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The Right Way for a Right-of-Way: Harry Hines Corridor to Receive World-Class Green Space

By texastrees | August 9, 2023

A two-mile stretch of Harry Hines Boulevard in the Southwestern Medical District will become the new evidence-based design model of what a medical district can be – a reimagined, more holistic district that spurs good health, safety, calm, and a respite from stress. DALLAS, TX (August 8, 2023) – Imagine a visit to a clinic […]

SWMD Streetscape and Park: Project Update, July 2023

By texastrees | August 1, 2023

Texas Monthly article featuring SWMD Streetscape & Park Transformation This Texas Heat Is Killing Us The SWMD Streetscape and Park project team was featured in a Texas Monthly article this month focused on projects in Dallas and San Antonio that are working to reduce the impacts of extreme heat. “The unique thing that we’re doing […]

SWMD Transformation Streetscape and Park Transformation Project Update

By texastrees | July 3, 2023

Dr. Rose Jones presents at Health Disparities Conference Our very own Medical Anthropologist, Dr. Rose Jones presented at the recent 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities, alongside Brandy Kelp, Senior Planner for the City of Fort Worth’s Transportation and Public Works Department and Jamie Gonzalez, MeD, Director at Houston Healthy Cities, with moderator, Dr. […]

3 TTF Members selected for international Urban Design presentation

By texastrees | February 1, 2023

On January 25, 2023, three experts in urban design and forestry from Texas Trees Foundation (TTF) were invited to present to the Global Sustainability Group and the internationally renowned architectural firm NBBJ, a design team working on TTF’s Southwest Medical District Transformation project. Abstract below. Lannie McClelan, SWMD Program Manager Rose Jones, Ph.D., Medical Anthropologist, […]

SWMD Transformation Latest Media

Since the project's inception, local and state media coverage have helped to tell the story and highlight the progress of the SWMD Streetscape and Park Transformation Project. Because of its use of evidence-based design, the project is poised to "...teach the rest of the country how to design for urban heat... [starting] with data."-Jeffrey Ray, CBS DFW Meteorologist

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