The funds were raised by donations from members, the Pearce High School Student Council contributed, and matching funds were provided by the city of Richardson to reach the 24K milestone.Īnd on Monday, members of the community and dignitaries mingled around the park during the ribbon cutting ceremony where Ord and HOA president G. Ord led efforts among enthusiastic HOA members to raise $24,000 in funding for Phase I of the project for an extreme landscape makeover consisting of benches, a walking trail and landscaping. Thus sprouted to life the idea of a park, which took countless meetings, according to Ord with folks like Beverly Vance, principal at Pearce, the RISD Board of Trustees, the school district, city of Richardson officials, HOA members and landscapers once it was given the go ahead to convert it. The HOA wanted to do something with it to make our community better and we did.” “It was an eyesore consisting of patches of grass, rocks and mud. “This piece of property was a vacant lot used at times for stadium parking by folks,” Ord said.
Bart Ord, vice president of beautification for the group, spearheaded efforts working with Richardson ISD, who is the owner of the property that is part of Pearce High School, city officials and members of the association, along with the community. Pearce HOA Park, the unofficial name of a piece of land a little over half an acre in size located on the corner of Senior Way and Mimosa Drive.
One project that the association has been working on for the past three years came to fruition on Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the J. These folks are known for being neighborly from hosting book clubs to potlucks to forming intramural football teams. Pearce Homeowners Association members are an active group of neighbors living on streets like Lilac Court and Grassmere Drive near the high school.
(published Decemin Richardson Living by Chris Coats)
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