The West University Place Parks Master Plan was selected as honorable mention in the Houston-Galveston Area Council Parks and Natural Areas awards competition, planning tools category. The 2015 Parks Master Plan was adopted by City Council one year ago after an 18-month effort between a Council-appointed Citizens Task Force, city staff, and landscape and architecture consultant White Oak Studio. Pictured (from left) are Susan White, assistant parks and recreation director; former City Councilman Dick Yehle (2011-15) and PMP (Parks Master Planning) task force member; Mark Prescott, Friends Board chairman and PMP task force member; Tim O’Connor, parks and recreation director; Jim Patterson, principal – White Oak Studio, and Judge Nate McDonald, chairman of the H-GAC Board of Directors. To view the 2015 parks master plan, see westutx.gov/ParksMasterPlan.

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