Groundbreaking, street fair planned for Brick and Mortar District park

Artist rendition of La Verde Park

The City has scheduled groundbreaking ceremonies and a street fair for a proposed multi-use park near the Performing Arts Center in Northwest Kyle. The 90-minute ceremonies are planned to begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15.

The groundbreaking for the so-called La Verde Park will be at the intersection of Doherty and Burnham, immediately behind the Austin Regional Clinic. The ceremonies will include “a live street fair with food trucks, market vendors, live music, interactive art and more,” the City said today in a prepared statement.

“The event will offer community members an opportunity to learn more about the unique features that will be included in La Verde Park and the Cultural Trail as well as provide attendees a preview of how the park will be used as an event lawn and community gathering space,” the City’s statement said.

La Verde Park is planned as a 1.6-acre park and event lawn for community gatherings of up to 2,200 people, with market spaces, interactive water features, and a playground. The Cultural Trail will be a shaded 1,200- linear-foot pedestrian and bike trail lined with artwork by local artists and information about Kyle’s history that will eventually connect the Heroes Memorial and La Verde Park.  

Both the park and the trail comprise part of first phase of the Brick and Mortar District, a 138-acre pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development within the Plum Creek master planned community. The Brick and Mortar District is partially funded through a tax increment reinvestment zone established in 2018. 

Those driving to the groundbreaking are encouraged to park at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, 979 Kohlers Crossing.