MEDIA CONTACT:Trudi Smithtsmith@buffalobayou.org713.752.0314 ext. 103 HOUSTON – May 14, 2020 – Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) announces that Karen Farber, long-time Director of the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, will be joining the organization as Vice President of External Affairs. In this newly-created BBP position, Farber will be responsible for developing… Read more »

HOUSTON – January 29, 2020 – Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) announced four new members to its board of directors during its annual meeting on January 28 at the Residences at The Allen, a mixed-use development under construction near Buffalo Bayou Park. New board members include Andrea Alexander, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Co.; Bolivar “Bo” M…. Read more »

Media Contact: Trudi Smith, Buffalo Bayou Partnershiptsmith@buffalobayou.org 713.752.0314 ext. 103 HOUSTON – October 10, 2019 – After developing Buffalo Bayou Park and other award-winning green space projects in Houston’s downtown, the non-profit Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is moving east.  Encompassing a four-mile stretch of the waterway from US 59 to the Port of Houston Turning… Read more »

Plan Focuses on Area from US 59 to Port of Houston Turning Basin WHAT:  Buffalo Bayou Partnership will be celebrating the culmination of a multi-year planning process for Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector – from US 59 to the Port of Houston Turning Basin. The event will feature live music, presentation of the master plan, and the opportunity to… Read more »

Beginning in August, the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) in coordination with the Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) will be completing major repairs along Buffalo Bayou, between Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, to contain erosion and bank failures caused by Hurricane Harvey. While this work along Buffalo Bayou is not classified as a flood damage… Read more »

Sign of the times along Buffalo Bayou HOUSTON – June 14, 2019 – With global warming being at the forefront of international discussion, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is pleased to present a conceptual artwork, We Are the Asteroid III, by the Brooklyn artist and environmental activist Justin Brice Guariglia.  Using a solar-powered LED message board typically… Read more »

Contact: Suzy Hartgrove MyHart Communications suzy@myhartcomm.com 832-244-2427 HOUSTON (June 24, 2019) Ed Emmett, Former Harris County Judge, provided grants to the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Bayou Preservation Association as his final act as the Fight Flooding PAC Chairman.  The Fight Flooding PAC raised over $1.2 million and campaigned for the most successful Harris County… Read more »

Buffalo Bayou Partnership is excited to announce that Buffalo Bayou Park has been selected as a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) 2019 Gold and Silver medal prizes. The Gold Medalist will receive $50,000, and four Silver Medalists will each receive $10,000 to enhance their projects. BBP extends our congratulations to the… Read more »

Buffalo Bayou is one of five North American sites to host inaugural exhibition Opens to the PublicWednesday, February 20, 2019 HOUSTON – January 30, 2019 – Houston’s Buffalo Bayou has been selected as the inaugural site for New Monuments for New Cities, a collaborative public art project organized by the High Line Network, a coalition of… Read more »

Dear Friends: Happy New Year. If you’re like most people, we’re sure you’ve already started fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions. At Buffalo Bayou Partnership, we’ve started working on our list too and the coming year is full of new goals and projects that will help us continue our transformative work along Houston’s historic waterway. Here’s a sneak… Read more »