Friends of American Legion Park

08/26/2026

Park friends, be sure to respond to Houston City Council Member Joe Panzarella’s “Direct Your Dollars” Survey before it closes September 7.

The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete and will help his District C team identify investment priorities for the coming fiscal year.

Results will be shared at his upcoming town hall on Saturday, September 19. You can subscribe to his newsletter (link in comments) to stay updated on this and other District C happenings.

As we plan out how we're investing your district dollars in Fiscal Year 2027, Council Member Joe wants to hear from you!

06/26/2026

We shared the exciting news that American Legion Park was selected for the Let’s Play Houston Program at the Oak Forest Homeowners Association meeting! We thank OFHA for their continued support of the ALP improvement initiative and for all their impactful work in our neighborhood.

At the meeting we also heard from Coby Johnston, District Liaison of State Representative Penny Morales Shaw about her efforts to support the revitalization of American Legion Park! We thank Rep. Penny Morales Shaw for her strong advocacy in Austin for our Houston city parks!

Be sure to follow Oak Forest Homeowners Association to stay informed about all the ways this volunteer-led civic group is building community to make Oak Forest an even safer and more beautiful place to live.

If you’d like us to visit your community organization, please reach out!

06/25/2026

Thank you to Lawson & Moshenberg law firm for generously sponsoring a bubble chase and play by a professional bubble artist from Five Star Entertainers at our ALP Pop Up community engagement event this spring!

We always appreciate support from local business partners! Please reach out to Friends of ALP if you’d like to learn more about upcoming sponsorship opportunities.

06/25/2026

🫧 We are BURSTING with excitement about the revitalization of American Legion Park ! 🫧

If you missed our pop up community engagement event this spring, here is a throwback with key informational highlights:

🎉 Let’s Play Houston is citywide initiative led by Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Parks Board (HPB), and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD), in partnership with corporate and foundation support to revitalize 25 neighborhood parks. We are overjoyed American Legion Park was selected!

✏️ To align with the $2 million dollar project budget from Let’s Play Houston, the American Legion Park improvements will be a modified version of Phase I of the existing Master Plan generated from our two previous community input meetings.

🚜 Construction on our park will likely begin at the end of 2027 and finish up in early 2028!

💻 You can follow along with the project progress and sign up for a newsletter at: https://houstonparksboard.org/american-legion-park/

📧 Please email: [email protected] if you have any questions. HPB will serve as the project manager overseeing the design and construction of our park.

06/24/2026

So fun to run into our newly elected District C City Council Member Joe Panzarella in EaDo this week!

American Legion Park is one of two District C parks selected for the Let's Play Houston Program. Council Member Panzarella supports investment in neighborhood parks and community connections to them.

We look forward to working with our Council Member on the ALP revitalization effort!

05/02/2026

Thank you so much for coming out to our Let’s Play Houston Community Engagement POP UP this past weekend! In case you missed it, we are BURSTING with excitement to share some key informational highlights from the event:

To align with the $2 million dollar project budget from Let’s Play Houston, the American Legion Park Revitalization will be a modified version of Phase I of the Master Plan generated from our two previous community input meetings. The plans are pinned to our page for easy viewing access. Construction on our park will likely begin at the end of 2027 and finish up in early 2028!

You can follow along with the project progress and sign up for a newsletter here: https://houstonparksboard.org/american-legion-park/

And please email: [email protected] if you have any questions or feedback.

04/23/2026

Special thanks to HPARD for getting the park freshly mowed and ready for our Let’s Play Houston Pop Up on Sunday! American Legion Park looks beautiful and all set for a fun community event. We really appreciate all your hard work!

04/14/2026

Join Friends of American Legion Park and Houston Parks Board (HPB) on Sunday, April 26 from 4 to 6 PM for a pop-up event at American Legion Park (3621 Golf Dr, Houston, TX 77018).

We want to hear from YOU! Join HPB as we gather community feedback on priorities for future improvements, based on the master plan that was completed in May 2024. If you participated in that effort, we appreciate your support and are asking people to come back out and prioritize improvements with current funding available through the new Let’s Play Houston initiative.

American Legion Park is a part of the Let’s Play Houston initiative, a collaborative led by City of Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Parks Board, and Houston Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with companies, foundations, and private donors, to revitalize 25 neighborhood parks.

The pop-up event will feature:

🛝 Brief presentation on Let’s Play Houston led by HPB
Q&A, design boards, and opportunity to learn next steps
🧊 FREE KONA ICE!
🫧 Bubble fun!
🤩 Giveaways and HPB swag

See you soon at ALP!