Fiscal Year 2025 Community Project Funding Requests

*Submissions for FY25 projects are now closed.*

The below are in alphabetical order by project.

Bus Stop Improvement Program – Fort Worth Transportation Authority
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Summary: The Trinity Metro Bus Stop Improvement Program includes replacement of bus stops with revamped stations that will provide shade, benches, concrete work, and digital displays with real-time transit information. The program will foster better customer experience, safety, and security. These improvements will enhance the passenger experience by providing a more comfortable environment while waiting for their bus. Safety concerns are enhanced due to the lack of interior lighting. Most of the current stops have no seating needed for customers that have specific physical needs. Trinity Metro ridership has significantly rebounded from COVID-19 and has continued to increase throughout the Trinity Metro system. It is necessary to improve customer comfort, safety, and experience through replacing the bus stops.

Cybersecurity Center – Tarrant County College
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $1,259,950
Summary: Cybersecurity degrees are critical to bolstering the Tarrant County economy by addressing the demand for skilled professionals in the ever-evolving digital landscape. TCC recently received a designation by the National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense. The next phase is for TCC to build a state-of-the-art Cyber Defense Center to support students seeking jobs in the cybersecurity sector. A Cyber Defense Center will support Tarrant County law enforcement and serve as an accessible hub for cybersecurity education and skills development. Investing in cybersecurity programs makes the education pathway more widely available to attract a diverse group of students who otherwise might not pursue this training. In the Dallas-Fort Worth region, there are nearly 20,000 vacancies in the cybersecurity workforce. The TCC Cybersecurity Program can serve as a critical response to the shortage of cybersecurity professionals. As businesses increasingly rely on technology and data, the need for cybersecurity experts becomes paramount to safeguard sensitive information and critical infrastructure. Graduates with cybersecurity degrees and experience from internships are highly marketable job candidates. An influx of skilled cybersecurity professionals fortifies local businesses' security posture while attracting new companies looking for a secure environment. The TCC Cybersecurity Defense Center project addresses a critical need in the digital age. Improving TCC’s Trinity River campus facilities and serving as a hub to train cybersecurity professionals is vital to protect individuals, businesses, and government entities from cyber threats.

Domestic Violence Shelter – City of Irving
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Summary: The City of Irving’s only Domestic Violence shelter closed its doors in mid-2023 due to financial difficulties. This agency had both emergency and transitional housing beds that served persons fleeing domestic violence. Between 2020 and 2021, incidents of family violence rose 8.1% across the state. Approximately 71% of family violence victims were female, and approximately 55% of all victims were between the ages of 24-39 years old. There are approximately 200 cases of domestic violence reported in Irving each month, according to the Irving Family Advocacy Center. This is a 13% increase in the past 5 years. The Irving Police Department reported 2,258 incidents of family violence in 2021, compared to 1,087 incidents in Grand Prairie, 2126 incidents in Garland and 1,269 incidents in Mesquite in the same period. 90.1% of domestic violence survivors interviewed in Texas were homeless one or more times due to domestic violence. In 47% of programs with project-based or scattered-site transitional housing, six or more survivors are wait-listed or turned down for housing every month due to lack of available units and 55% of agencies with rapid re-housing programs wait-list or turn down six or more survivors every month due to capacity. 65% of programs indicated that more affordable housing options are the most pressing need. Therefore, there is a demonstrable need for emergency shelter and transitional housing beds in Irving that serve victims fleeing domestic violence. Domestic violence affects the entire community, increasing the potential for homelessness, interrupting schooling when mothers and children must leave their home. The family disruption often results in the victims and their children being on some kind of federal assistance. Providing emergency housing along with support services for domestic violence victims, the City of Irving is working to reduce the long-term impact of violence on families and the reliance on federal assistance.Irving is currently drafting a Memorandum of Understanding with a non-profit partner to operate the shelter. The total project cost is estimated at $10 million, with the requested amount to be used for construction.

Five Mile Creek Trail – City of Dallas
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Summary: This project will construct a new, approximately 12-mile multi-use trail from Kiest Park to the Trinity Forest Trail at Joppa Preserve in south Dallas, providing a safe and dedicated crosstown facility for bicyclists and pedestrians and a recreational amenity to several low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It will leverage previous federal funds (RAISE Planning Grant) and City of Dallas funds to provide safe and dedicated access to an array of destinations across far south Dallas, including safe and dedicated crossings of US-67, IH-35E, and IH-45.

Former Cavile Public Housing Site Public Improvements & Site Work - Hughes House II & III- Fort Worth Housing Solutions
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Summary: This request is for $5 million to support the construction of critically needed public improvements and site work on the former Cavile public housing site to support two new construction mixed-income apartment communities on-site. Hughes House II features 302-units, including 222 units of affordable housing, and Hughes House III includes 78 units, 55 of which are affordable. The developments are located on the former Cavile Place public housing site, generally bounded by E. Rosedale Street on the north, Pollard-Smith Ave (former Calumet Street) on the south, Amanda Street to the west and Liberty Street to the east, including the land addressed as 1401 Etta Street (Hughes House II), and 5021 Avenue G and 4912 East Rosedale Street (Hughes House III) in Fort Worth, TX 76105, Tarrant County, 33rd Congressional District. The former Cavile site, and both developments, are located in a Qualified Census Tract. The new community will include new streets, sidewalks, pedestrian street lighting, trees, water and sewer line upgrades, and a new storm water management system necessary to support and sustain the development’s long-term viability. Hughes House II and III will be the fourth and fifth of six phases, all totaling 924 units of new mixed-income housing that will be constructed as part of the comprehensive $350 million public and private investment as part of HUD’s Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI), in Fort Worth’s historic Stop Six neighborhood. Stop Six was once the heart of Fort Worth’s thriving African American working-class community, and this investment will help to recreate a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable community that remains a cultural touchstone for the city’s residents. Hughes House II will be an affordable multi-family, mixed-income community with a total of 302 rental units, comprised of 89 Section 8 project-based voucher (PBV) units to serve as replacement housing for the units demolished at Cavile Place, 14 permanent supportive housing (PSH) units for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness assisted with PBVs, 119 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)-only units, and 80 unrestricted market rate units. In total, 72% of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 60% AMI and 28% will be unrestricted for market-rate renters. Hughes House III will include 78 rental units, comprised of 23 Section 8 project-based voucher (PBV) units to serve as replacement housing for the units demolished at Cavile Place, 4 permanent supportive housing (PSH) units for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness assisted with PBVs, 28 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)-only units, and 23 unrestricted market rate units. At Hughes House III, 69% of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 60% AMI and 31% of units will be unrestricted for market-rate renters.

I-30 Frontage Rd. Water Lines – City of Grand Prairie
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $2,466,080
Summary: The Grand Prairie, TX - I-30 Frontage Rd. Water Lines project is in Dallas County and the 33rd Congressional District of Texas and census tracts 48113015403 and 48113015500 which are both designated Historically Disadvantaged. The project includes the construction of a new 8-inch water line along the I-30 frontage road connecting the existing 8-inch along Belt Line Road to the existing 8-inch on Tarrant Road. This project also includes the construction of a new 12-inch water line along I-30 connecting the 8-inch water line described in this project to the existing 24-inch water line near Gifford Road. This line will also connect to the existing 8-inch water line on Northeast 20th Street. This project will enhance economic development by providing water services and improved fire safety support, that will attract future development along I-30.

Kiest Recreation Center Enhancements – City of Dallas
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Summary: The requested funds will be used for interior renovations, fire protection, and electrical upgrades of the Kiest Recreation Center in Kiest Park. In addition, the center has a large and completely inactive solar collector installation on the roof that either needs to be removed and the roof repaired or repaired and placed into service. Funding this project would address improvements at one of Dallas’s most highly used recreation centers. Kiest Park and its recreation center serve several low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in a socioeconomically diverse area. Completing these improvements would allow all the recreation center to continue to provide much needed services to this community. Facilities provided by Kiest Park and Community Center include baseball fields, a fitness center, a community garden, a gymnasium, a kitchen can community/programming rooms, a tennis center, and trails. Programming serves members of the community of all ages and includes basketball leagues, indoor soccer leagues, baseball leagues, an active senior adult program, karate, Tae Kwon Do, after school van pickup and programming, and aerobics.

Martin Weiss Recreation Center Enhancements – City of Dallas
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Summary: The requested funding will be used for modernization of the Martin Weiss Community Center in Martin Weiss Park, including interior renovations and expansion of the gym and multi-purpose spaces and an entryway addition. The requested funding would provide much needed renovations of the Martin Weiss Community Center, a Dallas Parks facility in Martin Weiss Park that serves a low- and moderate-income portion of the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. The requested funding will be used for modernization of the Martin Weiss Community Center, including interior renovations and expansion of the gym and multi-purpose spaces and an entryway addition. The modernization of the facility will ensure it continues serving the surrounding community and improve the services provided. Martin Weiss Park and Community Center provides a full service parks and recreation facility to an otherwise chronically underserved community. It includes a baseball field, fitness center, gymnasium, parking, picnic tables, playground, pool, small meeting/program rooms, and tennis court. Upgrading the recreation center will provide for improved amenities and services otherwise not present in this community.The Martin Weiss Community Center in Martin Weiss Park is in a low- and moderate-income portion of the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas. The Center and Park provide a wide array of programming for neighborhood residents, including after-school programming for youth and programs targeted to seniors, including youth basketball and baseball leagues, karate, camps during school breaks, science camp, chess, activities targeted to seniors with disabilities, and after-school programming.

One Second Collaborative – United Way
Account: Byrne Justice
Amount Requested: $4,317,303
Summary: The One Second Collaborative is a coordinated effort to disrupt the cycle of youth gun violence in Tarrant County. This evidence-based approached brings together community organizations and government agencies to deliver services including violence interruption, street and community outreach, mental health counseling, survivor-centered support, financial empowerment, educational assistance and other efforts addressing the root causes of youth gun violence. One Second Collaborative is supported with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds administered by Tarrant County and the City of Fort Worth.

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Performance Lift Station Project – City of Grand Prairie
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $2,792,000
Summary: The Performance Lift Station is in Grand Prairie, Texas, in Dallas County and the 33rd Congressional District. The lift station needs to be expanded to accommodate high growth in the NE Grand Prairie area. Additional improvements are needed including addition of backup power or independent backup pumping. With a reliable water system, the residents will be safer and more efficient. Businesses will be able to expand and hire from the underserved community.

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Randol Mill Hazardous Road Overtopping Mitigation (HROM) Project – City of Fort Worth
Account: Highway Infrastructure Projects
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Summary: The objective of this project is to improve the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic traveling on Randol Mill Rd (NHS 251507), between Mockingbird Estates and Flyaway Ln. The scope of this project includes survey and engineering work to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) and construction of the improvements. The improvements under this contract include, but are not limited to, approximately 2,400 linear feet of roadway realignment, approximately 3,400 linear feet of pedestrian sidewalk, a proposed cross culvert under Williams Rd for an intermittent tributary of the West Fork Trinity River, drainage and channel improvements, water and sewer realignments and adjustments, and utility relocations. Funding is being requested for the construction of the project as the design is currently funded and nearing completion.

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Randol Mill Road Area Improvements Study: IH-820 to Meadowbrook Blvd – City of Fort Worth
Account: Highway Infrastructure Projects
Amount Requested: $4,150,500
Summary: The Randol Mill Road Area Improvements Study (NHS 251507), from IH-820 to Meadowbrook Blvd, is an effort to improve the flooding resiliency of the existing titled and adjacent roadways. The scope of work will include a comprehensive study of drainage and floodway delineation, evaluation of right-of-way, travel demand modeling, new cross-section design, and alignment, Level-D SUE analysis, schematics, outreach, schedule, and cost estimates.

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Reconnecting a City: West Dallas Multi-Modal Bridge – City of Dallas
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $4,500,000
Summary: The Trinity River geographically divides the city of Dallas. One side of the river holds the
city’s central business district, medical district, arts district, design district and convention center; the west side is home to multi-generational households with higher rates of poverty and chronic disease with lower rates of high school graduation and shorter lifespans than their counterparts just a mile over the river. Through transformational infrastructure re-use, the Trinity River can be transformed from a line of division within the city into the natural gathering place for Dallas. As one component of a 250-acre masterplan, the West Dallas Multi-Modal Bridge will more easily connect community neighborhoods to centers of opportunity and resources across the river and to many of Dallas’ urban corridors. The construction of the Multi-Modal Bridge over the bustling Beckley Avenue will create a seamless experience for resident commuters to connect via existing trails and roadways to established centers of opportunity. The Bridge is a crucial component a larger urban plan which is projected to generate $6B in economic impact. The project is shovel-ready within 12-months, has successfully raised matching funds, and can be completed within the identified project period.

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Smart City Community Development Program: Building for Tomorrow Today – City of Forest Hill
Account: Economic Development Initiatives
Amount Requested: $4,500,000
Summary: Cities across the country, like the City of Forest Hill, Texas strive to improve aging infrastructure and develop walkable communities in our on-going efforts to bring both economic and community development initiatives to our residents and businesses. With increasing construction and supply costs, we must, as stewards of taxpayer’s dollars, search for means to help bring these important programs to our cities.

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Weed & Seed – City of Dallas
Account: Byrne Justice
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Summary: DPD seeks to create a Weed & Seed program in Dallas modeled after the original federal program. The program goal is to “weed out” violent crime, gang activity, drug use, and drug trafficking in targeted, high-crime neighborhoods while “seeding” the neighborhood with social and economic revitalization. Weed and Seed is a dynamic, community-based program with 4 components: law enforcement, community policing, prevention, intervention, and treatment; and 4) neighborhood restoration. This funding request would also support the DPD Violent Crime Reduction Plan and the expansion of DPD Focused Deterrence, Expanded Neighborhood Patrol, Place Network Investigations, and Apartment Community Team programs.

Link to financial disclosure for Member-Designated Projects.