Rick Rice Park earns Parks and Natural Areas Award by Houston-Galveston Area Council

Dolores Martin, center, Mayor of Manvel and H-GAC Board Chair, presents the On-the-Ground Projects Over $500,000 Honorable Mention to Interstate Municipal Utility District for Rick Rice Park. Accepting the award are, Bill Odle, left, and Barry Kaplan.

Rick Rice Park was recently awarded the 2012 Parks and Natural Areas Award by Houston-Galveston Area Council.

According to a press release, "Developed by Interstate Municipal Utility District, Rick Rice Park is a park and recreation destination created from a stormwater detention area next to Mason Creek. The project includes a large central lake and fountain ringed by a mile-long trail, as well as overlooks, a pedestrian bridge spanning the creek, a veterans memorial flag plaza, trail markers and educational signage about the environments native plant materials."

The Houston-Galveston Area Council is a voluntary association of local governments in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning Regionan area of 12,500 square miles and more than 6 million people. H-GAC works to promote efficient and accountable use of local, state, and federal tax dollars and serves as a problem-solving and information forum for local government needs.

For more information, call 832-681-2507, email andrea.tantillo@h-gac.com or visit www.h-gac.com.