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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2016 Raindrop Health Fair! Come and Join us for free health screening! The Raindrop Foundation, in collaboration with US Congressman Al Green's office and Community Health Choice, would like to cordially invite you to our 2016 Annual Health Fair. Date & Time Saturday, October 22, 2016 10am - 1pm Venue Raindrop Turkish House 9301 West [...]
Friends, family and community members will gather at Willow Waterhole on Monday, Oct. 17, to honor Bob Schwartz for his many years of community service by naming the gazebo at Willow Waterhole in his honor. Festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the gazebo, 5200 Dryad, for the official naming. Then attendees will move to [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month Domestic Violence Awareness Month provides an opportunity for the Houston Police Department to bring additional attention to an underreported crime. Victims are usually, but not always, women, with one in four women experiencing domestic violence in her lifetime. It affects people of all ages and all ethnic, racial and [...]
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