Located at the intersection of Heights Boulevard and East 7th Street, Donovan Park was originally planned to be sold to a trucking company before the Houston Heights Association raised support from the community and bought the land in the 1970s, said Idalia Guerra, chair of the new Reimagine Donovan committee.
Guerra said the park was pretty sparse until the community rallied again in the 1990s to build the wooden castle structures and train that is cherished by children today.
Recently, the association, which privately owns and maintains the park, has been calling on the community again to help revitalize the park through the new Reimagine Donovan committee.
“Doing the community engagement and hearing what people want was so crucial to this portion of the entire rebuilding because we need people's input,” Guerra said. “I want it to still have that spirit that this park is built by the community.”
