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Trinity Park Conservancy
[Rendering: Harold Simmons Park]
Harold Simmons Park Expansion Underway With Expanded Philanthropic Leadership
by Lance Murray | Sep 19, 2025
Trinity Park Conservancy expanded its advancement team with two directors of philanthropy as it advances Harold Simmons Park, a $325 million, 250-acre project along the Trinity River featuring a 40,000-square-foot event lawn, a six-tower playground, and more.
by David Seeley |
Apr 9, 2025
The "transformational" park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas will feature a 40,000-square-foot event lawn, an event center, a "six-tower" playground, a water play area, picnic groves, a skate and bike park, a unique cable ferry, and more. And as last night's event showed, fun will be had by all.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 24, 2024
The 130-foot-long land bridge over Beckley Avenue will create a major park connector, linking Harold Simmons Park’s West Overlook with the park’s nature preserve. The planned $325 million Trinity River park aims to "bring Dallas together," says Congressman Marc Veasey.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2024
It's been 146 years since the last total solar eclipse wowed viewers in Dallas. The Trinity Park Conservancy says its April 8 event at the Ron Kirk Bridge and Felix Lozada Gateway will offer "a truly unique" way to experience the next one.
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Rendering of a planned playground at Harold Simmons Park. [Image: Trinity Park Conservancy]
‘Where Nature Meets Dallas’: Plans Unveiled for $325M Harold Simmons Park Along Trinity River
by David Seeley | 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.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 3, 2023
With Darren L. James' appointment as board chair, KAI executives now hold two of the highest-ranking state positions in Texas architecture.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 12, 2023
The Dallas Foundation, in partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, handed out $455K in "pay it forward" grants to Water Cooler at Pegasus Park nonprofits. The unique investments aimed to kickstart change—the kind that shows teamwork can multiply impact.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 25, 2023
The three-year project will focus on site improvements at the park, along with increasing access to environmental education for local youth. An event held at the park Saturday marked the 30th annual National Public Lands Day—giving local community members a chance to volunteer and to let their voices be heard on the park's future.
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Trinity Park Conservancy Program Places Among Texan by Nature’s 2020 Conservation Wranglers
by Lauren Hawkins | Apr 20, 2020
The 2020 Conservation Wranglers are expected to be recognized at Dallas' George W. Bush Presidential Center on October 27, 2020.
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