Join Bayou Buddies for their biggest fundraiser of the year, Bayou Bash! This festive outdoor party at The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park will feature live music from Havoc Wagon, crawfish, a silent auction, libations, lawn games and pontoon boat rides! Date: Saturday, April 23 Time: 12 – 4 pm Location: The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park (105… Read more »
Special thanks to the following 2015-16 Run for a Reason participants who have raised or donated funds for Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Melissa Berena Tanya Burkholder Don Burney Jennifer Deutsch Michael Dunn Keisha Bailey Elder Sherril Foley Angela Fox Leah Hanson Benjamin Hyman Lauren Jacobs Bryan Jarrard Steven Jones Michael Krakower Shayne McMillen Simon Sattler Andrea Shioleno Kyle… Read more »
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) will be holding the Leading with Landscape II: The Houston Transformation conference on Friday, March 11th at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The conference will feature three consecutive moderated panel discussions – the first two will examine work done to date and then work in the planning phases and/or under construction,… Read more »
Stop by the Lost Lake Visitor Center (3422 Allen Parkway) or the Wortham Insurance Visitor Center (105 Sabine Street) during December for a chance to win unique Buffalo Bayou items, including Buffalo Bayou: An Echo of Houston’s Wilderness Beginnings by historian Louis Aulbach, BBP swag and more! Four lucky park visitors will be randomly selected, and… 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 »
After a three-week long soft opening, The Dunlavy at Buffalo Bayou Park’s Lost Lake Visitor Center is already a favorite spot for casual dining during the day and elegant private parties at night. The eatery and special event space is operated by Clark Cooper Concepts, the restaurant team behind Brasserie 19, Coppa Osteria, Punk’s, and… 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 sincerely thanks the many generous donors and committed partners who joined together to make this significant civic milestone a reality. Engraving of donor plaques and installation of donor recognition opportunities is ongoing, and we will be sure to keep all of our donors updated on our progress. If you should have any questions… Read more »
A myriad of exciting recreational offerings to complement visitors’ experience along Buffalo Bayou between Shepherd Drive and Downtown HOUSTON – September 28, 2015 – Buffalo Bayou Partnership, the non-profit organization transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, announced a five-year exclusive partnership with Bike Barn – a Houston-based bike retailer servicing the biking community since 1983 – and… Read more »
With only a month until Buffalo Bayou Park’s opening celebration, construction continues at a steady pace. Here are details on what’s In the Works: Heavy rains and flooding from mid-April to mid-June delayed construction and caused bank failures along the channel edge where several sections of footpath collapsed. These areas are being repaired now. Visitors can… Read more »