This year’s luncheon will serve as the kickoff event for a year-long, city-wide celebration as we near completion of the Bayou Greenways project at the end of 2020. It will also showcase the project’s latest milestones, the exciting impact it is having on individuals and communities, and offer a preview of the phenomenal events in store for 2020.

Houston’s parks connect us to each other across communities. Parks also serve as spaces of joy and celebration where we are united by the common space under our feet. In 2020, these green spaces will bring us closer to our families and our neighbors, to the city we love and the things that matter most.

Registration and Networking: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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The 2019 annual luncheon will serve as the kickoff event for a year-long, city-wide celebration as we near completion of the Bayou Greenways project at the end of 2020.

2019 Annual Luncheon

Houston Parks Board, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, and CenterPoint Energy are pleased to mark the completion of its first recreational trail along a CenterPoint Energy easement in Houston. The 1.5-mile hike-and-bike trail runs north of Sims Bayou Greenway, providing important connections to the communities living in this area. Houston Parks Board has also completed a 2.58-mile segment of Sims Bayou Greenway as part of Bayou Greenways 2020. Both milestone moments will be celebrated at the grand opening and ribbon cutting event slated for Saturday, June 8.

 The new trail along CenterPoint Energy easement runs roughly parallel to Hiram Clarke Road in southwest Houston, north of Sims Bayou Greenway to West Airport. An agreement between CenterPoint Energy and the City of Houston, approved in 2014 by Houston City Council, allows recreational trails on CenterPoint Energy rights-of-way and paved the way for the trail project as one of the first Beyond the Bayous connections, an initiative of Houston Parks Board to advance the development of park and greenway systems throughout Houston. Houston Parks Board managed the design and construction of the trail.

As part of Bayou Greenways 2020, a 2.58 mile segment along Sims Bayou Greenway from Heatherbrook Drive to Buffalo Speedway is also complete, connecting into the recently completed trail that runs west toward Blue Ridge County Park. This newly paved 10-foot-wide trail replaced an existing asphalt trail and includes adjacent directional and educational signage, trash and recycling bins, benches, ornamental design features, landscaping and more. There is a new trailhead entrance at S. Post Oak Blvd as well as other neighborhood trail connections. The trail cost $5.1 million and the construction contractor was Times Construction. 

Houston Parks Board and its partners will celebrate both completions at a grand opening event on Saturday, June 8 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Event activities include life-size yard games from Nature & Eclectic Outdoors, e-bikes provided by Bike Barn, a scavenger hunt, free face painting, a food truck, sidewalk activities, free snow cones and popcorn, and so much more! The event will conclude with a ribbon cutting ceremony at noon.

On Saturday, April 6, 2019, Houston Parks Board will host the fifth annual Bayou Greenway Day along Brays Bayou Greenway at Mason Park!

On Bayou Greenway Day, Houstonians from all neighborhoods are invited to experience the transformation happening along their bayous as part of Bayou Greenways 2020, one of the most ambitious parks projects in the country that will transform our bayou system into 150 miles of linear parks and hike-and-bike trails.  

Bayou Greenway Day is a celebration—a free, family festival open to all. Bayou Greenway Day is a day to walk, bike, run, stroll, play and picnic along the Bayou Greenways and connect with new friends in Parks By You!

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Shifts for volunteering are from 7:00am to noon and from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
Thank you for wanting to help make Bayou Greenway Day a success!

Register for your bib at bit.ly/BayouGreenwayDay5k

ALL DAY—Family-friendly activities from 10:00am-3:00pm, which includes:

Wade Smith Foundation football activities

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Bayou Greenway Day 2019 is an event of Houston Parks Board in collaboration with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department. This family event is free to the public and everyone is welcome to join! We kindly ask you register (free of charge) for the event here.

There are multiple ways to get to Bayou Greenway Day! Please see below and plan accordingly:

A satellite parking lot is located at the METRO Polk Street Facility, 5700 Polk St., Houston TX 77023. Look for parking signage, park your car, and take a quick shuttle ride to the event. Click here for directions.

Limited parking is available at Mason Park at the park’s north side. The entrance to the lot can be found east of S. 75th Street between McKinney Street and Walker Street. Click here for directions.

Limited parking is also available at Briscoe Elementary School, 321 Forest Hill Boulevard, Houston TX 77011—a short half-mile walk to Bayou Greenway Day. Look for event signage after parking.  Click here for directions.

Attendees are encouraged to bicycle, walk, or take public transportation to the event. To use the Brays Bayou Greenway trail, view the route in advance here.

To take a METRO bus to the event, METRO Bus routes #50 (Broadway) and #76 (Evergreen) serve Mason Park. The #50 bus runs every 15 minutes and the Harrisburg and 75th stop is a 10-minute walk from the park. The #76 runs once an hour and stops on 75th, between Dallas and Santiago Streets, near the Brays Bayou Greenway trail connection.

MetroLink riders can also take the Green Line to the last station, Magnolia Transit Center. From there, it is less than a one-mile walk to Mason Park, taking a left turn on Capitol Street and a right turn onto S 75th Street.

To plan your trip, use METRO's route and trip planning information at www.ridemetro.org, on the METRO T.R.I.P. app, or call METRO at 713-635-4000.

Looking for information about previous Bayou Greenway Days? Click here.

Please join Houston Parks Board, the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Houston Vice Mayor Pro-Tem Jerry Davis, and Harris County Flood Control District for a ribbon cutting celebration on the newest segment of Greens Bayou Greenway! As part of Bayou Greenways 2020, Greens Bayou is being transformed into a beautiful greenway with connected hike-and-bike trails.

Past: Greens Bayou Greenway Ribbon Cutting

Find upcoming park activities and fun things to do in Houston on our events calendar.

Events Calendar

Houston Parks Board 2019 Annual Luncheon

PAST: Sims Bayou Greenway Ribbon Cutting

Past: Bayou Greenway Day 2019

Past: Greens Bayou Greenway Ribbon Cutting