About Us
ABOUT US
Creating and stewarding a vibrant network of welcoming public spaces.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership is the non-profit organization leading the planning, design, activation, and stewardship of inspiring spaces along the 10-mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou from Shepherd Drive through downtown and eastward to the Port of Houston Turning Basin.
Whether it’s reimagining a former barge terminal into a cultural and recreational hub, reinforcing the bayou’s banks with native plants and trees, or constructing the first pedestrian bridge between the historic Fifth Ward and Greater East End — building relationships and mapping change with our communities are essential to our mission.
Buffalo Bayou is our beginning. Our backbone. Our bridge.
BUFFALO BAYOU AND HOUSTON ARE FOREVER ENTWINED.
From a sleepy port town into a thriving cultural and industrial metropolis, Buffalo Bayou has shaped Houston for nearly two centuries. Since 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership has championed this natural resource for the benefit of all Houstonians.
This natural, 52-mile waterway meandering in gentle twists and turns from its origins in the Texas prairie and out through the Gulf of Mexico is like a scrawled signature of our city itself, as etched in the lowlands of our landscape as the pages of our history.
It was on the banks of Buffalo Bayou that Houston was founded in 1836, and since then the bayou has emerged — and re-emerged — as a vital conduit for commerce, community, recreation, and repose.
OUR COMMITMENT
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership embraces the diverse people and cultures of Houston and places community voices at the center of our work. We are intentional about reinforcing the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) through our organization’s mission, policies, practices, staffing, and board membership. Our commitments are to honor and pay tribute to the waterway and its history, offer culturally resonant programming, and create and maintain spaces that residents see as their own. As we move forward, we will continue to develop accessible and inclusive parks and green space, affordable housing, and small business and economic opportunities to ensure legacy residents can remain in the neighborhoods surrounding Buffalo Bayou and benefit from its growth.
OUR VISION
We envision Buffalo Bayou as a unifying
and transformative force for Houston.
By drawing people together along and across our bayou — and inviting their ideas and aspirations into the process — we celebrate and perpetuate the vitality and resiliency of our city and its historic waterway.
Administrative Staff
Buffalo Bayou Park Staff
Clean & Green Staff
Brett Farley
Ned McQuarn
David Rivers
Roberto Ruiz