SE 10th Ave & S Houston St
Amarillo, TX 79102
USA
Who: Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee (BNPC)
What: 10th Avenue Streetscape Project Ribbon Cutting Event
When: Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Where: Southwest corner of 10th South Houston Street, Amarillo, TX
Why: Come celebrate with the BNPC board members about the grand opening of the Barrio 10th Avenue Streetscape Project for seven blocks from Garfield to Ross Street. Please join us on April 16th at 11:30 a.m. at the southwest corner of 10th South Houston to view the new ADA accessible sidewalks, three crosswalks, curbs, and driveways, 52 street lamps, 8-feet wide bike lane on the south of 10th, 7 bike racks,11 colorful benches and 11 matching trashcans, 32 decorative banners, 30 trees, bushes, landscape, and 50 newly installed monogrammed brick pavers. You will also view six new 6 feet by 3 feet signs designed by three Sanborn Elementary School students hanging in La Plazita Park, at 918 South Houston Street.
This project cost was $6.1 million and was funded by two federal grants from the Texas Department of Transportation Alternatives Transportation funding, the 2016 City of Amarillo Public Safety bond, nine benches were sponsored by the Mary E. Bivins Foundation, 1 bench by Los Barrios de Amarillo organization, and 1 bench by the Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust.
Free chicken taquitos will be provided for participants by Cocina on the Go, free hot cocoa and coffee from Sugar Bears Sweet Shop, and the BNPC will serve free bottled water.
The Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee, a nonprofit 501c3 organization and a registered neighborhood association, was established in March 2017 in coordination with the City of Amarillo with the mission of preserving, revitalizing, and educating El Barrio neighborhood for all generations. The BNPC board implements the 2018 city-council approved neighborhood plan, meets quarterly, and conducts five fundraisers annually. Our new project is raising $234,000 funds to build La Plazita Park, which will be the first free WIFI park in Amarillo.
For more information or to get involved with the BNPC, please contact Teresa Kenedy, President, at (806) 437-6592, visit our website at amarillobarrioneighborhood.com, or email us at: bnpamarillo@gmail.com.