Gail Thomas

‘Where Nature Meets Dallas’: Plans Unveiled for $325M Harold Simmons Park Along Trinity River

by | Dec 7, 2023
For decades, Dallas has dreamed of a transformational park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas. This week, the Trinity Park Conservancy announced that a groundbreaking will finally happen in 2024. The 250-acre Harold Simmons Park will offer community-uniting nature, a stunning playground with towers and tube slides, a prairie walk, a two-acre bike and skate park, overlooks with views of the greenway and the city skyline, and more.
MORE
Engage Dallas Honors an Icon of Service with the Tierney Kaufman Hutchins Scholarship Fund, Empowering Future Leaders
by | Jul 14, 2023
Hutchins was an inaugural class member of Engage Dallas, a network of leaders committed to advancing equity and impacting Dallas through civic engagement and service in Dallas. Her many contributions to the city, including her championing of the Trinity Park Conservancy, will live on following her passing in 2020 at age 35. The TKH Scholarship Fund is launching to memorialize her qualities—and promote new Dallas leaders.
MORE