Wedgwood East, a southwest Fort Worth neighborhood of mature trees and homes built mostly between the late 1950s and the 1980s, is the next to receive a concentrated round of city spending on streets, lights and parks.
The City of Fort Worth announced Tuesday, Oct. 27, that Wedgwood East has been selected for its Neighborhood Improvement Program, an annual effort that steers capital money into one area at a time to improve safety and quality of life. It is the 12th neighborhood chosen since the program began. The city's program page lists it as the 2027 selection.
Who lives there
The city describes Wedgwood East as having nearly 1,300 homes. Citing the latest American Community Survey, the announcement puts the neighborhood's median household income at $65,625 and its poverty rate at 18%.
Selection, according to the program page, weighs factors such as financial hardship, opportunity and the condition of the neighborhood, using community data along with input from residents.
What could change
The city lists street repairs, more streetlights and park improvements as possible projects, but says final priorities will depend on what residents say and on needs identified through the program. No dollar figure for Wedgwood East was included in the announcement.
Roads were the first concern raised by Frank Sloan, a resident with ties to the area going back to 1980 who leads the community group For the Love of Wedgwood, known as FLOW. "Our roads are having problems," Sloan said in the city's release.
