In Houston, the Harris County Commissioners Court recently approved a spending package that will help fund a new park designed by SWA, Studio Red Architects, and RDC. Hill at Sims is a forthcoming green space in Sunnyside sited along Sims Bayou—a 20-mile bayou that meanders across Southwest Houston.
The project kicked off in 2019 thanks to a $7.5 million donation from the Brown Foundation. With the recently approved $28.3 million in funding, Hill at Sims will primarily serve Sunnyside, South Acres, and Crestmont Park—parts of town that have long been deprived of civic resources.
Rodney Ellis, a Houston politician who grew up in Sunnyside, has long
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