Since its inception, the Houston Parks Board has played an instrumental role in the acquisition of more than 15,000 acres of parkland. Funded in a variety of ways - and located in a variety of areas throughout the city - the Houston Parks Board will continue to work toward the addition of quality parkland for the use of all Houstonians.
In June 2005, the Houston Parks Board and the Conservation Fund completed the first step of an ambitious campaign to acquire parkland. This involved a rapid assessment of every parcel within Houston's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to determine the suitability for each as a new park, a linear park, or expansion of an existing park.
To read the final report of the Rapid Assessment for New Parkland Acquisition, click this link:
Rapid Assessment
In the near future, the Rapid Assessment will be updated to work in conjunction with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department's 2007 Master Plan. To read the Master Plan, click this link: Parks Master Plan
|
Recent acquisitions by the Houston Parks Board include:
Hackberry Park, 22 acres
West 11th Street Park, 20 acres
Robert C. Stuart Park, 27 acres
Halls Bayou Greenbelt Expansion, 150 acres
Brays Bayou Greenway
Herman Brown Park Expansion, 5 acres
Bay Forest Park, 10 acres
Bay Oaks Park, 10 acres
Coolgreen Park, 164 acres
Aron Ledet Park, 13 acres
A few other notable acquisitions the Houston Parks Board been involved in over the years on behalf of the donors are:
Boyce Dorian Park, 10 acres
Crooker-Moody Park, 11 acres
Cullen Park, 10,000 acres
Cullinan Park/Long Drive, 44 acres
Cullinan Park/Oyster Creek, 750 acres
Farnsworth Natural Area, 22 acres
Freed Art and Nature Park, 6 acres
Gragg Park Expansion, 15 acres
Halls Bayou Park, 3 acres
Harwin Park, 9 acres
Herman Brown Park, 750 acres
J. T. Trotter Park, 27 acres
Keith-Wiess Park, 500 acres
Schnur Park, 40 acres
Strickland Park and Expansion, 14 acres
|
