Harold Simmons Park Public Workshops

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[bc] is serving as a consultant to the Trinity Park Conservancy, bringing our skill set in public interest design to engage Dallas' communities around the future of Harold Simmons Park, 200 acres along the Trinity River. Engagement efforts will focus on discovering how Dallas residents currently use parks and public space while encouraging them to re-imagine what this area could be. This understanding will inform the design of the 200 acre Harold Simmons Park.

Join us as we support the Trinity Park Conservancy in envisioning the future of the Harold Simmons Park as a public space that connects Dallas residents to each other and nature. Starting September 15th, the Conservancy will host 10 public workshops across the city to reimagine our river. For more about Harold Simmons Park, click here. Click here to RSVP to the upcoming workshops.

buildingcommunityHEROES 4th Edition Released

[bc] is excited to share our 4th edition of buildingcommunityHEROES ([bc]HEROES) trading cards. This edition celebrates individuals across Dallas who are making strides in the areas of education, food access, community organizing, arts, bicycle advocacy, and community development. With a fresh new design, these cards are a fun way to learn about and celebrate local Dallas heroes.

Our 4th Edition Heroes include: Lucy Phelps Patterson, Daron Babcock, Kay Thompson, William Sidney Pittman, Yvonne Ewell, Taylor Toynes, Clarice Criss, Cora Cardona, Onjaleke Brown, Joli Robinson, Ronnie Mestas, Lily Weiss, Ben Leal, and Ashly Fields.

[bc]HEROES launched in 2014 in commemoration of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. Dr. King challenged us to build a more perfect union and taught us that everyone has a role to play. [bc] honors that incredible legacy of service by recognizing local trailblazers, advocates, organizers, and leaders, who serve our communities.

Check out more at buildingcommunityheroes.org, read HERO bios, nominate your HERO for future trading cards, and explore our HEROES’ causes. If you would like your own pack of [bc]HEROES trading cards please contact give us a call or swing by the Dallas Office. Supplies are limited.

Welcome Lucy McGuigan!

Lucy McGuigan is the Development Manager at buildingcommunityWORKSHOP. She relishes telling [bc]’s story and cultivating relationships with key stakeholders in [bc]’s work, including individuals, organizations, and communities.

Originally from New Jersey, Lucy has enthusiastically adopted Dallas as her home. She is a proud resident of the historic Deep Ellum neighborhood, residing in a structure designated as a Dallas Landmark. She is passionate about preserving Dallas’s rich cultural history; Lucy previously served as Production Manager and Graphic Designer for Dallas Mexican American Historical League and Dallas Jewish Historical Society exhibition “Uptown’s Pike Park: Little Jerusalem to Little Mexico, 100 Years of Settlement” at the Latino Cultural Center. Her experience in exhibitions has also included work on the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition “Vermeer Suite: Music in 17th Century Dutch Painting” and museum-based public presentation. Her work as an art historian has been largely driven by her view of museums as community centers and her belief that educational programming is a key channel through which to engage and invest local audiences.

Prior to moving to Dallas, she lived in Greater New Orleans region, serving as a Teach for America Corps Member and later as an evaluative observer through The New Teacher Project Academy. Through an educator’s perspective she learned that each local community faces unique challenges which can only be understood through first-hand experience. This solidified her conviction that socially just planning and design begins with community engagement.

Lucy holds a Master’s degree in Art History from Southern Methodist University’s Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture (RASC/A) program and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. At SMU, she served as Secretary of the Meadows Graduate Student Council, a granting body which provides funds to the students of the Meadows School of the Arts for the completion of artistic and academic projects.