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Houston Parks & Recreation Department Contacts:
Estella Espinosa, Communications Manager
Work: 832.395.7022, Cell: 832.465.4782, Email: estella.espinosa@houstontx.gov

NEWS RELEASES

 

2012 News Releases
May. 21 HPARD Pools To Open In Memorial Day Weekend
May. 18 Astros To Host Equipment Drive For HPARD
May. 16 Mark O'Meara To Visit 1st Tee of Houston FM Law
May. 14 H.P.A.R.D. Soccer Youth Attend Clinic
May. 14 International Water Safety Day
May. 4 HPARD Receives $53,200 Grant
May. 3 Houston Corporate Games
Apr. 12 RE-Plant Memorial Park Forestry Project
Apr. 4 Sprite Spark Parks Grant To Renovate Basketball Courts
Mar. 28 Hector Avila Honored at White House
Mar. 13 Re-Plant Kingwood
Feb. 14 HPARD Receives $20,000 NRPA Grant
Jan. 27 Joe Turner Director HPARD Elected To NRPA Board of Directors
Jan. 20 Volunteers To Celebrate Arbor Day By Planting 25000 Trees
Jan. 18 Five HPARD Projects Receive Recognition
Jan. 10 Walmart Grant For SFSP
Jan. 5 Re-Plant Houston Kicks Off

Press Releases 2011

 

2011 News Releases
Dec. 22 December Tree Removal Status Update
Nov. 14 Memorial Park Tree Removal
Nov. 10 Emancipation Park Visualize The Dream
Oct. 25 Greenhouse Grand Opening
Oct. 25 Greenhouse Grand Opening
Oct. 17 $4.5 Million Hazardous Tree Removal
Sept. 30 Mecom Fountain Lights
Sept. 23 Line Dance
Sept. 21 Emancipation Park TPWD Grant
Sept. 16 HPARD Response To Smoking Ban
Sept. 2 HPARD Hermann Park Traffic
Aug. 17 Water Reduction Plan
Jul. 5 Hershey's Track Field Meet 2011
Jun. 13 Summer Food Service Program Grant Announcement
May 27 HPARD Pools Opening
May 27 Moody Park Copper Theft Spoiled
May 26 Hermann Park Memorial Day Holiday Weekend Traffic
May 9 Jaycee Park Water Playground
May 4 Houston Corporate Games
April 22 Hermann Park Holiday Traffic
April 21 Gragg Gold LEED
April 11 MMSC Festival Of Abilities
April 8 Summer Food Service Sites Needed (English)
April 8 Summer Food Service Sites Needed (Spanish)
April 1 HPARD Calendar of Events April 1 - May 15 2011
Mar. 25 Grand Slam For Youth Season Opener
Mar. 21 Rosemont Bridge Grand Opening March 26
Mar. 17 Hermann Park Spring Break Traffic Hits Record Numbers
Mar. 9 HPARD Calendar Of Events March 9 - April 15 2011
Mar. 2 Spring Break Traffic In Hermann Park
Feb. 9 Godwin Park Reopening
Feb. 9 HPARD Community Centers Close Early Due To Inclement Weather
Feb. 4 HPARD Calendar of Events
Feb. 4 Inclement Weather Alters HPARD Community Center Hours For February 5, 2011
Feb. 4 HPARD Facilities Closed Due To Inclement Weather
Jan. 21 2,500 Volunteers To Celebrate Arbor Day By Planting 25,000 Trees
Jan. 18 Last Call For Arbor Day Volunteers
Jan. 4 2,500 Volunteers Needed to Plant 25,000 Trees In Celebration of Arbor Day 2011

 

 

Press Releases 2010

 

Dec. 20 The Houston Parks and Recreation Department Unveils $15000 State-of-the-Art  GTECH  After School Advantage Computer Lab
Nov. 22 William “Joe” Turner Appointed to NRPA Board of Directors
Nov. 16 James Surls Sculpture “Standing Vase With Five Flowers”
Nov. 12 HPARD Honored For Therapeutic Recreation Program Injured Service Members  and Vets
Nov. 12 Vale – Asche Foundation Grant To Fund 5th Playground Without Limits
Nov. 4 HPARD Hosts Area Youth at 1st Annual Houston Schoolyard Games Presented by  Aetna
Oct. 27 Rosemont Bridge Installation
Oct. 14 Memorial Drive to be Closed Temporarily As Rosemont Bridge Takes Shape
Sept. 24 H.P.A.R.D., H.I.S.D. and the Houston Dynamo Team Up to Combat Childhood  Obesity
Sept. 17 4th Annual Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Planting Volunteers Still Needed for Two  Sites
Sept. 3 Labor Day Traffic Will Be Heavy in Hermann Park
Sept. 2 $80,000 Grant Awarded To After School Achievement Program
Aug. 26 $2 Million Dollars Earmarked for Improvements to Historic Sam Houston Park
Aug. 11 Pool Schedules Change as Summer Swim Season Winds Down
Aug. 2 New “Splashtacular” H-E-B Water Playground Opens in Houston
July 27 Bright Fields! Bright Futures!
July 16 Let's Play Health & Fitness Carnival Set for Alief Park
July 9 H.P.A.R.D. & AmeriCorps NCCC Unite to Improve Park Faciliies
July 1 Fourth of July Weekend Traffic Will Be Heavy in Hermann Park
June 7 Hershey's Track Field Games 2010
June 3 H.P.A.R.D. Sponsors Free Summer Lunches & Snacks - English
June 3 H.P.A.R.D. Sponsors Free Summer Lunches & Snacks - Espanol
May 28 HPARD Opens Pools in Two Phases For 2010 Swim Season
May 26 Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Will Be Heavy in Hermann Park
May 19 2nd Annual East End Golf Classic Benefits Historic Gus Wortham Golf Course  Restoration
May 3 Free Summer Meals for Youths Begins June 1 - English & Spanish
April 30 44 Teams Come Together for 2nd Annual Houston Corporate Games Presented  by Aetna
April 28 Aetna Houston Corporate Games
April 13 Aetna Signs On As Title Sponsor of 2010 Houston Corporate Games
April 9 Grand Opening of 2nd MLB Urban Youth Academy to Take Place at Sylvester  Turner Park
April 1 HPARD Summer Food Program Seeking Sites to Fight Childhood Hunger in  Houston - Eng
April 1 HPARD Summer Food Program Seeking Sites to Fight Childhood Hunger in  Houston - Esp
Mar. 24 Wildflowers in Full Bloom across Houston
Mar. 11 HPARD Celebrates Groundbreaking For New Buffalo Bayou Pedestrian Bridge
Mar. 5 HPARD Seniors Go Texan! During HPARD’s Western Line Dance Social!
Mar. 2 Spring Break Traffic Will Be Heavy in Hermann Park
Feb. 18 Eastwood Park Boundless Playground
Feb. 9 HPARD Offers Skateboarding Classes This Spring
Jan. 20 HPARD Offers Sports Officiating Positions
Jan. Bernar Venet Houston
Jan. 6 HPARD Receives $50,000 Grant For Soccer for Success Program
Jan. 5 Second Annual Metal and Muscle Expo
Jan. 4 Volunteers Needed to Plant 1,500 Trees In Celebration of Arbor Day 2010

 

 

Press Releases 2009

 

Nov. 30 Gragg Building Dedication News Release
Nov. 30 Gragg Building Dedication Media
Nov. 25 Memorial Park Living Bridge Dedication
Nov. 5 HPARD Move To Gragg
Oct. 7 Lake Houston Park October 2009 Events
Oct. 6 HBCU Career Day
Sept. 28 Lake Houston Wilderness Park Award
Sept. 21 Lady Bird Tribute Planting 2009
Sept. 18 Park To Park Walk Fourth Ward
Sept. 16 Eastwood Park Playground Groundbreaking
July 24 Let's Play 2009
July 20 Hershey Track and Field Finals
July 17 Lake Houston Park August 2009 Events
July 2 2009 Fourth of July Traffic at Hermann Park
July 2 Hershey Track Field Finals
June 23 Hot Summer, More Lifeguards
June 17 Father Child Golf Tournament
June 8 Hershey Track Field June
June 5 NCCC Trail Day
May 26 Hershey Track Field
May 14 Grand Opening of Urban Forestry Headquarters
May 7 HPARD Pools To Open In Two Phases
April 30 Humana Corporate Games
April 20 Health and Information Fair
April 3 Earth Day Houston
April 3 Father Child Golf Tournament Offers Fun For a Good Cause
April 1 2009 Summer Food Service Program
April 1 2009 Summer Food Service Program (Espanol)
Mar. 31 2013 NRPA Congress and Expo
Mar. 20 Cloverland Park Community Center Renaming
Mar. 20 Hackberry Park Community Center
Mar. 09 Spring Traffic At Hermann Park 2009
Feb. 20 Bicycle Museum Media Alert
Jan. 29 Memorial Park Bridge Groundbreaking
Jan. 26 Johnson Park Renaming
Jan. 20 Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark 10000th Member
Jan. 15 Lake Houston Jan-Feb2009 Events
Jan. 14 Arbor Day 2009
Jan. 12 First Annual Metal and Muscle Expo To Introduce Paralympic Sports to Injured Service Members

 

 

Press Releases 2007

 

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
Sept. 28 Celebrate Worldwide Day of Play! At HPARD Community Centers
Sept. 25 Haden Park Receives $394,000 In Improvements
Sept. 21 HPARD Expands Soccer Programming to Middle Schools
Sept. 13 $100,000 Trail to be Built at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Sept. 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
June 5 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
Mar. 31 Media Alert - Moody Park Tile Mural to be Unveiled
Mar. 23 Media Alert - Soccer After School
Mar. 20 April Outdoor Adventures and Nature Thrills at Lake Houston Park
Mar. 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

 

Press Releases 2006

 

Dec. 13 Vale-Asche Playground 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 Westcott Esplanades Receive a Forest Face Lift
Oct. 13 Spiders, Scorpions and Snakes Slither Series Seminar Scheduled
Oct. 3 HPARD Celebrates World Space Week by Honoring its Historic NASA Roots
Sept. 29 Upper Kirby Management District Provides Funding for the Completion
Sept. 20 HPARD Announces the First Peech Creek Peepers Bird Walk
Sept. 19 HPARD Joins Home Depot & Volunteer Houston to Reviltilize Edgewod Park
Sept. 7 NBA & Tyson Foods Visit Houston as Part of Es Tu Cancha
Sept. 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 Acquires 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 HPARD with New Bat
June 13 Fifth Annual Father's Day Golf Tournament at Wildcat Golf Club
May 23 HPARD Kicks-off 2006 Summer Swim Season
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
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 & Physical Activity
April 26 Fun-filled Summer
April 1 First Annual "On The Trail Of Trash" Houston Cleanup Event
Mar. 22 2006 Senior's Summer Softball League
Mar. 20 HPARD To Host National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
Mar. 20 Houston Area Senior Olympics
Mar. 14 2006 Adult Summer Sand Volleyball League Registration
Feb. 28 Mayor Bill White Featured Speaker at Second Annual Health and Wellness
Feb. 28 HPARD 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

 
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