St. Arnold Brewery hosts "Sneak Peak" of the GBCC Parks & Trails Master Plan

A great crowd gathered at St. Arnold Brewery on Thursday, February 16th to see a sneak peak of the Greens Bayou Parks & Trails Master Plan. The plan, created through a technical services grant with the National Park Service, has been in development for more than 2 years. Each of the four reach committees began making assessments in 2010. In Feburary 2011 a series of public input meetings were held throughout the watershed. More than 200 projects were suggested at those meetings so the reach committees went back to work doing on-line and on-the-ground assessments to gather more data. The highest ranking projects were reviewed by a regional committee consisting of Houston Parks Board, Bayou Preservation Association, Houston-Galveston Area Council and City of Houston Parks and Rec Department. The top 40 projects, spread evenly across the reaches, were mapped and included in the Executive Summary released last week.

A HUGE thank you to the staff at North Houston Association for the role they played in putting the event together. Also, thank you to Alan Potok from Harris County Flood Control for kicking off the evening with his comments & opinions about partnerships in the community. About 100 people attended the event and enjoyed some great St. Arnold beer and cheese provided by local cheesemaker Dairy Maids.

The GBCC will hold it's annual meeting on Tuesday, March 27th at the Hyatt North Houston. The full master plan will be distributed to all attendees. Sponsorships are available. For information email jboullion@greensbayou.org.