The Houston Parks Board “HPB” is a 501(c) (3) organization that was created in 1976 in response to a request by Houston’s major foundations and civic leaders who wanted to contribute to the city’s park system through an organization that would represent their needs and desires. Since its inception, HPB has raised and leveraged millions of dollars and touched at least 75% of the City’s parkland through acquisitions and or capital improvements. In 2012, HPB embarked upon the largest city wide project in its 37 year history, Bayou Greenways 2020. The Bayou Greenways 2020 project is a $220 million capital project to complete continuous parks and trails along Houston’s major bayous. The project will alter Houston’s urban fabric like no other initiative in recent history, an