Brackenridge Park is getting a new set of guidelines for future development amid yearslong community uproar that initially stemmed from a plan to cut down more than 100 trees.
Why it matters: The guidelines — focused on respect for people and nature; history and culture; and compromise — would act as a clear rubric to evaluate any future city-funded and landscape-altering proposals in the park to preemptively address residents’ concerns.
What they’re saying: “What you didn’t have two years ago that you have today is certainty,” Terry Brechtel, interim CEO of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy, told residents at a meeting announcing the guidelines. “Because this is a process that’s created certainty of how projects will be evaluated.”
