Public Sector Projects

Lewisville City Hall

In 2003, the City of Lewisville made a long term commitment to Old Town revitalization through the construction of a new 13 million dollar City Hall. The building is designed to complement historic commercial architecture in the area and typical of the early 1900s.

In 2004, the Texas Department of Transportation completed work on a 21 million dollar road improvement project along Main Street from Interstate Highway 35 to State Highway Business 121. The project alleviated many of the traffic congestion problems that plagued Old Town Lewisville by creating a one-way couplet through Old Town. Main Street from Herod Street to Railroad Street was made one-way eastbound. Westbound traffic was diverted to Church Street, thereby increasing the safety and efficiency of vehicular and pedestrian traffic throughout the Old Town Center District.

In 2003, the City of Lewisville completed a $950,000 project to rebuild sidewalks, add landscaping, lighting and pedestrian amenities along Main Street between Charles and Mill Streets. The concept of making a street more attractive and accessible through improvements along a street’s public right of way is called streetscaping. The project added dozens of new parking spaces, transformed deteriorated sidewalks, as well as the enhancement and beautification of the area.

An interesting feature of the project was the conversion of north and south Poydras Street into two pedestrian plazas. Eventually, the City anticipates that additional space behind buildings will be available for parking that will allow shoppers to park and walk through the plazas for access Main Street. The plazas will also provide shoppers with attractive resting areas in addition to staging for events.

Through the Historic Preservation Grant Program and a previous grant program, eight privately owned Old Town buildings have been rehabilitated, and more are currently being rehabilitated. The grant provides matching funds for the rehabilitation of historic structures within the Old Town Center District.

Wayfinding is a relatively new concept in signage. Rather than have various public agencies, organizations, and businesses create and install signage to direct citizens to where they need to go, wayfinding consolidates the process and provides an attractive and functional signage system that communicates more than just “where am I going.”

Lewisville selected Babendure Design Group of Dallas after a public Request for Proposals process for wayfinding consultation services. A Wayfinding Committee was formed to advise City Council with regard to the final wayfinding plan.

The Wayfinding Committee set out several goals which guided the design phase of the wayfinding process. These included the following:

The Wayfinding Plan is currently being implemented, although complete implementation is not expected until 2008.

Along with Denton and Highland Village, Lewisville residents went to the polls in 2003 and approved a half cent sales tax increase that paved the way for creation of a regional transportation agency called the Denton County Transportation Authority. The authority is working to ensure that Denton County is connected to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail system which will eventually provide a commuter rail route from downtown Dallas, through Old Town Lewisville and terminating in Denton. Click here to see DCTA’s preferred rail station plan for Lewisville and the rest of Denton and Dallas Counties. When in place, the rail station in or near Old Town Lewisville will serve as an economic generator for the area.