The Buffalo Bayou Park maintenance team begins cleanup along Buffalo Bayou. Dear Buffalo Bayou Partnership Friends: It has been truly heartwarming to see how Houstonians and people from throughout the country have expressed their concern for Buffalo Bayou. While the waterway was greatly impacted by the historic flooding, our organization remains committed to its mission of… Read more »
Revitalizing the waterway east of downtown from US 59 to the Port of Houston Turning Basin HOUSTON – July 27, 2017 – Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is launching a major planning effort along Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector that will continue the non-profit organization’s legacy of transformative parks, trails and open space. In revitalizing the… Read more »
Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s maintenance and operations team gained two interns – Andrew Cubiano and Paul Irvin – from the Bank of America’s Summer Youth Employment Internship Program (SYEI) which provides students the opportunity to gain real-world experience at local nonprofit organizations. This year, the program provided 60 Houston youth with summer internships. Interns, ages 16-21, gain… Read more »
WHO: Hotel ICON and Buffalo Bayou Partnership WHAT: The community open house Lunch & Learn event kicks off a spring/summer awareness campaign highlighting Buffalo Bayou Partnership programs and initiatives plus a myriad of related amenities and activities geared towards Houstonians and travelers. Hotel ICON will sell boxed lunches and its signature rubber duckies. Katz Coffee will be… Read more »
Buffalo Bend Nature Park Complete Public grand opening of 10-acre waterfront park along Buffalo Bayou’s scheduled for Feb. 10 Media Contacts: Amery Reid, Harris County Precinct 2 amery.reid@pct2.hctx.net, 713-274-2356 Trudi Smith, Buffalo Bayou Partnership tsmith@buffalobayou.org, 713-752-0314 x 103 WHAT: Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) and Commissioner Jack Morman of Harris County Precinct Two invite the public… Read more »
Join us for the 44th annual Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta, Texas’ largest canoe and kayak race and one of the top five largest in the nation! Paddlers, ages 12 and up, are encouraged to participate in this 15-mile American Canoe Association sanctioned race along scenic Buffalo Bayou. Whether you’re entering competitively or paddling for fun, don’t miss out on… Read more »
The public is invited to the ribbon cutting for Buffalo Bend Nature Park! This unique 10-acre park located near the Port of Houston Turning Basin features wetland ponds, hike and bike trails, native plantings, interpretive signage and an overlook. Offering passive recreation and wildlife conservation, the site serves as a beautiful eastern trailhead along Buffalo Bayou…. 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 Buffalo Bayou Access at Woodway in Memorial Park is now open to the public! This site is a popular put-in for paddlers who are interested in seeing the various segments of this historic waterway. Did you know that the Buffalo Bayou paddling trail is 26 miles long? Learn more about it at Texas Parks… Read more »
Sunset Coffee Building Early next year will mark the completion of the Sunset Coffee Building, one of the few remaining industrial buildings along Buffalo Bayou and a contributing structure within downtown’s Market Square Historic District. BBP, with Houston First Corporation, has transformed the site to feature: canoe/kayak and bike rental facilities at ground level; a… Read more »