Mayor Mattie Parker, City of Fort Worth | City of Fort Worth website
Mayor Mattie Parker, City of Fort Worth | City of Fort Worth website
As part of a $72.7 million recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2025, the Park & Recreation Department will open a community center in the fast-growing northwest sector of Fort Worth and reopen Meadowbrook Golf Course after a complete renovation.
Operation and management changes at the city’s community centers are also forthcoming. In the FY25 budget, additional staffing dollars will ensure that Northwest Community Center is fully staffed and ready to open next year. The staff already on board has been meeting with the community and establishing programs based on feedback.
Northwest Community Center will serve as a dynamic hub for local residents, featuring several meeting rooms, a culinary-type kitchen, state-of-the-art fitness room, group fitness room, basketball gym, and more. The center will offer an after-school program and various other activities. Current classes under contract include tai chi, floorball, art classes, soccer skills, ballet/tap/tumbling, cricut classes, gardening, bingo, among others. For more information about the new center, contact Victoria Leach.
A $13 million complete renovation of Meadowbrook Golf Course on the east side of Fort Worth will involve rerouting the entire course, installing new irrigation systems, expanding and renovating parking areas, adding a new putting green and a short-game practice area. The course is expected to reopen in summer 2025. The city acquired the former Meadowbrook Country Club in 1938.
Starting Oct. 1, all City of Fort Worth community centers will be managed by the Park & Recreation Department. Previously, some centers were managed by PARD while others were overseen by the Neighborhood Services Department.
The merger aims to streamline operations across all community centers.
City Council is expected to vote on the FY 2025 budget on Sept. 17 following a series of budget workshops and a public hearing. The city’s new fiscal year starts Oct. 1.
Community open houses are being held in each council district starting this week to gather public feedback.
Voters approved the Northwest Community Center project as part of the 2018 Bond initiative.
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