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Reduce Flooding: Bayou Land Conservancy Reschedules Spring Creek Canoe Event For Saturday

Bayou Land Conservancy originally scheduled its 2021 canoe event on Spring Creek for October 23rd. However, Mother Nature had other plans that day. The event had to be cancelled due to lightening. So if you enjoy nature but were unable to join before, hopefully this date may work for you. RSVP for the raincheck “Canoe […]

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Reduce Flooding: Precinct 4 Transforming Mercer to Increase Flood Resilience

New amenities – including a grand entryway, boardwalks, and water features – will transform Mercer Botanic Gardens over the next decade as part of a plan to expand the gardens and make them more flood resilient. Mercer approved its master plan, designed by Halff Associates Inc., in 2019, after buying more than 47 neighboring acres […]

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Reduce Flooding: Trailblazing: Houston Parks Board Clears Path Between River Grove and Hamblen Road

The trailblazing Houston Parks Board has already begun the first leg of its San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. Last month, the Parks Board announced it was beginning construction of the new linear park. It will connect Edgewater Park – at the southeast corner of US59 and the San Jacinto West Fork – to River Grove Park […]

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Reduce Flooding: Construction of Long-Awaited Edgewater Park to Begin in 2021

Andy Li and Kelly Schafler reported in Community Impact that Harris County Precinct 4 should begin construction on Phase 1 of Edgewater Park by mid-2021. Phase 1 includes a 19-acre park, parking lot, boat launch, fish-cleaning station, restroom, concession building, and detention pond. Cost: $2.3 million. Location: Between Hamblen Road and the San Jacinto West […]

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