Implementation of the Lewisville 2025 vision plan is a multi-year process, with steps being taken each year toward the shared community vision of Lewisville. Below are steps expected to be started or completed during 2025.

Lewisville is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025, and the City plans to mark this milestone with multiple events throughout the year. The Centennial Celebration Committee, made up of residents, city leaders, community leaders, and business owners, was created in February 2024 to begin developing a wish-list of ways to celebrate.

A local artist created a custom logo that will be used to market all Centennial-related events. The website, lewisvilletx100.com, was launched in December 2024 to share the story of Lewisville and honor its history in a new and innovative way. Visitors to the site will experience an interactive, media-rich timeline that explores the different eras of Lewisville’s history through pictures, documents, and artifacts from The Lewisville Collection. They also will be able to share their memories of Lewisville, and soon will be able to buy Centennial-branded merchandise. The site also features a calendar that shows all the planned events.

In late December, the City installed four static Centennial Celebration exhibits that highlight different elements of Lewisville’s history, The four exhibits are located in City Hall, Lewisville Public Library, Thrive, and The Vista shopping center. They will rotate every three months and will remain on display through the end of 2025.

Another exciting Centennial event will happen on March 7, when the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra will perform an orchestral score to the 1925 film The Freshman, in the Huffines Performance Hall at Lewisville Grand Theater.

The Freshman is a classic “college comedy” of the 1920s portraying Harold Lloyd as he enrolls at Tate University for this hilarious telling of university life, sports, and more. The evening will include this feature length silent comedy and include several stand-alone ragtime and early jazz pieces.

The City will create three custom Old Town entry features, similar to the picture on the left. The first will be installed as part of the Centennial Celebration. City Council chose the design of a 19-foottall entryway in late 2024. It features a mix of brick, cast concrete, and perforated metal. The first entry feature will be located on Main Street, close to the Visitor Information Center. The other two locations are on Main Street by DCTA Old Town Station, and Mill Street across from Mill Street Elementary.

Each sign will have customized insignias on them. They include a silo for agriculture; a pecan tree for the old pecan grove that used to be on Mill Street; and a train for the railroad’s early impact on the city’s economy.

Design of the expansion of the Gene Carey Animal Shelter and Adoption Center will begin in early 2025, with construction is expected to begin later this year. Money for the $9.9 million expansion was approved in the 2024 Bond Election. This project will include a surgical suite expansion with pre-op prep and post-op recovery; additional kennel spaces; dedicated volunteer space for program development; expansion of the laundry facility; separation of dog and cat intake areas; and additional staff-dedicated workstations and a third supervisor office. The expansion will include public art to enhance visitor’s experience at the shelter.

A contractor has been selected and construction will begin this Spring on the Timber Creek Trail extension. The nearly one-mile-long extension, shown in yellow on this map, will connect with the existing Timber Creek Trail, which runs from the west most boundary of Lewisville to Central Park. This segment of trail runs east along Timber Creek, crosses under SH-121 Business and connects to E. Corporate Drive. Construction on this $3.4 million project, which is a key component of the Healthy Infrastructure Plan, is estimated to be completed in late 2026. The Timber Creek Trail also will include public art to enhance user experience.

Tittle McFadden Public Safety Center - Civitas: Artist Blessing Hancock is creating this signature, large-scale, canopy-style sculpture (pictured right), that will display a spiral pattern of steel panels combined with text, in five languages, recommended by the community. Those words and phrases will relate to the themes of building
positive community relationships and promoting good citizenship. At night, thousands of LED lights will illuminate the canopy, creating a soft, color-changing glow from within. Civitas will be installed this Spring.

Lewisville Public Library - Luminous: Artist Michele Gutlove is taking inspiration from the natural environments in and around Lewisville, most notably Lewisville Lake and the Blackland Prairie to create this sculpture. It will be installed on a large column in the library’s atrium, near the stairway leading to the second floor. Tall, custom glass pieces will wrap the column and smaller glass elements will suspend from the ceiling above the stairs, representing the air and reflections off the water. In addition, Gutlove is creating a small satellite installation for the second floor. Luminous will be installed this Fall.

Upcycled Bench - Students in a graduate-level sculpture class from UNT submitted proposals that were reviewed by the Arts Advisory Board. The selected proposal will be the group’s class project this semester. The “upcycled bench” design incorporates materials salvaged during demolition of the former fleet maintenance building and Fire Station #1. The bench will be installed along Valley Ridge Boulevard, near the Facilities and Fleet Maintenance building and the Jerry Galler Public Safety Training Center. Installation is expected this Summer. 

The Lewisville City Charter, first approved by voters in 1963, is the guiding document for municipal government. It can only be amended through a public election. Lewisville City Council appointed a Charter Review Commission in 2024 to consider possible amendments. The committee presented its recommendations for Council consideration in early 2025 and Council could call an election for May or November of this year. The most recent charter election was held in 2021.

The Texas Legislature will meet this year into May, and is expected to consider many bills that would impact Lewisville’s government and residents. The City Council has adopted a Legislative Agenda that includes seven critical issues. One issue is seeking State funding to build a Texas State Technical College campus in Denton County (potentially in Lewisville).

Changes are being made to King Arthur Drive to slow traffic and improve safety for drivers and residents. Changes, which were presented to residents during a public meeting in 2024, will include pavement markings, curb bumpouts, bike lanes, and crosswalks at all intersections. Construction is expected to start this Summer.

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is making progress on the reconstruction of three interchanges along I-35E. At Main Street, crews are building new retaining walls on the north side of the bridge, drilling shafts for pillars that support the new widened bridge, and continue paving and draining works on the frontage roads. Estimated completion of the Main Street interchange is late 2026. Construction on the Corporate Drive and SH-121 Business interchanges is expected to start this Summer, with an estimated completion in late 2029. The City is funding aesthetic
enhancements at all three interchanges.

The City is getting ready to roll out a new water meter designed to help residents better track their daily water usage and to help reduce water loss city wide. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is an integrated system of meters that provides for improved customer meter accuracy, real-time water use information, real-time monitoring to
identify leaks, and reduced data billing errors. Once the system is active, residents will be able to sign up for leak alerts, set water budgets, and set water consumption threshold alerts. The City expects to start this new system in the Summer. Notifications will be posted on the City’s social media sites, letting residents know the change is happening.

Construction will continue in the growing Crown Centre project in East Lewisville, at the fork of SH-121 and SH-121 Business. The first phase is focused on multifamily uses, with one 300-unit complex that opened earlier this year, and a second, 300-unit complex expected to open later this year. A 4-story, 147,000 square-foot office building with a parking garage was completed in late 2024, and construction is expected to begin later this year on a new 14,000 square-foot retail building on the north side of FM 544. Upon completion, Crown Centre is expected to include 35 buildings connected by outdoor trails, surrounded by open space and lakes. Uses will include multifamily, office, retail, entertainment, and hotel. The open space amenities on the north side of Midway Road with a trail around the ponds are already open to the public.