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M2L Continues Support of the Miracle League and Adaptive Sports in Houston

M2L Associates is proud to sponsor Party with a Purpose Under the City Lights, 7–10:30 p.m. Saturday at The Westin Houston, Memorial City, benefiting the Langham Creek Family YMCA Miracle League and adaptive sports programs for developmentally challenged kids and their families. Party with a Purpose is the organization’s annual gala and premier fundraiser, honoring […]

School’s Back in at Yellowstone Schools

School’s starts today for a new class of students entering the renovated and expanded Yellowstone Schools, a unique Third Ward education concept that combines a private Christian school for pre-kindergarten to fifth grade and a public, college-prep charter school for sixth grade and up. M2L Associates was the landscape architect for the $30 million expansion, […]

M2L Strengthens the Team with a Talented New Hire

Please welcome Bremdon Gallegos to the M2L Associates team. Bremdon brings strong technical and project support skills to his position here at the firm, having previously worked as a draftsman and AutoCAD expert. M2L Principal Michael Mauer said he was immediately impressed with Bremdon’s technical knowledge, work ethic and life experience, believing those qualities along […]

Emancipation Park Improvements on Display for Juneteenth Celebrations

Recent improvements to Emancipation Park will be open and on display this weekend during the park’s Juneteenth celebrations, one of the most prominent in Houston. The park will be host to free family activities and programming including a freedom walk/fun run, music festival and other park events. The fun run begins at 7 a.m. tomorrow. […]

M2L Welcomes Sydney Councill to the Team

We’re proud to announce the addition of Sydney Councill to the M2L Associates team, further strengthening our environmental design, urban planning and sustainability capabilities with this recent hire. Sydney comes to M2L as a graduate of Auburn University’s environmental design program, a multidisciplinary degree that emphasizes a strong foundation and variety in architecture, landscape architecture […]

M2L Project Among HBJ Landmark Award Finalists

Fort Bend ISD’s Lakeview Elementary School was named a finalist in Houston Business Journal’s (HBJ’s) 2023 Landmark Awards. M2L Associates was the landscape architect on the project, partnering with Kirksey Architecture and Satterfield & Pontikes Construction. HBJ’s Landmark Awards recognize commercial real estate projects that make a significant impact on Houston and help sculpt the […]

Strong Community Input Leads the Way for Improvements Along Old Spanish Trail

A hallmark of every M2L Associates project is strong and rich stakeholder collaboration and public input to move the project from imagination and renderings to execution and user satisfaction. Thanks to successful in-person feedback and continuing dialogue, a proposed corridor project along Old Spanish Trail between Calhoun and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at MacGregor […]

We’re WBE Certified by the City of Austin!

The City of Austin recently certified M2L Associates as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), the company announced, allowing the firm to provide even greater benefit when partnering with architects and engineers throughout greater Austin. Since 1995 M2L Associates has brought a winning combination of landscape architecture and design expertise, project execution, and sustainability commitment to […]

M2L Celebrates Girl Power and a Great Cause!

M2L Associates is proud to announce Date by the Lake — Boots & Bling 2023 raised $88,000 for adaptive sports at the Langham Creek Family YMCA, including The Miracle League. Organizers said the record amount was raised through annual gala ticket sales and donations, silent and live auction items, raffle tickets, and table and corporate […]

Harwin Park Is M2L’s Second 50/50 Park Partners Initiative

Harwin Park in Houston’s Alief-Westwood neighborhood is enjoying recently completed improvements thanks to the 50/50 Park Partners initiative to create equity in City of Houston neighborhood parks. M2L Associates served as the landscape architect for the project with Landscape Art Inc. as the general contractor. Harwin Park is M2L’s second 50/50 Park to be unveiled following Hartman […]

M2L Teams with Langham Creek YMCA to Support Adaptive Programs

Join M2L Associates and the Langham Creek Family YMCA February 25 for Date by the Lake, the annual fundraising gala to benefit the Langham Creek Family YMCA adaptive programs. Boots & Bling: Deep in the Hearts of Texans is this year’s theme, with the gala moving to a new and larger events venue — Bridal […]

Are Your Trees Stressed or Distressed?

In the wake of a global pandemic and with historic socioeconomic uncertainties looming, people have endured a lot of stress these past few years. But did you know trees have been stressed as well? From extreme environmental factors like freeze and drought to other signs of human impact like construction damage, improper fertilization and poor […]

Edgewood Park Improvements Celebrated with Ribbon-Cutting

The community can enjoy new and improved amenities thanks to recently completed renovations at Edgewood Park, located in south Houston at 5803 Bellfort near Martin Luther King Blvd. The improvements were celebrated with a Sept. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony. M2L Associates was the landscape architect on the project, which added a new playground, water spray ground, […]

City of San Juan Breaks Ground on $8 Million Youth Complex and Park

M2L Associates is proud to celebrate the recent groundbreaking on a new $8 million youth center and park in San Juan, Texas, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley near McAllen and the Mexican border. M2L is the landscape architect and ERO Architects is the architect of record. At the groundbreaking ceremony, San Juan […]

Five Reasons We Celebrate MacGregor Park

M2L Associates is proud to celebrate MacGregor Park and our commitment to improving this Houston gem through a master-planned future. During our more than 25 years of projects throughout greater Houston and beyond, MacGregor Park stands as one of our proudest accomplishments. Here are five things to know about this park just south of downtown […]

Happy Park and Recreation Month!

July is Park and Recreation Month, and we are here for it! This year’s theme is “We Rise Up for Parks and Recreation,” encouraging us all to celebrate how parks add value to our lives, and to honor park professionals who work tirelessly to keep our parks healthy and strong. Park and Recreation Month, celebrated […]

Emancipation Park Celebrates 150 Years with Juneteenth Extravaganza

Emancipation Park, Houston’s oldest public park and the oldest park in Texas, is celebrating its sesquicentennial this weekend with a two-day Juneteenth extravaganza presented by the Kinder Foundation. The June 18–19 event is free, but wristbands will be required for admittance. Event organizers have announced a star-studded entertainment lineup featuring The Isley Brothers, Kool & […]

City of Houston Certifies M2L as a Women’s Business Enterprise

M2L Associates is proud to announce its certification by the City of Houston as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE). With this endorsement, M2L demonstrates its continuing commitment to diversity and the benefits it brings to the table for clients by expanding its women-owned business (WOB) certifications to include the fourth largest U.S. city and home […]

Inaugural Art Bike Parade Celebrates Area Parks with Art and Creativity

At M2L Associates, we love McGregor Park for the many ways it celebrates community and connection for parkgoers of all ages. Saturday’s inaugural Houston Art Bike Parade and Festival is just one more reason for Houstonians to get to know and love this gem in the Houston parks system. The Houston Art Bike Festival was […]

Three Reasons Partnering with a Women-Owned Business Is Good for Business

Women’s History Month is a month to celebrate and bring attention to the accomplishments of women. But at M2L Associates, where three of our four principals and half of our team are women, every month is a good time to celebrate women’s accomplishments. M2L is proud to be a women-owned small business, and all year […]

Join M2L March 5 for Date by the Lake!

Please join us at 7 p.m. March 5 for Date by the Lake, when the annual gala benefitting the Langham Creek YMCA’s adaptive sports programs returns to live action at The Lakehouse at Towne Lake in Cypress. M2L Associates is proud to support the Miracle League and the YMCA’s adaptive sports programs that benefit disabled […]

Meet Malinali Jimenez!

M2L Associates is pleased to introduce the newest member of our team, landscape designer Malinali Jimenez. Mali comes to us from the prestigious landscape architecture program at Texas A&M University. Since earning her bachelor’s degree in 2020, Mali has been busy working as a researcher for the university, honing new design and planning skills with […]

25 Years, 25 Things: Holocaust Museum Houston’s Mission Is Never Out of Season

As we celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, with our Jewish friends Nov.28–Dec. 6, we’re honored to shine a light on a site that remains one of M2L’s finest project accomplishments during our 25 years in business: Holocaust Museum Houston. Working with architect PGAL, contractor McCarthy and engineer DBR Engineering Consultants, M2L Associates served as […]

M2L Support Brings Teen to Miracle League All-Star Game

Houston was home to yet another All-Star Game last weekend, and M2L Associates was thrilled to be part of the festivities! The 3rd Annual Miracle League All-Star Game came to Houston at the Langham Creek Family YMCA’s  J.E. and L.E. Mabee Adaptive Sports Complex in northwest Houston, bringing 111 players from across the country for […]

25 Years, 25 Things: M2L Is a Big Fan of The Miracle League

M2L Associates is pleased to shine a bright light on the Miracle League and all it does to provide miracles for special needs kids in our area who just want to play baseball like other kids. Thanks to donations from supporters like M2L, the Miracle League and the Langham Creek Family YMCA bring special-needs children […]

25 Years, 25 Things: M2L Associates Is Expanding to Austin!

M2L Associates is pleased to announce we are taking our 25 years of parks and recreation and urban design experience on the road and expanding to Austin! The new office gives the company additional scale and resources to serve customers in greater Austin and throughout the Hill Country but also in less populated areas between […]

25 Years, 25 Things: Emancipation Park

As part of our 25th anniversary campaign to showcase past project successes, M2L Associates celebrates Emancipation Park and our role in its revitalization. Located just south of downtown in the Third Ward, Emancipation Park is Houston’s oldest city park, the oldest park in Texas, and also the only public park in the area open to […]

25 Years, 25 Things: AIA Sandcastle Competition

As part of our continuing anniversary campaign to showcase 25 things we’re particularly proud of during our 25 years in business, M2L Associates celebrates the firm’s long-running support of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Sandcastle Competition. This year’s event returns Saturday at East Beach, 1923 Boddeker in Galveston, and M2L Associates is proud to […]

M2L Designs Unveiled at Houston’s First 50/50 Park Partners Initiative

  M2L Associates was pleased to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 8 at Hartman Park, the first neighborhood park in the 50/50 Park Partners initiative to create equity in complete communities and City of Houston neighborhood parks. M2L Associates was the landscape architect for the park project. The  50/50 Park Partners campaign is a call to action by […]

Celebrating Our Past, Designing Your Future

When we first began our journey back in 1995, we were young and ambitious, focused on the here and now, and guided by a 10-year business plan of what we hoped M2L could become. We certainly didn’t dare to think about where our company might be 25 years down the road. We just put our […]

Emancipation Park Receives ULI-Houston 2019 Development of Distinction Award

ULI (Urban Land Institute) Houston selected Emancipation Park as the winner of this year’s 2019 Development of Distinction Award in the Urban Open Space Category! The lead architect for the project was Perkins & Will Architects out of North Carolina with M2L Associates as the landscape architect and local design team leader. Thank you to ULI and […]

Henderson Engineers Annual Volleyball Tournament

First Annual Volleyball Tournament Hosted by Henderson Engineers. Great time for Architects, Engineers, and Construction to come together, and have a little fun in the sun! “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to […]

M2L Starts Work on the New Harbor Bridge Project

M2L is starting work on the as part of the Flatiron-Dragados Joint Venture Team as a sub-consultant to Figg Bridge Engineers. M2L will provide landscape architectural and urban design services for this iconic bridge structure that is to be one of the largest in the world.

Emancipation Park Construction Begins with Ambitious Tree Preservation Approach

Construction has begun on the firm’s $25,000,000 project for the OST/Almeda Redevelopment Authority and City of Houston Parks Department.  M2L is the local design team leader with the Freelon Group out of Raleigh, North Carolina as the lead architect.   As part of the overall project, M2L worked to preserve the many large oak trees that […]

Michael Mauer Elected to the Board of Directors for Trees For Houston

Senior Principal, Michael Mauer, was nominated to the Board of Directors for Trees for Houston.  Trees For Houston was established in 1983 and is a non-profit organization whose simple yet focused mission is to plant, protect, and promote trees throughout the greater Houston area. Michael, in addition to being a licensed landscape architecture and green […]