Parkland acquisition

Since its inception, the Houston Parks Board has played an instrumental role in the acquisition of more than 13,000 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

The Rapid Assessment works 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