By Edmond Ortiz
Alamo Heights is opening a public park, which will be dedicated to the memories of three youths with local connections who perished in last summer’s Hill Country floods.
Residents are invited to the July 11 grand opening of Kellyanne Park, located along Viesca Street between the Heights Pool parking lot and Alamo Heights Little League fields. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m.
City officials said the pocket park, which is nearly half an acre, will include a pavilion, play area and public restrooms. The concessionaire at the Heights Pool Grille will serve walk-up customers via the new park.
Kellyanne Park is named after Kellyanne Lytal, an Alamo Heights resident who was one of 25 campers who died at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, during the July 4, 2025 floods. She was 8 years old.
Additionally, the new park honors the memories of Lila Bonner and Sarah Marsh, both of whom also died at Camp Mystic. Lila, 9, was the granddaughter of Alamo Heights City Councilmember Blake Bonner. Sarah, 8, was the granddaughter of Alamo Heights residents Jenger and Steve Waters.
The opening of Kellyanne Park is happening as Texans are marking the passage of one year since the Fourth of July floods, the nation’s deadliest inland flooding event where a total of 139 people lost their lives. Approximately 119 people died in Kerr County alone.
Development of Kellyanne Park began last January with a budgeted cost of $900,000. It was designed by architecture firm Ford, Powell and Carson, and landscape architecture firm Coral Studios. Malitz Construction constructed the project.
