Houston Downtown Park Conservancy - Houston, TX

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Recent News
The 2010 Shell Eco-Marathon comes to Houston to the George R. Brown Convention Center and Discovery Green. Learn more about the Eco-Marathon.
Urban Harvest Farmers Market at Discovery Green
Discovery Green is partnering with Urban Harvest to expand the park’s current Sunday green market by extending  the footprint of offerings from local small-scale produce growers, family farms producing vegetables, fruits, and other farm products; prepared foods and crafts; chef demonstrations; gardening and growing classes; and more. Read more here...
 
H-E-B kicks off Discovery Green's Screen on the Green Spring Series with the movie "Julie and Julia":
Kicking off Discovery Green's Screen on the Green spring movie series, H-E-B is proud to present "Julie and Julia" featuring Meryl Streep's award-winning performance as Julia child. Free to the public, the movie will screen on the Anheuser Busch stage on Friday, March 19 at

Discovery Green Thursday Concert Series returns Spring 2010: Free outdoor concerts at the downtown park feature region’s most exciting bands
Discovery Green Thursday Concert Series presented by Capital One Bank returns in May and June 2010. Read more here...
Click Here to listen to a 30 minute special about Discovery Green

Recent News Coverage 
The Biggest Little Park in the World - Landscape Architecture (12/01/09)
Discovery Green Turns Green Into Gold 
- KPRC Channel 2 (11/04/09)
Discovery Green Achieves LEED Certificaiton - Houston Business Journal (10/13/09)
How Green is Discovery Green? Very
 - Houston Chronicle (10/12/09)
Greenway quiet as other cities' parks draw crowds - Boston Globe (10/2/09)
 
Awards
Central Houston Inc. 2008 Allen Award for Civic Engagement
Texas Construction’s Best of 2008 Award

Newsletters
Fall 2009 - Learn about landscaping updates, financial highlights, Gala on the Green, Families on the Green and the Discovery Green Team (PDF, 1M)
Fall 2008 - Learn about the public opening, Gala on the Green and upcoming holiday ice skating (PDF, 1M)
Fall 2007 - Learn about The Grove restaurant, programming plans and construction progress (PDF, 3M)
Winter 2006 - Learn about the park groundbreaking, the park name and donors (PDF, 1M) 
 
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