Join the Buffalo Bayou Partnership for a self-guided tour of six sites along Buffalo Bayou featuring installations by students from the University of Houston Graphic Design and Creative Writing Programs. These interactive installations express ideas about the bayou’s relation to the East End and Fifth Ward communities.

This free, afternoon event features:

• Site-specific, text-based installations at six locations along Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector
• Large-scale typographic/text-based messages/stories that activate and animate created by students
• Interpretations of the history, economy, resilience, culture and community values of the East Sector neighborhoods as they relate to the bayou and green spaces
• Self-guided tours of the installations and share ideas and opinions related to Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s future plans along the Bayou’s East Sector 
• Participatory activities ranging from nature walks to boat tours and live entertainment and food trucks will be located at the North York Boat Launch site

Enjoy entertainment and food trucks at the North York Boat Launch.  Participate in activities at each site and share your ideas related to Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s future plans along the bayou’s East Sector.

Encounter:  Meeting Points on Buffalo Bayou:

1. Allen’s Landing – 1005 Commerce St. 77002
2. Gravel Silos – 507 N. Nagle St. 77003
3. Japhet Creek – 4600 Clinton Dr. (at Emile St.) 77020
4. BBP Field Office – 723 N. Drennan St. 77003
5. Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park – 2300 S. Sgt. Macario Garcia Dr. 77011
6. North York Boat Launch – 808 N. York St. 77003

 For more information, visit buffalobayou.org.

The Bringing Back Main Street initiative offers local communities a place to share best practices and engage in a regional dialogue about revitalizing and supporting vibrant downtown spaces. Each quarter, community leaders gather for a roundtable on topics ranging from small business support to sidewalk infrastructure. These ongoing roundtables add to the knowledge shared during a 2015 workshop series.

Revitalization Roundtables

H-GAC hosts quarterly roundtables to help local governments, chambers of commerce, and economic development interests promote the economic and revitalization of downtown areas.

For more information, visit h-gac.com or contact Clint McManus at clint.mcmanus@h-gac.com or 832-681-2513.

On May 10, 2018, Houston Audubon will host a presentation by artist Doug Hiser entitled “Bird Artistry in the Wild” at the United Way, 50 Waugh Drive. Hiser will discuss his artistic process during safaris in Africa, Australia, South America, Nepal, and the Galapagos Islands. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshment social begins at 7 p.m., and the presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit houstonaudubon.org.

Please join the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) at the H-GAC Regional Recycling Roundtable at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 17 at H-GAC, Conference Room A, Second Floor. The topic will be policy changes related to waste and recycling. The featured presenter is Maia Corbitt, Director of Governmental Affairs, Booth, Ahrens, & Werkenthin, P.C. For more information, contact Becki Begley at becki.begley@h-gac.com.

Join the Houston-Galveston Area Council at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 26 to hear tips from an individual who has hosted multiple pharmaceutical take back events as part of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) collection efforts in April and October to learn what it takes to host one in your community. The featured presenters include Cheryl Burton-Fentress with Harris County and Carie Fletcher with BACODA.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council will be hosting a regional recycling roundtable at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 23 at H-GAC, Conference Room A, Second Floor. The speaker, Anthony Showen, CEO of Treadwright Tires located in Houston, will be speaking about tire recycling. Come educate yourself on how you can become more environmentally responsible and recycle your tires.

Join H-GAC for the Parks and Natural Areas (PNA) Roundtable on Monday, September 10, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at H-GAC Conference Room A, Second Floor.

On the Agenda

• Representatives from Asakura Robinson will give an overview of the award-winning MD Anderson Prairie project
• Representatives from League City will give an overview of the award-winning Dr. Ned & Fay Dudney Clear Creek Nature Center Management Plan
• H-GAC staff will update the roundtable on activities, including the current awards and recognition program, the Facebook group, and the parks director survey

The PNA Roundtable serves as a forum for discussion of issues related to parks and natural areas, promotes the PNA Award Program, and maintains a regional inventory of parks. The PNA roundtable facilitates information exchange and planning efforts between various stakeholders and collaborators to protect and preserve parks and natural areas across the region.

This is a joint event of the German Consulate General in Houston, the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and Ecologic Institute’s EFEX program in the context of the second annual European Union Climate Diplomacy Week, two weeks after the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

The Energy Future Exchange – Houston Dialogue focuses on renewable energy and its role in the future energy system with particular focus on resilience, equity and economic impacts.

For more information, visit eventbrite.com.

You are invited to participate in a unique roundtable discussion about the progress of Hurricane Harvey and the implications the recovery has for Houston’s future. Discussions are structured in a “Talanoa” framework. Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory, and transparent dialogue. The purpose of Talanoa is to share stories, build empathy and to make wise decisions for the collective good. The process of Talanoa involves the sharing of ideas, skills and experience through storytelling. For more information, visit sccucc.org.

The Talanoa Dialogue series is produced with major support from the Meadows Foundation and additional support from several other sponsors. If you or your organization would like to sponsor the dialogues, please email Emma.Davis@texasimpact.org.