Events
Events happening today
-
ALL
DAY
05/17/2014 05/18/2014
Bellaire New Home Showcase
Hosts Four Homes
Benefiting Evelyn's Park Conservancy
BELLAIRE, TX (April 10, 2014) - The Bellaire New Home Showcase will open the doors of four new homes in Bellaire to the public on May 10&11 and May 17&18, 2014. This is the 26th annual showcase celebrating current trends in classic homebuilding.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Evelyn's Park Conservancy, a new five-acre Bellaire recreational development at 4400 Bellaire Blvd.
Tour this year's entries at the following locations:
Bentley Custom Homes, 5220 Valerie
Cason Graye Homes, 4601 Pine
Covington Custom Builders, 4623 Pine
Tommy Cashiola Construction Company, 403 Mulberry
For more information on The Bellaire New Home Showcase:visit www.BellaireHomeShow.com. For more information on Evelyn's Park Conservancy, to volunteer or make a tax-deductible donation: visitwww.EvelynsPark.org or mail to Evelyn's Park Conservancy, PO Box 459, Bellaire, TX 77402.
WHEN:
May 10-11 & 17-18
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. COST:
$10 About Evelyn's Park:
When the historic Teas Nursery decided to close their business in December 2009, Bellaire residents, Jerry and Maury Rubenstein, through the Jerry and Maury Rubenstein Foundation, seized the opportunity to save a piece of Bellaire and Houston history by acquiring the 5-acre site with the vision of maintaining a green space in the heart of the city, and to honor their mother Evelyn. The land was donated by the Rubenstein Foundation to the City of Bellaire on the condition that it would be developed as a park, a beautiful, safe and quiet respite for its surrounding communities.
Evelyn's Park is about honoring the past, when people walked or biked to the park and kicked a ball or had a picnic. Evelyn's park is also about recapturing community by having a central gathering place with state of the art facilities for recreation and events, where neighbor meets neighbor. It looks to the future by restoring green space, improving the environment, and planting native trees and flora.
Evelyn's Park open space design will provide a rich outdoor experience for all Houston citizens with connectivity to existing bike and pedestrian trails within a 5-mile radius. Research has shown that city parks and open space improve our physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities and make our cities and neighborhoods more attractive places to live and work. The park represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to reclaim a 5 acre tract of land inside the loop for public use which will benefit current and future visitors.
About Evelyn's Park Conservancy:
Evelyn's Park Conservancy is a Texas nonprofit 501© 3 corporation organized exclusively to enhance the health, safety, and educational well-being of the citizens of Bellaire, Texas and surrounding communities through the establishment of Evelyn's Park and the park programs it will offer.
The Officers of Board of Directors of Evelyn's Park Conservancy include: President Keith Rubenstein, 25-year resident of Bellaire and Maury Rubenstein's oldest son; Vice President Lou Waters, who has over 20 years of experience in starting and growing commercial and non-profit companies; Treasurer Former City of Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel; and Secretary Rusty Rubenstein. Additional Board members include Marybeth Flaherty, Conservancy Immediate Past President and past President of Patrons for Bellaire Parks and The Nature Discovery Center, Linda Rubenstein, Peta Rubenstein and Kim Padgett.
With the help of area residents, Evelyn's Park will become an iconic park that all citizens will love and enjoy for many generations. Please visit the web page for updates, to contact us or donate to support the park at www.EvelynsPark.org. For more information and to make a tax-deductible donation: visitwww.EvelynsPark.org or by mail to Evelyn's Park Conservancy, PO Box 459, Bellaire, TX 77402. Find us on Twitter @EvelynsPark and Facebook.
Community Calendar 0 Comments -
12
AM
05/17/2014 02:00 PM 05/18/2014 06:00 AM
Bayou City Outdoors Farmer’s Market Bike Ride
Onion Creek
3106 White Oak Dr, Houston, TX 77007
Life in H-town is constantly evolving, in a large part thanks to our local Farmers Markets. Did you know many of our local resturantures shop at the Farmers Markets each week for handcrafted cheeses, local produce, baked goods and locally sourced organic meats? Our job is to pedal fast enough to beat them to the market but slow enough to enjoy the ride
). No problem for us! We’ll use the side streets, trails, and residential areas in the heart of Houston to meander our way around.
This is a very social ride (we chat a lot) and all levels of riders are welcome. We will start the morning off with a leisurely coffee at Onion Creek and then cruise through 2-3 markets to shop for fresh produce, sauces, jams, and bread. This is a 12-15 mile ride that lasts about three hours so bring plenty of water and a backpack to carry your goodies!
Plan on sticking around after the ride to enjoy lunch at Onion Creek Cafe. They are a locally owned eatry and one of the first of it’s kind. Good food, good brews and good friends!
No bike? No worries! You can pick up a bike from the B-Cycle kiosk around town:
http://houston.bcycle.com/home.aspx. Or go to one of your local bikes shops like: West End Bicycles @ www.westendbikes.com, Bike Barn -@http://bikebarn.com/, Planetary Cycles @ http://planetarycycles.com/, or Houston Cycling Centres @ http://northwestcyclery.com/.
If you are a member of Bayou City Outdoors and do not have a bike, we can loan you a bike for the ride. But you MUST call the office 1 to 2 weeks in advance to arrange for the loaner bike.
Meet at Onion Creek, 3106 White Oak Dr, Houston, TX 77007. Please DO NOT park in the Onion Creek lot – there is parking on the surrounding streets but look out for ‘no parking’ signs. Meet at 8:00AM – leave at 8:30AM to Noon. Free for members and non-members alike.
Additional info & RSVP
http://www.BayouCityOutdoors.com or call 713-524-3567 or e-mail to [email protected]
Community Calendar 0 Comments
0 users have RSVPed
-
2
PM
05/18/2014 02:45 PM 04:30 PM
Bayou City Outdoors - A Walk in the Woods
AKA Hiking Memorial Park Trails
May 18, 2014
Meet at 8:45am and leave at 9:00am
We meet in the Rugby Parking lot
Memorial Park, known as the Central Park of H-town, is an amazing 1466 acre park (one of the largest in the county) right inside the loop! Trails are a mix of hard packed dirt, sand, trees and tree roots. Even with the loss of trees from the drought, it is still green and wooded.
Join us for an hour and a half quick-paced hike through some of the lesser-known (and a little more adventuresome) trails our park has to offer. Wear tennis shoes or hiking boots, it’s easy to bang a toe on a tree root. And, there’s some "elevation" in the park that you wouldn’t expect from just driving by.
Remember to bring water; there are no water fountains along the trails. As long as it is cool out (70 or less), this is a dog friendly event that your canines can enjoy with us. They do need to be on leash and don’t forget your doggy bags.
After the hike, a group is going to the Black Walnut Café @ 5512 Memorial Drive. For breakfast and coffee.
Here’s what our friends at
GHORBA.orghave to say:
“Memorial Park offers a convenient escape from the concrete jungle of Houston with seven miles of dirt trails. Trails are marked and named by their “Color” of trail markers.”
Photo by TripAdvisor.com
Please, check the meeting location map on the Bayou City Outdoors site calendar event details:
http://www.BayouCityOutdoors.com Additional info call 713-524-3567 or e-mail [email protected]
Additional info call 713-524-3567 or e-mail to [email protected]
RSVP at
http://www.BayouCityOutdoors.com
Community Calendar 0 Comments
0 users have RSVPed
