{"id":8716,"date":"2018-06-29T18:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T18:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2018-06-29T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T18:33:56","slug":"nature-park-near-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8716","title":{"rendered":"Nature Park Near Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Orlando<\/a>

Orlando and Edna Medina, as well as others, are already taking advantage of the park under construction in Los Fresnos. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n

by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The birds are singing and flying as people keep walking and stretching their bodies at one of several workout stations installed along the nearly 1 mile long trail in the Los Fresnos Nature Park.<\/p>\n

Construction of the park, located on the north side of town off North Arroyo Boulevard and south of the local high school, is rapidly advancing after being under construction for more than a year and a half.<\/p>\n

The park is being built in phases and it\u2019s starting to show signs of a new recreational facility for people to enjoy.<\/p>\n

One phase calls for constructing a parking lot and restroom and that was completed several months ago.<\/p>\n

Another phase is the park\u2019s trail, which is pretty much done. The south side of the trail has gravel and the north has asphalt to connect it to a bike trail that is yet to be built.<\/p>\n

There is also an amphitheater nearing completion.<\/p>\n

Other phases called for having a butterfly garden and a playground for children.<\/p>\n

Anna Alridge Smith, senior project manager with Hanson Professional Services, described the park as a beautiful project the city has undertaken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere still is a lot of work to be done, though\u201d she said, \u201cand people are already using it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a recent afternoon, about a dozen people were seen at the park either sitting around the picnic area or jogging or walking along the trail.<\/p>\n

Orlando and Edna Medina of Los Fresnos said they have been using the trail about a half dozen times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a great asset for the community,\u201d Edna Medina said as she and her husband walked along the trail. \u201cThe first time we were here we saw a couple of people but there are more and more people using the trail every time we are back.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said it is just a matter of time before the word gets out that the City of Los Fresnos has one of the finest and newest nature parks in the Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

As the Medinas kept walking, the racketing songs of chachalacas could be heard on one side of the park and one of these gregarious birds flew along the trees by the resaca.<\/p>\n

A great kiskadee and morning and white-winged doves darted above the skies over the Los Fresnos Nature Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Tony Vindell\/LFN The birds are singing and flying as people keep walking and stretching their bodies at one of several workout stations installed along the nearly 1 mile long trail in the Los Fresnos Nature Park. Construction of the park, located on the north side of town off North Arroyo Boulevard and south of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8726,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/8726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}