Fall Personal Development courses at Rice: Varying start dates beginning in September (registration now open) at Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. Continuing Education Courses. Early registration discounts available for many courses. Information: gscs.rice.edu. Rice University Foreign Language Program and Evening ESL Communication Skills: Placement testing and classes begin in September. Enjoy [...]

The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities and the Houston Fire Department (HFD) need your help in spreading the word that beginning in September 2012, there will be free installation of portable visual fire alarms (can be moved or used while traveling) for qualified individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. To qualify for [...]

Fight the Bite! - Reduce your Risk BBQs, gardening, swimming pools and hikes…and mosquitoes. Enjoy the outdoors, but remember to protect yourself and your family from mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus. Your best defense against being bitten is simply to be prepared. Help Fight the Bite! Resources Harris County Public Health & Environmental [...]

Great things are happening in the Brays Oaks Management District this summer. The District created a public safety committee headed by our own board member, Starla Turnbo, whose background in real estate management should prove to be an asset as we work with apartment managers throughout the District. Statistics provided by the Houston Police Department [...]

The District is very active in removing the visual blight caused by graffiti. Graffiti abated by the District is color matched and chronicled for HPD investigations. To date the District has abated over 1,300 individual incidents of graffiti. We are grateful to our community partners and residents who actively assist us in reporting incidents. We [...]

Solo drivers willing to pay a toll now have access to the Southwest Freeway HOV lane. Officials have opened Metro’s newest HOT lane, which gives commuters a new way to avoid freeway slowdowns. The new lane is similar to the one that opened on the Gulf Freeway a few months ago. Solo drivers with a [...]

ECHOS—Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services—was formed in 1999, as an organized response to health and social services needs in the increasingly ethnically diverse area of southwest Houston. As a non-profit 501(C) 3 organization, ECHOS opened its doors in April 2001 after refurbishing a building donated for ECHOS’s use by the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. [...]

Brays Oaks Management District, along with Southwest Houston 2000 and Houston Baptist University hosted this month's bi-monthly breakfast. Representatives from the Turquoise Center, India House, and the Zoroastrian Center spoke about their services and how they give back to our community View photos from the breakfast:

ECHOS—Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services—was formed in 1999, as an organized response to health and social services needs in the increasingly ethnically diverse area of southwest Houston. As a non-profit 501(C) 3 organization, ECHOS opened its doors in April 2001 after refurbishing a building donated for ECHOS’s use by the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. [...]

Harris County Attorney’s Office News Release Tuesday, June 26, 2012 County Attorney Ryan Wins Approval for Community Protection Program Extension Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan today won approval for the extension of his Community Protection Program. Harris County Commissioners granted a year-long extension to the program that allows the County Attorney to join forces with [...]