It’s 12 acres of green space that sits right across the George R. Brown Convention Center—but it doesn’t have a name.The land is the site of Houston’s newest park and you can enter contest to name it, but how special is it?

Well, just picture a site where children play around, where grown-ups work out, where everybody enjoys the day.

But on this patch of land downtown, Mayor Bill White pictures something more. “I’ve been talking to citizens, way before I was mayor, about the need to have a great downtown park in Houston.”

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This is where the new downtown park will sit.

So on the open land in front of the GRB, civic leaders picture a dozen acres developed into a unique urban park.  A place with everything from restaurants to water fountains, underground parking and special programs designed to draw visitors, day and night.

“We really want this to be a place that captures the spirit of the city and is a place that kind of reveals the city to visitors and to Houstonians, a place we can all really be proud of,” said park director, Guy Hagsette.

Sort of like New York city’s Bryant Park.

But a park like this costs a lot of money.

So, Houston’s Downtown Park Conservancy plans to raise funds by naming attractions after donors.

“Everything in the park is for sale,” said Nancy G. Kinder with the Conservancy. “The fountain, the promenade, the dog runs, even the dog benches and the poopie stations. So we have something for everyone at all different levels.”

But one name that’s not for sale here is the name of the park itself.

“We want the people of Houston to participate in the naming of this park. So beginning today, for the next several weeks, we’re going to invite Houstonians to give us their names for the downtown park,” said Mayor White.

So the winner will put a permanent mark on a Houston landmark.