Houston Bike Plan Report Finalized
On June 20 the Final Houston Bike Plan Report was released by BikeHouston and presented to City Council's Transportation Technology and Infrastructure (TTI) Committee. This project is funded by the City of Houston, BikeHouston, Houston Parks Board, H-GAC, FTA, FHWA, and TxDOT. During the public comment period ending April 11, the Bike Plan team received [...]
Free Tax Preparation for those affected by Flood Disaster
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on April 26, 2016 that Texas storm victims, including those in the Houston area, will have until September 1, 2016 to file their returns and pay any taxes due following the disaster declaration for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Beyond Careers is a partner [...]
District K – Minor Critical Emergency Home Repair Program
The Housing and Community Development Department is pleased to announce the opening of the Minor Critical Emergency Home Repair Program operated through Rebuilding Together Houston. Rebuilding Together Houston has successfully completed two previous contracts for home repair programs with the City of Houston. This third contract was approved by City Council on April 13, 2016, [...]
Mayor’s Proud Partner Awards Call for Entries
Who: Keep Houston Beautiful (Houston Clean City Commission) What: Mayor's Proud Partner Awards Call for Entries When: entries due Monday, August 15, 2016 Where: award application is available at www.houstonbeautiful.org Why: award the efforts of businesses, individuals and community groups who work to enhance Houston's landscape through environmental and beautification projects Contact: Audrey Laroche, Program [...]
US Family Health Plan Freedom Over Texas July 4th Celebration
Featuring County Music Star Darius Rucker and Special Guest the Eli Young Band ***Volunteers Needed*** Help Houston celebrate our nation's birthday on Monday, July 4, 2016 from 4 - 10 p.m. The event will feature GRAMMY Award winner and 2009 CMA New Artist of the Year Award winner Darius Rucker with special guest the GRAMMY [...]
Westbury Community Garden hosted its first public engagement meeting
Westbury Community Garden hosted its first public engagement meeting on June 21st at the Gathering Place. Asakura Robinson hosted a presentation and workshop to kickoff a Masterplan funded by Councilman Larry Green and the Brays Oaks Management District.
News From Houston City Council District K (May/June 2016)
Pack Your Bags Challenge on location at Willow Water Hole If you missed the airing of Great Day Houston's Pack Your Bag Challenge at Willow WaterHole on May 27, 2016, featuring Mayor Sylvester Turner, Council Member Larry Green and several District K residents you can see it here. Great Day Houston reporter Courtney Pena hits [...]
Northfield I & II Subdivision Newsletter, June 2016
The June edition of the Northfield I & II Subdivision News is available for download. It contains 12 pages of community events and information that are occurring around the area. If you have community news that you would like to place in our newsletter, feel free to contact [email protected]. Download the PDF
