Here’s How Replacing Parking Lots With Parks Will Transform Downtown Dallas We talked to the CEO of Parks for Downtown Dallas about the new greenspaces being developed in the heart of the city. By Alex Macon Published in FrontBurner May 10, 2021 3:46 pm Amy Meadows is the CEO of Parks for Downtown Dallas, the nonprofit foundation that has partnered with Dallas and its parks department to create more greenspace in the city’s urban core. The foundation has been tasked with developing four downtown parks, which will be owned by the city. Two of those parks have opened in the last several years.