Riding FREE on METRO on specific election days
Exercise your right to vote wth FREE round-trip service to and from the polls on all METRO local bus, light-rail and METROLift paratransit service.
Touchdown Tours, Super Bowl Community Events
The City of Houston is working with the Super Bowl host committee to bring the excitement of the game to the community. We are hosting 11 (9 remaining) Touchdown Tours throughout the city. The event is completely FREE and open to the public. You can find more information here: http://www.housuperbowl.com/touchdown-tour
Your opinion counts: What issues should the City focus on next year?
In 2015, Houston's City Council took the groundbreaking step of adopting the city's first general plan, Plan Houston. The Plan describes a vision and goals for our community and identifies twelve core strategies that represent the City’s approach for achieving the vision. The City of Houston is now actively working towards achieving the community goals laid out in [...]
Fiesta Mart expands Houston-area store, continues reopenings in DFW
By Jack Witthaus, Houston Business Journal Houston-based Fiesta Mart LLC is continuing to spruce up its stores with an expansion in southwest Houston and more refreshed stores opening in Dallas-Fort Worth. The grocer plans to expand its 32,948-square-foot Fondren Southwest Village location by about 12,363 square feet, taking over an adjacent space that Anna's Linens [...]
YMCA: Upcoming Events
Y Rewards - Houston Rockets Run Join us on Saturday, November 5 for the 15th Annual Rockets Run presented by Memorial Hermann Health Insurance Co. benefiting Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. The 5K run, 2-mile walk and the Kids 1K starts at 7:30 am and goes around downtown Houston, ending on center court inside the Toyota [...]
Application deadline for the 10,000 Small Businesses Spring 2017 session is November 1st!
Learn from the experts. Take a practical hands-on business course and acquire useful business skills such as contract negotiation, finance, and people management. Invest in yourself. Take advantage of this professional growth opportunity to develop your leadership skills. Get customized business assistance. Receive one-on-one business advising and create your own customized business growth plan. Make [...]
District K Celebrates Expanded Parking Lot of the South Gessner HPD Substation
This past August, Council Member Green, along with the South Gessner Substation police officers celebrated a long awaited event. "We are excited to FINALLY celebrate the ribbon cutting of the expanded parking lot of the South Gessner HPD Substation," states Council Member Green. Nearly 5 years ago, the South Gessner HPD Substation celebrated its grand [...]
Northfield I & II Protected By Minimum Lot Size Area Ordinance
Earlier this summer, the Northfield I & II neighborhood was approved by City Council to establish a special minimum lot size area (MLSA) ordinance pursuant to Chapter 42 (City of Houston land development ordinance). The Northfield I & II MLSA application submittal resulted in the Planning and Development Dept. and the Houston Planning Commission recommendation [...]
Willow Waterhole 1st Annual “Carpathon” Event
Last month, the first annual invasive species "Carpathon" tournament was held at the Willow Waterhole Greenspace to remove invasive species from the Brays Bayou watershed. Over 100 fishermen of all ages signed up to participate. I want to thank Howard Sacks, Chairman of the Friends of Levitt Pavilion Houston, and Ralph Reiger, President of the [...]
UPDATE – Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 16
Tens of thousands of people from Florida to Virginia are still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Matthew more than a week after it ravaged parts of the South after approaching Florida as a powerful Category 4 hurricane killing at least 43 people in the United States. As I write this 12 days after we [...]
