DTX-FHA: Impact 9/1/2025

The playground at Northshore Park and four slides at the Community Activity Center will collectively receive about $232,000 in renovations, following approval from the Flower Mound Town Council at an Aug. 18 meeting. 

The details: The town will spend roughly $150,000 to resurface Northshore Park’s engineered wood fiber surface with artificial turf, according to town documents.

Playgrounds in Flower Mound use multiple ground surfaces, including wood fiber, turf and pour-in-place rubber, Parks and Recreation Director Chuck Jennings said. The decision to change the surface to artificial turf came from input by the local community, Jennings added.

What else?: One indoor pool slide and three outdoor water park slides will undergo restoration projects to repair scratches, rough joints and calcium build up.

The slide restorations will cost roughly $83,000, according to town documents. Repairs will include sealing joints with water-resistant caulk, and full resurfacing on the slides’ interiors and exteriors.

Several business around Flower Mound, Highland Village and Argyle have recently opened, or will open soon. Check out these four business updates.

Now open
Fort Liquor
Fort Liquor in Bartonville opened on Aug. 13, according to a company representative. The liquor store offers beer, wine and spirits.

• Opened Aug. 13
• 3600 FM 407 Ste.120, Bartonville

• Opened Aug. 22
• 1400 Shoal Creek, Ste. 170, Highland Village

A new immersive experience is opening this fall in Grapevine with interactive concepts.

The details: The Bubble Planet exhibit offers 12 interactive rooms for a full sensory experience for guests of all ages at Grapevine Mills, according to a news release.

From hanging balloons to a kaleidoscope room, the exhibit will offer a variety of photo opportunities and “playful moments designed to awaken the inner child,” an exhibit representative said.

Customers can sign up for the Dallas waitlist of Bubble Planet now or buy tickets starting Sept. 2 at 8 a.m.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law Aug. 29, declaring in a video posted to social media that “Texas is now more red in the United States Congress.”

The details: Under Texas’ current congressional boundaries, Republicans hold 25 of Texas’ 38 congressional seats. State lawmakers have said the new map will help them gain up to five more during the 2026 midterm elections.

Texas Democrats have called the mid-decade redistricting effort unconstitutional and "racially discriminatory," while Republicans asserted that the map "complies with the law" and was designed to help more Republicans get elected to the U.S. House.

Next steps: Texas’ new congressional map is set to take effect in early December, although it will be discussed in court two months earlier. After state senators approved the map Aug. 23, the League of United Latin American Citizens and a group of Texas residents filed a lawsuit asking that the map be found unconstitutional.

A panel of three federal judges will hear arguments in the case Oct. 1-10 in El Paso.