East End Stories

A tomato as big as my hand hides under leafy green as I look at the derelict industrial buildings in the backdrop. The healthy-looking rows of vegetables, herbs and fruit trees are a vision of agricultural green in the heart of the city.

Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is launching a major planning effort along Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector that will continue the non-profit organization’s legacy of transformative parks, trails and open space. In revitalizing the waterway east of downtown (from US 59 to the Port of Houston Turning Basin), BBP seeks to establish a pioneering precedent where green space can be a catalyst for inclusive growth and community development.