Editing Southside Place, Texas (section)

==Parks and recreation==

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The park and pool facilities are operated by the Southside Place Park Association, which is not affiliated with the City of Southside Place. The SPPA is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors and managed by two paid employees.

The park/pool area is located between Auden and Edloe on the streets of Garnet and Farbar. Facilities include a park, tennis courts, baseball field, basketball court, swimming pool and clubhouse. Only the park, field and basketball court are open for public use. Use of the tennis court, pool and clubhouse require a park membership. Annual membership is $425 and is open to residents of Southside Place. Approx. 80% of Southside Place residents are also park members. The clubhouse is home to a summer camp that is run by the Parks Department. The park staff consists of 1 full-time Parks/Recreation Director, 1 part-time clubhouse manager, 30+ camp staff members, 2 assistant pool managers, 2 swim lessons instructors and 35 Red Cross certified Life Guards. The pool is also home to a 150+ member swim team that competes with other pools in the Houston area. Swim team season runs from mid-May through the end of June. The Parks Director is Alysa Harrison. On April 12, 2025, The Texas Historical Commission unveiled a plaque honoring the 100th anniversary of Southside Place being a city. 

The Weekley Family [[YMCA]] is in the area. It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ymcahouston.org/southwest/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010711155524/http://www.ymcahouston.org/southwest/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-07-11|title=Southwest YMCA|publisher=YMCA Houston|date=2001-07-11|access-date=2020-05-04|quote=[...]his the YMCA that has serves{{sic}} the [...] Southside Place,[...]}}</ref> in [[West University Place]]. The current facility in [[Braeswood Place]], Houston broke ground in 2001.<ref name="Stantondeathvalley">Stanton, Robert. "[http://www.chron.com/news/article/Death-Valley-coming-back-to-life-2051932.php 'Death Valley' coming back to life]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Thursday July 19, 2001. Retrieved on January 7, 2012.</ref>