Champion Great Neighborhoods
Whether increasing access to parks, public art or affordable housing, the City and its community partners worked together to continue making Arlington a great place to live, learn, work and play in 2016.
Downtown Arlington Seeks Cultural District Designation
From the colorful sculptures on display along busy streets to the diverse mix of concerts, shows and art exhibits offered year round, it’ s easy to identify downtown Arlington as a growing cultural arts destination within the City.
In September 2016, the Texas Commission on the Arts approved the Downtown Arlington Management Corporation’ s application to have Downtown designated as one of the state’ s few Cultural Districts. The designation is important because it opens up state grant funding opportunities for programs and improvements to help Downtown Arlington become even more attractive to artists, businesses, residents and tourists.
Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Hosts 3 rd Annual Giving Day
Residents donated approximately $ 37 million to more than 2,500 nonprofits during the 8 th annual North Texas Giving Day event in September 2016.
Nearly 100 Arlington nonprofits were among those who benefited from the annual fundraising event – receiving more than $ 1 million from donors during the Communities Foundation of Texas’ 18-hour online giving event. The Arlington Tomorrow
Foundation also worked to help donors’ contributions go further. During its third annual Arlington Gives event, the charitable endowment awarded $ 30,000 in bonus grants to six local charities.
An estimated 2,800 people gathered in Downtown during Arlington Gives at the Levitt Pavilion to show their support for Arlington nonprofits and enjoy a free Luke Wade concert hosted by the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation.
New Public Art Installed in Entertainment District
Visitors to Arlington’ s Entertainment District have even more public art to enjoy thanks to several new additions to the Sculpture Trail between Globe Life Park and AT & T Stadium.
In May, the City of Arlington celebrated completion of the second phase of the Entertainment District Sculpture Trail, which features nine sculptures along a quiet section of the trail south of Randol Mill Road.
The goal is to draw more visitors to Arlington’ s parks and get people outside and active. The sculpture trail currently spans Richard Greene Linear Park and Robert Cluck Linear Park. Eventually, the City plans to have dozens of sculptures on display along the trails that stretch from the Arlington Convention Center near I-30 down south to Meadowbrook Park on Abram Street.
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