All committee and regular meetings of SWHouston2000 are CANCELED for the month of April 2020. Please contact us by email or phone if you need to communicate with us. Please continue to follow guidance for Social Distancing from the City of Houston during the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic. Stay Safe. Take good care of yourselves. #StayHomeWorkSafe
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The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge These past few weeks, our lives have been uprooted as our community has taken crucial and extensive measures to protect ourselves from the COVID-19 epidemic. We have declared a public health emergency in Harris County. Large gatherings have been canceled, schools have closed their [...]
The 2020 Census is here! Every 10 years, the census counts how many people are in our community to decide how much federal funding and representation we should receive. Households have begun receiving invitations in the mail to take the census. The census is only 9 responses and takes about 10 minutes to complete. [...]
District K Residents, How are you? I hope that you have each had an opportunity to rest and find a few rainbows in what seems like a dark cloud in our city, state and country. Today the "Stay Home-Work Safe" order issued by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Mayor Sylvester Turner has been extended [...]
SHAPING OUR FUTURE: YES! TO CENSUS 2020 Since 1790, as mandated by the Constitution, Americans have come together every 10 years to be counted. This record of every person residing in the United States is important as it provides the basis for the reapportionment of congressional seats, redistricting, and distribution of over $675 billion in [...]
Attention Houston Seniors and Disabled Citizens: fill out a form in order to request and receive a care package of toiletries and other non-perishable foods delivered to your front door from Gallery Furniture. Click here to submit your request today. Mayor Sylvester Turner and Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale are asking people to drop off non-perishable items like [...]
Houston chronicle In countries around the world, music has brought momentary relief from the pall of the coronavirus pandemic. It flows in impromptu harmonies from balconies in Italy, serenades for health care workers in Spain, concerts from rooftops, terraces and apartment windows. In the Houston area, that balm came from a “quarantine flash mob,” orchestrated [...]
ECHOS - We Will Be Here....Until the Food Runs Out Sorry to have been out of pocket and not communicating, but we have been very busy at ECHOS and I want to update all of you on what is happening "on the ground". ECHOS is considered one of the essential services to our community because [...]
By Hunter Marrow, Community Impact Newspaper The Friends of Levitt Pavilion Houston organization has raised 40% of a $100,000 goal toward preconstruction work for a new community performance space that could begin construction in 2022. The targeted land is an approximate 28-acre plot adjacent to a network of detention basins known collectively as the Willow [...]
