For the Greener Good

Parks for Downtown Dallas is a nonprofit foundation whose goal is to establish four new, major parks in the heart of Downtown. Pacific Plaza is now open, and West End Square, Carpenter Park and Harwood Park will follow in the coming years. Join us in our mission to create a community of parks as vibrant as the people who call this city home.

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Parks Perspective: Jim Shipley of the Beck Group

In 2007, Project Manager Jim Shipley joined the Beck Group, a commercial structure and architecture company based in Dallas. In the years since, he’s managed a number of exciting projects throughout Texas, most recently completing work on Pacific Plaza. Now, he will...

From the Blog

Looking to 2020 and the Next New Downtown Dallas Park: West End Square

Another year has almost come and gone, and though each brings its own exciting developments to the great city of Dallas, 2019 was one for the record books. This year, Parks for Downtown Dallas saw a dream 10-plus years in the making come true, as Pacific Plaza...

Parks for Downtown Dallas Promotes Amy M. Meadows to Chief Executive Officer

Dallas, Texas, December 3, 2019 – The trustees of Parks for Downtown Dallas announced today that the foundation’s President, Amy M. Meadows, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Meadows has served as the foundation’s President since its...

Meticulous Attention to Detail: How the Pacific Plaza Pavilion References Morse Code and the History of Dallas

This fall, Dallas’ much-anticipated Pacific Plaza will complete its transformation from a surface parking lot to a public park. The urban park, funded entirely by Parks for Downtown Dallas, broke ground in April of 2018 with the promise of introducing more green space...