Harris County commissioners approved a master plan contract aimed at transforming Gulfton’s Bayland Park into a green space that will serve as an inclusive, prominent destination for sports leagues in southwest Houston.

“We’re so committed to revitalizing Bayland together with deep community input and doing community outreach in multilanguages and really just revitalizing that southwest part of Harris County,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones said at the July 18 meeting.

The details

With the county’s approval of approximately $465,000 to begin a contract with engineering firm Ardurra Group Inc., it’s the first step toward completing services that include professional landscape, architecture and engineering services for Bayland Park. The agreement includes activities that will require the agency to integrate local resident and community feedback, according to agenda documents:

  • Community input surveys that will be in at least five different languages
  • Website support, where project summaries will be available for Precinct 4 to post online
  • Three community workshops during the course of the project with dates to be decided:
    • The first will focus on learning from the community and how the new park master plan will best serve their needs.
    • The second will present the community with initial concept plans, collect community feedback and refine decisions.
    • The third will present the final outcome to the community and continue involvement in future Bayland Park developments.
(Melissa Enaje/Community Impact)
Bayland Park is nearly 62 acres in total, according to the park's website. (Melissa Enaje/Community Impact)

A closer look

The goal of the master plan is to create a community park with improved facilities, programming and connectivity to better serve the community and surrounding neighborhoods’ needs, according to agenda documents.



The plan also entails integrating improvements to the Bissonnet Street corridor and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County’s Gulfton bus rapid transit route.

In case you missed it

The Bayland Park master plan is the latest for Precinct 4’s ongoing community improvements. At the end of May, Houston city leaders were on hand for the installation of the soccer fields at Glutton’s Burnett Bayland Park. Precinct 4 plans to spend more than $1 million in renovations for that park’s master plan, officials said.

Going forward


An initial kickoff meeting and project orientation will take place with Harris County representatives to confirm project expirations and discuss key issues, according to the master plan agreement.