Molly Plummer News Today

With the new multi-million-dollar grant from the Texas Transportation Commission Thursday, the Trust for Public Land is almost halfway to its $78 million goal to build a trail that will do more than provide recreation.

Robert Kent, the director for the Trust of Public Land and his wealthy donors want to buy up what little green space remains in Dallas. In Oak Cliff, they just began their most ambitious project yet.

The city of Dallas has made several greenspace investments the last three years as part of the Five Mile Creek Greenbelt master plan. At one spot — the Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park — removing invasive species is among the groundwork that’s begun.