What Grand Prairie, Texas, is accomplishing is a legacy in the making.
This year, the city will open three new community staples that will change the way residents—and the entire Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex—play, relax, and revitalize, as “EpicCentral” approaches the end stages of its development. These include Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark, The Epic recreation and lifestyle center, and PlayGrand Adventures, an all-inclusive playground.
In 2013, after residents elected Mayor Ron Jenson, he gazed at a 100-plus- acre piece of land in the city and envisioned its potential. The city had begun developing the area in 2010 when it erected The Summit, a state-of- the-art facility designed specifically for active adults ages 50 and older. In 2014, Jenson went to taxpayers with a plan to create the rest of EpicCentral. Residents approved an additional sales tax that would fund what city officials now tout as a “cruise ship on land.”