With an eye on the past and a vision for the future, the northwest Houston community of Bridgeland will celebrate its first 300 families with a tribute to the Old Three Hundred, the first settlers of Texas.

For each of the Bridgeland pioneers, a commemorative brick engraved with the family’s surname will be permanently installed in Pioneer Park, one of several neighborhood parks within the 10,000-acre development. The park is part of the now-open Lakeland Activity Center recreation complex that includes an aquatic center with an Olympic-size pool, a diving well with two platforms, two 30-foot sky slides, splash pads and play areas. A 6,000-square-foot Community Center houses a fitness center and meeting rooms. A full-time on-site activities director hosts a slate of classes and activities. The Lakeland Activity Center also has two lighted tennis courts and two shaded play areas – a tot lot and one designed for older children.

Just as the Texas pioneers helped establish this great state, Bridgeland’s first residents will be integral to the community’s continued growth.

“These first families are helping lay the foundation of the Bridgeland community, while having the privilege of watching it grow and prosper in the coming years,” said senior marketing director Kriste Klepper. “Pioneer Circle is a special way for us to recognize them.”

The Bridgeland community will one day include more than 21,000 homes for 65,000 residents. More than 3,000 acres are devoted to waterways, lakes, trails, parks and open space. Sixty miles of trails will connect distinct neighborhoods with amenities, and a future Town Center.

Eleven production builders offer designs in Bridgeland, with starting prices from the $170,000s to the $500,000s. The builders showcase 13 decorated homes in Bridgeland’s model home park, each open daily for touring. Two new models — from Highland Homes and Hallmark Design Homes — are underway. Custom builders include Tommy Bailey Homes, Ronny Carroll Custom Homes and Masterpiece Homes, with homes priced from the high $600,000s to more than $1 million.

The Bridgeland community is a development of General Growth Properties, Inc., the second-largest U.S.-based publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in the nation. As owner of Bridgeland and majority owner of The Woodlands, General Growth Properties is one of the largest master-planned community developers in the Houston area.

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