow Park Civics Blogs and Webpages, Willow Park City Council Meetings, Board Meetings and Documents, and other articles and sources about the Willow Park City Parks and Trails.


Latest update: updated 13 December 2024; posted 14 August, 2023








 

Willow Park Parks and Trails Index

Index: Master Plans, Board, Willow Park Civics Blogs, Parks Board Meetings




Willow Park Parks Board

[Parks and Trails, Parks and Recreation]

• Parks And Recreation Advisory Board in Willow Park City Ordinances, Chapter 1 General Provisions > Article 1.05 Boards, Commissions and Committees > Division 2. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board


Willow Park Civics Blogs

• Parks and Trails. Memorial Park Index, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 01 November 2024

Index of Willow Park Civics Blogs and Webpages, Willow Park City Council Meetings, Board Meetings and Documents, and other articles and sources about the Willow Park City Memorial Park.


• Willow Park's Kings Gate Park has a new sign., Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 13 December, 2024

The City of Willow Park has added a new welcome sign to the City's Kings Gate Park. In addition, Director of Parks and Recreation Mandy McCarley offered photos and fun facts about the 4500 lbs. single stone. Details in linked blog.


 A Willow Park Parks Town Hall on 29 October 2024 drew 30 participants adding suggestions to upcoming public park improvements and expansions. Residents discussed Cross Timbers Park and Demonstration Garden, Veterans Memorial Park and Kings Gate Park and Trails. Improvements included restrooms, sidewalk lighting, parking, improvements to Memorial Park, playground equipment, and the placement of a possible disc golf course at Kings Gate Park.


 Parks Board Places 1, 3, and 5 are expiring in January 2025. All interested persons for appointment / reappointment consideration should contact Mandy McCarley, Parks Director, at City Hall for applications and submittals. 


• 29 October 2024 Parks Board Meeting, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 25 October 2024


• 29 October 2024 Parks Board Meeting, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 25 October 2024


 OFFICIAL CITY OF WILLOW PARK NOTICE. 

 WPC Summary: On Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the El Chico City Hall, the Willow Park Parks Board is holding a Town Hall on the City's new Conceptual Plan for the Kings Gate Park AND on the City's consideration TO MOVE MEMORIAL PARK. Find drawing, maps, documents, journals, sources and more.


• 29 October 2024 Parks Board Meeting, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 25 October 2024

 Agenda Items: No agenda items, Informational only; • Informational: introduce new Parks Director; call for interested Citizens for appointment to open Parks Board seats; next Parks Board Meeting Tuesday, February 4, 2025; Town Hall Meeting. 


On Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the El Chico City Hall, the Willow Park Parks Board is holding a Town Hall for Citizens to voice their opinions on the City's new Conceptual Plan for the Kings Gate Park AND on the City's consideration TO MOVE MEMORIAL PARK from Ranch House Road to the parking lot improvements in front of the El Chico City Hall. Details in linked blog.


On Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 6 p.m. in the El Chico City Hall, the Willow Park Parks Board is holding a Town Hall for Citizens to voice their opinions on the City's new Conceptual Plan for the Kings Gate Park and on the City's consideration to move the Memorial Park from Ranch House Road to the parking lot improvements in front of the El Chico City Hall. Willow Park Civics update will as the City shares.


 Council announced their intentions to incorporate the Memorial Park plans into the town halls and survey for the Kings Gate Park Conceptual Plan; the City is looking for input and guidance from Willow Park Citizens on their plans to move the Willow Park's Pfc. Paul Balint Jr. Memorial Park to the El Chico City Hall parking lot and green space.


• Willow Park's Memorial Park is moving., Willow Park Civics Blog, 18 September 2024

The City of Willow Park is planning to move the "Willow Park Memorial Park" from it's current Ranch House Road location to the new "beautified" parking lot in front of the new El Chico City Hall. Currently, there is no indication the new City Hall Memorial/Veterans Park will also be dedicated to Private Paul Balint Jr. or will also include any of the current dedications and memorials.


 The City is planning two town hall meetings and a survey to give Willow Park Citizens the opportunities to direct the improvements planned for Kings Gate Park. The first town hall will be this Fall 2024 and will gather considerations to be included in the survey. The survey will take three to four months. The second town hall is planned for the first part of 2025.


 The Community News article offers not only details of the new Kings Gate Park Trinity Trail but also all the other Kings Gate Park amenities -- and the City's plans for new amenities.


 In the last several months, the City of Willow Park has added three new employees to our City administration: Mandy McCarley, Director of Parks; Andrea Saylor, Director of Finance/Human Resources; Chelsea Kirkland, Utility Billing Clerk. Details in linked blog.


• Bike Rules for Texas Roads and Willow Park Trails, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 08 August, 2024

 With the new emphases on biking in Willow Park, all bikers need to realize they have the same responsibilities and public road rules as do motorized vehicle drivers. In addition, there are Rules for Safety and Outdoor Ethics for all Willow Park and Weatherford Mountain Bike Club trails.  Keep trails open by setting a good example of environmentally sound and socially responsible trail use.


 Somebody knows something. Most vandalism is a demand for attention, which means bragging.  As a community, let's help. Not only for the preservation of our tax-supported, community assets, but also for the future of our young people, we need to stop this destructive and disrespectful behavior.


• Concept Plan for a "new" Kings Gate Park, Part 1, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 06 August, 2024

The Willow Park Parks Board has requisitioned an exciting, strategic pipe-dream of a Concept Plan for Kings Gate Park. This Concept Plan includes over twenty "features." Part 2 will be published after the Parks Board Meeting.



 The new “Trinity Track” mountain bike trail opened the week of Monday, 22 July 2024, with trails cut in by Shadow Trail Designs and the Weatherford Mountain Bike Club and emergency markers and trail kiosk signage in place. The formal Ribbon Cutting for the new Trinity Trail is at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 15, at the entrance to the park. Details in linked blog.


There are nine big projects that are actively flourishing like the Willow Park Parks themselves. And the new Parks Superintendent Jakob Cooper is busy keeping our Parks clean and maintained.


Trinity Track at Kings Gate Park now has 9-1-1 sign posts, which are approximately 5-foot tall, red, fiberglass posts, each with a letter of the alphabet noting the location of the marker. The markers have been geo-referenced to digital files that emergency services have in their dispatch systems.


• New Trinity Track in Kings Gate Park is rolling. Willow Park Civics Blog, 19 June 2024

With a fundraising effort that exceeded its goal, thanks to Mayor Moss, the New Trinity Track is starting construction this month. There is a new map and new Rules of the Trinity Trail. Jacob Cooper, a member of the City of Willow Park Public Works, has been designate as Willow Park's new Parks Superintendent. And yes, installing bathrooms is part of the plan. Details in linked blog.


(Yes, bathrooms for Kings Gate Park were mentioned.) Along with the Trails Master Plan Addendum, Kings Gate Park will now be programmed into the City of Willow Park's Parks Master Plan. "Before improvements are chosen, city officials decided it best to formally program the park, rather than choose random projects and placement." Details in linked blog.

• Good things coming to King's Gate Park, The Community News, 22 March 2024

• Wilks Development Facebook 16 January 2024, Kings Gate Park


2023

• Q&A Redux, Happy Trails to You, 15 February 2023

• Happy Trails to you, Willow Park, 06 February 2023

• Cross Timber Park's New Amenities, 14 September 2022


Willow Parks Parks Board Meetings and Counil Meetings

  • 14 May 2024 Council Meeting, Agenda Item 6. Discussion/Action: to approve an agreement with Westwood Professional Services for Kings Gate Park

  • 05 May 2024 Parks Board Meeting

    • Agenda Items: Elect Parks Board Chairperson & Co-Chairperson; progress and plans for Kings Gate Park, Cross Timber Park, Memorial Park, Deer Park; Presentation Westwood Master Plan Update; Video & Presentation Willow Park's "The Trinity Trail" and Beginner Skills Area in Kings Gate Park; Parker County Master Gardeners Report.

  • 23 April 2024 Council Meeting

    • Agenda Item 7. Quarterly Department Reports / a. Planning and Development and b. Parks .pdf

  • 09 January 2024 Council Meeting

    • City Manager Comments City Manager, Bryan Grimes stated the city is now the proud owner of King’s Gate Park. The park is approximately 20 acres of parkland that was given to the city by Wilks Development. There will be restrooms installed sometime in this fiscal year.

  • 14 November 2023 Council Meeting > Agenda Item 10. Discussion/Action: to approve an agreement between the City of Willow Park and the Weatherford Mountain Bike Club.

  • 10 October 2023 Council Meeting, Agenda Item 5. to approve and adoption of City of Willow Park's Parks & Trails Master Plan Addendum.

  • 01 August 2023 Parks Board Meeting, Agenda Item 3. Update AND BROCHURE on Willow Park Trails and East Parker County Trails (EPCoT) trail systems by Larry Colvin, President of Weatherford Mountain Bike Club and Senior Civil Engineer Designer for Baird, Hampton & Brown. / Exhibits: Willow Park Trails Amendment Master Plan [in.pdf]

  • 02 May 2023 Parks Board Meeting, Agenda Item 6. Update on Willow Park Trails and East Parker County Trails (EPCoT) trail systems by Larry Colvin, President of Weatherford Mountain Bike Club and Senior Civil Engineer Designer for Baird, Hampton & Brown

  • 07 February 2023 Parks Board Meeting, Agenda Item 1 Discussion: Proposal by Baird, Hampton & Brown to amend Parks & Trails Master Plan

  • 24 Jan. 2023 Council Meeting, Agenda Item 6 Discussion/Action: Consider approval of proposal by Baird, Hampton & Brown to amend Parks & Trails Master Plan




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