hindesky Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Press release: https://buffalobayou.org/buffalo-bayou-partnership-announces-kinder-foundations-100m-catalyst-gift-to-accelerate-buffalo-bayou-east-master-plan/ 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amlaham Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 20 hours ago, hindesky said: "An ambitious plan to expand Buffalo Bayou Park eastward to East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods gets its official launch Monday with the announcement of a $100 million catalyst gift from the Kinder Foundation. Both the Houston City Council and Harris County Commissioners are expected to sign off on final documents this week." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/food-culture/article/Kinder-Foundation-100-million-gift-fast-tracks-17457977.php#photo-22967751 Maybe we should rename Bush into Kinder International Airport 😂, I feel like this family has done A LOT for Houston! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: Maybe we should rename Bush into Kinder International Airport 😂, I feel like this family has done A LOT for Houston! They also give several $25,000 awards to teachers around the city every year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 hopefully something will be named after him in this city, other than helping to grow Enron (which he left in 96) he has done a lot of really great stuff for Houston. it probably mentions it in the article on click2houston, but there's a total of $310,000,000 federal, local, and philanthropic money (which includes Kinder). if I am reading things right, this donation put them over the threshold to start the project. it's kind of obvious, but this plus east river, east end is is going to lose the status as an affordable inside the loop option. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, Amlaham said: Maybe we should rename Bush into Kinder International Airport 😂, I feel like this family has done A LOT for Houston! Why not both? We can have a Kinder, gentler airport. Edited September 27, 2022 by august948 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, samagon said: hopefully something will be named after him in this city, other than helping to grow Enron (which he left in 96) he has done a lot of really great stuff for Houston. Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at MFAH Kinder Lake @ Discovery Green Kinder Institute at Rice University 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mkultra25 Posted September 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2022 25 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at MFAH Kinder Lake @ Discovery Green Kinder Institute at Rice University I continue to hold out hope for a "Kinder Kindergarten". 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, august948 said: Why not both? We can have a Kinder, gentler airport. Bush Kinder Airport sounds like a dirty chocolate bar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbg.50 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I’m praying for Kinder Astrodome. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 hours ago, steve1363 said: I’m praying for Kinder Astrodome. 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: Bush Kinder Airport sounds like a dirty chocolate bar Kinder Bush, then? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at MFAH Kinder Lake @ Discovery Green Kinder Institute at Rice University I was thinking more along the lines of a road being renamed. I'm sure there's some road named after a confederate supporter that still needs renamed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermh Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 18 hours ago, samagon said: I was thinking more along the lines of a road being renamed. I'm sure there's some road named after a confederate supporter that still needs renamed. The lower pedestrian only section of buffalo bayou has a "Kinder Footpath". Not quite a road, but it's a start .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brooklyn173 Posted September 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2022 This is embarrassing. I always thought that the "Kinder Footpath" was a child-friendly walkway. Oops 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChannelTwoNews Posted September 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2022/09/28/434079/houston-city-council-finalizes-83-5-million-investment-in-buffalo-bayou-park/ Houston City Council finalizes $83.5 million investment in Buffalo Bayou Park The city’s investment is part of a $310 million investment for the park, the largest gift in the city’s history for a park. Edited September 29, 2022 by ChannelTwoNews link 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2022 "City Council unanimously passed the three party development and two other items related to the project on Wednesday. The city’s contributions include about $83.5 million in investments, about $36.7 million of which is reserved for park projects. That share includes East River and South Bank trails, doubling the area of Tony Marron Park, and a pedestrian bridge on Greg Street. The remaining city investments include a $19.5 million Hispanic History Research Center on Navigation, a $17.4 million capital improvement project with trails on Lockwood Drive, and $10 million for affordable housing. The city and county also will each cover 25 percent of maintenance and operations costs, expected to be about $325,000 a year. That will be covered with funds from nearby tax increment reinvestment zones." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/Houston-inks-its-part-of-transformative-Buffalo-17472648.php 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 "The remaining city investments include a $19.5 million Hispanic History Research Center on Navigation, a $17.4 million capital improvement project with trails on Lockwood Drive, and $10 million for affordable housing." Wow, that might be my favorite part of the whole thing. Trails on Lockwood?!?! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 13 hours ago, 004n063 said: "The remaining city investments include a $19.5 million Hispanic History Research Center on Navigation, a $17.4 million capital improvement project with trails on Lockwood Drive, and $10 million for affordable housing." Wow, that might be my favorite part of the whole thing. Trails on Lockwood?!?! Much needed too. I've hiked that trail to at least Marron Park. It gets so spotty in a few areas. Would definitely be a lasting transformation if implemented. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 13 hours ago, 004n063 said: "The remaining city investments include a $19.5 million Hispanic History Research Center on Navigation, a $17.4 million capital improvement project with trails on Lockwood Drive, and $10 million for affordable housing." Wow, that might be my favorite part of the whole thing. Trails on Lockwood?!?! I love this as well. they better sync up with Metro on their BRT to make sure there's alignment. I was talking to a friend last night about EE near the bayou. between this and East River, both will be nearing completion in 10 years. I told him to get in now, in 10 years the area will be unrecognizable and not anywhere nearly as affordable. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, samagon said: I love this as well. they better sync up with Metro on their BRT to make sure there's alignment. I was talking to a friend last night about EE near the bayou. between this and East River, both will be nearing completion in 10 years. I told him to get in now, in 10 years the area will be unrecognizable and not anywhere nearly as affordable. Absolutely. Bullish on that whole area going forward. Not optimistic as a whole on real estate next few years, but long term, if I have money on the sidelines I would definitely throw some into East End. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 4:05 PM, samagon said: I was thinking more along the lines of a road being renamed. I'm sure there's some road named after a confederate supporter that still needs renamed. Avenida De Las Americas is a mouthful. Could rename it to Richard Kinder Blvd. Or you rename the Downtown portion of Dallas Street too to avoid confusion with W Dallas St. But that might more work with changing addresses than renaming ADLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 35 minutes ago, tigereye said: Avenida De Las Americas is a mouthful. Could rename it to Richard Kinder Blvd. World's shortest boulevard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 2 hours ago, tigereye said: Avenida De Las Americas is a mouthful. Could rename it to Richard Kinder Blvd. Or you rename the Downtown portion of Dallas Street too to avoid confusion with W Dallas St. But that might more work with changing addresses than renaming ADLA. Given our current zeitgeist, I don't think renaming a road from Spanish to honor a white guy is going to fly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Avenida del Kinder it is, then. That’s the power of compromise 😎 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Avenida de los Niños. I'm sure Rich Kinder wouldn't object too much to the hispanización of his Teutonic surname, especially when it's "for the children". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm91 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) Purchased a home off Lockwood and Harrisburg in summer of 2020 and have been waiting for this to kick off! I too might be most excited for Lockwood to be repaved and have green bike lanes added to connect to the bayou trails. 🥳 Edited October 4, 2022 by pm91 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted October 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2022 Buffalo Bayou Partnership Field Offices are located at 723 N. Drennan St. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toxtethogrady Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Brookings has a nice write-up on the Buffalo Bayou Partnership: How Houston is connecting two disinvested neighborhoods to green space and amenities "A concentrated effort is now underway to connect the Greater East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods to the city’s critical natural asset, and provide residents with the many amenities that have long been available west of downtown. This blog tells the story of this journey, through the lens of my place governance organization, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP)..." 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Link for free registration for the Night Lights 2. https://buffalobayou.org/event/night-light-2/ 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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