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Can Dallas’ trails tell our history and elevate our culture?
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There’s a lot more to Dallas than business and concrete, but walking through some parts of the city, you might not be able to tell very easily. It doesn’t have to be that way.
There’s a plan brewing to create a walking path through the city connecting some of Dallas’ most significant cultural and historical sites. It’s called the Dallas Cultural Trail, and it would run through the Dallas Arts District, Deep Ellum and Fair Park.
The goal is to curate Dallas’ special moments and put them in context with one another, said Samuel Mortimer, president of Friends of Santa Fe Trail. It’s important to help string together threads that may not obviously be connected.
Showcasing the city’s history through physical spaces can help us celebrate our best achievements and learn from our worst history. This trail can also help make the city a little friendlier to pedestrians, and there’s the added benefit of encouraging tourism. It is an investment worth considering as the city develops its trail system.
The Dallas Arts District, the Deep Ellum Foundation and Fair Park First are the managing entities of Dallas’ three state-recognized cultural districts, and they’ve come together with the city to work on this project alongside an advisory committee of experts on art, history, economic development and others, according to Stephanie Keller Hudiburg, executive director of the Deep Ellum Foundation.
Lily Cabatu Weiss, executive director of the Dallas Arts District, said a collaboration with DART is possible as well.
The project is still in early planning stages and little is set in stone. The city provided a small sum to help the project get started, according to Weiss, and further funding options through public and private sources and the upcoming bond are being explored. The total estimated cost would be roughly $40 million, Hudiburg said.
The Cultural Trail would likely dovetail with Santa Fe Trail, which already connects Deep Ellum and Fair Park, Mortimer said, with the possibility of new pocket parks as well.
Eventually, there will be an application process for determining which sites will be included along the trail, Weiss said.
Building the Cultural Trail would mainly add enhancements to existing trails and infrastructure like better pedestrian and bike facilities, night lighting for safety and elevating the experience, signage for wayfinding and added artwork, said Brian Luallen, CEO of Fair Park First. There has also been talk of a digital experience, maybe even an interactive app, he said.
Ultimately, the trail would function more like a guided walking, biking or transit tour through Dallas’ three cultural districts — not unlike Boston’s Freedom Trail. Luallen said the goal is to market the city as an idea, tying together city gems like Klyde Warren Park and the Forest Theater.
Dallas is a more interesting city than most people think. The Cultural Trail would be a great way of showing it off.
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With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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Dallas weather: May 10 morning forecast
Today is by far our most active day of the extended forecast. After our Red River Counties got some severe storms overnight, we expect a mostly quiet morning. Isolated storms are expected to start forming just after noon. The severe threat begins mid-afternoon in a more scattered fashion, before a cold front ushers in widespread rain and strong storms this evening.
DALLAS – A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.
Severe weather in North Texas
Timeline:
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that while showers and storms will begin developing Monday morning, the risk of severe weather will peak during the afternoon and evening hours as the front advances southward.
We are tracking two distinct phases of the storm system. Initial storms are expected to be “discrete,” or individual cells, which carry a high risk of large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. As the evening progresses, these individual storms are forecast to merge into a large cluster or broken line.
Once the storms consolidate, the primary threat will shift toward damaging straight-line winds. Forecasters warned that wind gusts could exceed 70 to 75 mph, speeds capable of downing trees, damaging roofs, and causing power outages.
In addition to the wind and hail threats, the system is expected to dump significant amounts of water. While most areas will see standard rainfall, there is a 10% to 15% chance that some locations could receive up to 4 inches of rain. Isolated flash flooding can happen over these locations.
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We are watching how morning activity near the Red River might influence the speed of the cold front. The exact position of that front will be the primary factor in determining where the most intense storms initiate.
Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings throughout the evening.
The front is expected to push through the region by Tuesday morning.
7-Day Forecast
The Source: Information in this article is from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather team.
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