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MEDIA ROOM NEWS RELEASES ARCHIVE 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Welcome to the Parks and Recreation Department's Media Room. You can find a .pdf of all press releases since January 2004. For all media inquiries please call 713.845.1135.   2008 NEWS RELEASES   May 07 Summer Food Service Press Release May 2008   -- -- SFSP Release Sponsors Spanish   May 02 Lake Houston May 2008 Events   March 26 Lake Houston Park Events For April 2008   March 26 $15 Million Hermann Park Master Plan Project Enters Phase II   March 12 Spring Traffic at Hermann Park 2008   March 6 Hermann Park Mini-Train Inaugural Ride Press Release   -- -- Train Photo Gallery   Feb. 28 Mecom Fountain Relighting Press Release   Feb. 19 Memorial Park Capital Campaign   -- -- Memorial Park Capital Campaign Exhibit   -- -- RDA Board   -- -- Running Center   Feb. 18 $10 Million Dollar Memorial Park Capital Campaign   Feb. 4 Herman Brown Park Fish Stock Media Alert   Jan. 28 Arbor Day 2008 Press Release   BACK TO TOP .     2007 NEWS RELEASES   Dec. 7 Unveiling of Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue   Nov. 16 Lake Houston Park December Events   Nov. 8 Grand Opening Lake Houston Park Nature Center Press Release   Oct. 22 Lady Bird Tribute Planting Press Release   Sep. 28 Celebrate Worldwide Day of Play! At HPARD Community Centers   Sep. 25 Haden Park Receives $394,000 In Improvements   Sep. 21 HPARD Expands Soccer Programming to Middle Schools   Sep. 13 $100,000 Trail to be Built at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center at West Gray   Sep. 10 Lake Houston Park October Events   Aug. 17 New $5 Million Park to Open in Alief   July 29 $5 Million Dollar Proposal Would Create New 22 Acre Park in Alief   July 9 Emancipation Park Celebrates 135 Years of Freedom   June 27 HPARD Summer Food Service Fills Lunch Gap for Thousands   June 20 Great American Backyard Campout at Lake Houston Park   June 6 New Mini-Train Plans Unveiled In $11 Million Hermann Park Improvement Proposal   June 5 Children and Their Fathers Tee Up to Benefit the First Tee of Houston at F.M. Law Park   June 5 Outdoor Adventures and Nature Thrills At Lake Houston Park This July   May 25 Summer Swim Season Opens with a Splash in Houston Parks   May 24 Hermann Park Gearing Up to Receive 20,000 Plus People a Day During Holiday Weekend   May 18 Lake Houston Park Public Meetings Scheduled   May 17 FREE Meal Program Fills Gap for Students All Summer Long   May 16 June Events at Lake Houston Park   May 9 Gus Wortham Town Hall Meeting Media Alert   May 2 Young Entrepreneurs Enter the Business World on Lemonade Day   April 27 HPARD Master Plan Meeting Districts A & B   April 27 HPARD Master Plan Meetings Districts F & H   April 25 HPARD Jr. & WNBA Player S.T.A.R.'s On and Off the Court   April 25 Outdoor Adventures and Nature Thrills at Lake Houston Park   April 19 HPARD Master Plan Meetings Districts C,D, & I   April 17 HPARD to Host Master Plan Forums   April 3 Rain Delay Forces Rescheduling of Spring II Softball Registration   March 31 Media Alert - Moody Park Tile Mural to be Unveiled   March 23 Media Alert - Soccer After School   March 20 April Outdoor Adventures and Nature Thrills at Lake Houston Park   March 8 Spring Break Traffic Will be Heavy in Hermann Park   Feb. 28 HPARD Summer Job Fair set for March 17   Feb. 27 Outdoor Adventures & Nature Thrills at Lake Houston Park in March   Feb. 22 West 11th Street Park Saved   Jan. 24 Celebrate Arbor Day 2007 on Will Clayton Parkway   Jan. 24 Lake Houston Events for the Month of February   BACK TO TOP .     2006 NEWS RELEASES   Dec. 13 Vale-Asche Playground Levels the Playing Field for Children With Disabilities   Nov. 9 2,000 Volunteers Needed to Plant Urban Forest   Oct. 30 HPARD Invites Everyone to Get Aerobics During the Holidays   Oct. 27 Wescott Esplanades Receive a Forest Face Lift   Oct. 13 Spiders, Scorpions and Snakes Slither Series Seminar Scheduled for Lake Houston Park   Oct. 3 HPARD Celebrates World Space Week by Honoring its Historic NASA Roots   Sep. 29 Upper Kirby Management District Provides Funding for the Completion of Levy Park Phase II.   Sep. 20 HPARD Announces the First Peech Creek Peepers Bird Walk at Lake Houston Park   Sep. 19 HPARD Joins Home Depot & Volunteer Houston to Reviltilize Edgewod Park   Sep. 7 NBA & Tyson Foods Visit Houston as Part of Es Tu Cancha   Sep. 6 NBA & Tyson Foods Host "Es tu Cancha" (It's Your Court)   Aug. 31 HPARD Expects Big Crowds at Hermann Park Labor Day Weekend   Aug. 25 City of Houston Aquires State Park   Aug. 2 HPARD and BARC Team Up to Educate Children   July 17 Let's Play Carnival Set for Marian Park   June 30 Road Closure to Be Factor for 4th of July at Hermann Park   June 29 Houston Parks & Recreation Dept. Unveils Work of Young Artists   June 23 Lyondell Chemical Company presents Houston Parks and Recreation Department with New Bat Observation Deck   June 13 Fifth Annual Father's Day Golf Tournament at Wildcat Golf Club   May 23 HPARD Kicks-off 2006 Summer Swim Season With the On Time Opening of All City Pools   May 23 City of Houston to Challenge Inactivity by Celebrating Challenge Day 2006   May 15 2006 Youth Sports Appreciation Day   May 15 Bunker Hill 5th Graders and Amegy Bank Raise $3,400 for Preservation of Hermann Park's Sam Houston Monumnet   May 2 Dedication Scheduled for Refurbished Nellie Keyes Park   May 1 Hermann Park Water Playground Scheduled for Renovations   May 1 HPARD’S Project KidFit! Selected Among 2006 Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices   April 1 First Annual “On The Trail Of Trash” Houston Cleanup Event   March 22 2006 Senior’s Summer Softball League   March 20 HPARD To Host National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournament   March 20 Houston Area Senior Olympics   March 14 2006 Adult Summer Sand Volleyball League Registration   Feb. 28 Mayor Bill White Featured Speaker at Second Annual Health and Wellness Town Hall Meeting For People with Disabilities   Feb. 28 Houston Parks and Recreation Department Awarded $5,000 “Tennis in the Parks” Grant   Feb. 20 7th Annual “Cool Summer” Job Fair Hosted by HPARD   Feb. 15 Time for the Texas Round-Up   Jan. 17 Celebrate Arbor Day 2006   Jan. 12 5TH Annual Kids Health and Safety Fair   BACK TO TOP .     2005 NEWS RELEASES   Dec. 1 Heavy Traffic Expected at Hermann Park During Upcoming Holiday Weekend   Nov. 4 Dedication Ceremony Announced for Sylvan Rodriguez Park Phase II   Oct. 25 First Tee of Houston Celebrates 5 years at FM Law Park   Oct. 21 Afterschool Enrichment Program Participants Garner Praise for Environmental Awareness Through HPARD’s “The Bays and Bayous of Houston” Program   Oct. 14 East End Community vision becoming reality   Sep. 19 First Annual “On The Trail Of Trash” Houston Cleanup Event   Sep. 16 Open House for Windsor Village and Swiney Park Community Centers   Sep. 16 $320,000 Grant for West Little York Park Baseball Complex   Sep. 9 HOUSTON INVITES YOU TO “WALK IN THE PARK”   Aug. 4 Hermann Park’s “Heart of the Park”  Receives ASLA General Design Award of Excellence   Aug. 2 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach   July 20 Doggie Day at the Park   July 6 Houston Parks and Recreation Department Unveils Work of Young Artists   May 25 Holiday Weekend in Hermann Park   May 23 City Pools Scheduled to Open on Time   May 20 New Eastwood Skate Park   May 9 The Old Acres Homes Citizens Council will present a $300,000 check   April 29 116th Official State Arbor Day Celebration Scheduled for MacGregor Park   April 29 116th Official State Arbor Day Celebration Scheduled for MacGregor Park   March 28 Parks Announces MacGregor Park Improvements   March 28 Parks Announces MacGregor Park Improvements   March 2 Heavy Spring Break Traffic   Feb. 1 A Free Bulb Bonanza!   Jan. 14 New Adult Women's Basketball League   Jan. 11 Adult spring softball league   Jan. 6 Youth baseball/softball/T-ball league   BACK TO TOP .     2004 NEWS RELEASES   Oct. 1 Deloitte & Touche beautifies three Houston Parks   Sep. 28 Parks Department tips off fall basketball league with Houston Rockets   Sep. 24 Youth carnival promotes health, fitness and fun in Hermann Park   Sep. 23 Houston's dogs can now run free at Maxey Park   Aug. 5 Summer Mural Painting Program Unveiling   Aug. 2 Summer Mural Painting Program Unveiling   July 29 Fonde All Stars Pro City Houston Basketball League   July 28 Summer Mural Painting Program Unveiling   July 9 Youth Baseball/Softball Camp   May 12 We have a dog park   May 3 Pools open on time   May 3 Stewart Park Improvements   April 26 Fun-filled Summer   March 26 Arbor Day Foundation names Houston a Tree City USA   March 8 Spring Break traffic; ride METRO   Feb. 27 Parks Department's Houston Rockets Youth Basketball League Play   Feb. 27 Summer Job Fair   Jan. 23 Congress approves Omnibus Funding for improvements to Townwood Park   BACK TO TOP Home | Our Parks | Activities | Calendar | Rental / Permits | Projects | Report / Publications | Volunteers / Partnerships | Media | Contact Us