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.

City manager outlines Heroes Park groundbreaking, trails open house

 City Manager Scott Sellers told the city council Tuesday night the groundbreaking for the Heroes Memorial Park will take place Memorial Day morning and that an open house will be held the very next day to solicit public input on trails in the city.

The groundbreaking is scheduled to take place between 10 and 11:30 a.m., Monday, May 31, next to the pond adjacent to the CISD Performing Arts Center at the northwest corner of Kyle Parkway and Kohlers Crossing.

“We will be honoring our veterans and first responders and other community heroes,” Sellers said. “We’ll have a few festivities as part of that dedication. It should be great for the whole community.”

More information on the groundbreaking is available at this website.

The public trails open house event is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, in the council’s chambers at city hall.

“This will be in advance of national Trails Day, which is June 5,” Sellers said. “This is an opportunity for our citizens to see where those trail segments are in the city of Kyle and offer their input on location, material type, width and amenities. So anybody in Kyle who is interested in our city-wide trail system, which includes Emerald Crown and some other local connections, should come to this event and make their voices heard.”