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Gulfton's Bayland Park gets green light for major improvements

By Melissa Enaje | 9:29 AM Jul 27, 2023 CDT
Updated 9:29 AM Jul 27, 2023 CDT

Harris County commissioners approved a master plan contract aimed at transforming Gulfton’s Bayland Park into a green space that will serve as an inclusive, prominent destination for sports leagues in southwest Houston.

“We’re so committed to revitalizing Bayland together with deep community input and doing community outreach in multilanguages and really just revitalizing that southwest part of Harris County,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones said at the July 18 meeting.

The details

With the county’s approval of approximately $465,000 to begin a contract with engineering firm Ardurra Group Inc., it’s the first step toward completing services that include professional landscape, architecture and engineering services for Bayland Park. The agreement includes activities that will require the agency to integrate local resident and community feedback, according to agenda documents:

Community input surveys that will be in at least five different languages

Website support, where project summaries will be available for Precinct 4 to post online

Three community workshops during the course of the project with dates to be decided:

-The first will focus on learning from the community and how the new park master plan will best serve their needs.

-The second will present the community with initial concept plans, collect community feedback and refine decisions.

-The third will present the final outcome to the community and continue involvement in future Bayland Park developments.