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Now that Buffalo Bayou Park is complete and downtown’s TIGER trail and Sunset Coffee Building’s restoration are wrapping up, BBP is initiating plans for the bayou’s east sector. Planning is underway to make an important trail connection from Allen’s Landing to McKee Street east of downtown. This addition will link to several miles of trails… Read more »
This fall, we met with several groups to discuss Buffalo Bayou Park, BBP’s history, and the organization’s past and future projects. Board members from City Parks Alliance, a national organization that advocates for urban parks, were in Houston as guests of Doreen Stoller, Hermann Park Conservancy Executive Director and an Alliance board member. The group took… Read more »
Buffalo Bayou Park would not have been possible without our partners SWA and Millis Development and Construction (MDC). BBP would like to extend a huge thanks for a job well done on the park’s design and construction. It was natural for BBP to call upon landscape architecture firm SWA to collaborate on the design of… Read more »
Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Katy Prairie Conservancy (KPC) are collaborating to increase Houston’s prairies. Twice monthly, KPC and its volunteers comb through some of the most pristine prairies left in the area including College Park Prairie, Nash Prairie and, of course, Katy Prairie for the best wildflower and native grass seeds that will be planted in a dozen acres of “pocket… Read more »
Would you and your neighbors or friends like to learn more about the improvements underway in Buffalo Bayou Park? Buffalo Bayou Partnership is hosting a series of informational gatherings for residents living along the bayou and those just wanting to learn more about what’s going on. The first event, held on March 21 for 40 Memorial by Windsor… Read more »
Buffalo Bayou Partnership is fortunate to have so many enthusiastic board members who are as committed to healthy living as they are to transforming the bayou. Three-year board member Lisa Foronda is an avid Buffalo Bayou Park user and all around picture of health. As highlighted in her in-depth 2010 interview with the Houston Chronicle, Lisa is also passionate… Read more »
Buffalo Bayou Partnership is pleased to welcome Leigh McBurnett as our new Director of Development. Leigh has 17 years of development and non-profit management experience. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, she served in numerous fundraising capacities — Assistant Development Director, Senior Annual Giving Coordinator, and Development Assistant. In these positions, she worked to develop and implement the… Read more »
Chris Ward, Superintendent, with Jack Christison, Project Manager at Millis Development & Construction, Inc. are currently working on the Crosby Bridge, located just west of Sabine Street (on the south bank). This bridge will be completed in December 2012. Houston-based construction company Millis has long been part of the enhancements to Buffalo Bayou. Millis recently completed the TIRZ… Read more »
Front left to right: Jenny Janis, Jiyoung Nam, Josh Lock, Peng Xu; middle left to right: Clayton Bruner, Tim Peterson, Kevin Shanley (President, SWA Group); back left to right: Jake Salzman, Scott McCready, Michael Robinson; not pictured: Xin Sui, Alaleh Rouhi Friends of Buffalo Bayou Partnership will recall SWA Group leading the award-winning Sabine Promenade… Read more »
Due to the magnitude of the Buffalo Bayou Park Shepherd to Sabine Project, skilled management is essential. Leading this effort is Guy Hagstette, immediate past president of downtown Houston’s Discovery Green park, with consultant SWA Group. Guy has a long history of involvement with Buffalo Bayou, dating back to the mid-1980’s when he and a… Read more »
For press inquiries, email Trudi Smith, Director of PR and Events, or call 713.752.0314 ext. 103.