Park Study Tour: Houston, TX
Houston’s urban parks and green spaces are bold, innovative, and deeply rooted in community engagement.
Park Study Tours Join a small group of urban parks professionals for an intensive, two- to four-day behind-the-scenes look at innovative urban park systems across the country. The host city serves as a hands-on learning lab. You’ll hear from park leaders and their partners and learn how these special places are designed, programmed, managed, and funded.
Park Study Tours are developed in partnership with local host cities. They are designed to foster candid conversations and spark ideas for attendees to take back to their home city.
Park Study Tours are for practitioners from across the urban parks sector, including parks & recreation directors, nonprofit park leaders, foundation program officers, city planning officials, landscape architects, urban planners, and more.
Hear new approaches to park design, management, programming, funding, and partnerships in parks throughout the city.
Explore how community-led efforts, cross-agency, and cross-sector partnerships are improving the city’s park system and the health and quality of life of its residents.
Learn how the selected city has leveraged resources and opportunities to grow and strengthen its parks and recreational programs.
Network and learn from each other in both formal and informal ways, and build relationships that last beyond the tour.
Houston’s urban parks and green spaces are bold, innovative, and deeply rooted in community engagement.
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Park Study Tour host cities are selected through a Request for Proposals process about two years in advance of the tour dates. City Parks Alliance currently plans up to two Park Study Tours in the off years between the Greater & Greener conference.
Host cities are required to be Alliance members and provide local funding.
The RFP for the 2031 tours is expected to be issued in 2029. If you have questions, contact [email protected].