A New Vision for Hillcroft Avenue is a project prioritized by the Mayor’s Safer Streets initiative which was announced in April 2019 in the Gulfton neighborhood, and was moved forward by Connect Community and Together for Safer Roads.
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This report spotlights the work taking place in the five pilot Complete Communities to build community resilience. By documenting the processes surrounding these key community initiatives, this report identifies best practices that should underpin future work in Houston neighborhoods.
A group of middle school students from three schools in Houston’s Gulfton neighborhood got a crash course in how engineering plays a direct role in their community this summer.
HOUSTON - Joined by mobility partners, disability advocates, law enforcement representatives and first responders, Mayor Sylvester Turner today signed an executive order to adopt Vision Zero Houston, a plan to end traffic deaths and serious injuries caused by crashes on Houston roads by the year 2030.
The Gulfton Action Plan outlines the vision, policies, goals and projects that have been identified through the complete community planning process to
move the neighborhood towards a healthier, more prosperous, resilient, and equitable future.
Through their role as the 'community quarterback,' Connect Community is working with partners on several parallel efforts to define goals and advance community revitalization.
A new study looks at the challenges many Houstonians face because they don’t have adequate sidewalks. It’s a particular problem in one neighborhood where a lot of residents depend on public transit.
Look both ways doesn’t begin to describe the safety plan for the intersection of Tarnef and De Moss when school lets out.
Dionicio Diaz, 76, and his wife Sara, 70, live off his retirement income of $845 a month. Their rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Sharpstown is $700 a month. His latest prescription medication cost $40.
“Sometimes there isn’t enough left over to buy food,” Diaz said.
They are just one of the nearly 45 percent of households in the Sharpstown and Chinatown areas struggling to afford necessities.
On Thursday, more than 50 family members, community leaders, educators and friends gathered with her at the intersection of Tarnef and De Moss to celebrate the opening of a small memorial created to honor the child’s memory and remind motorists to drive more carefully.
Baker Katz, a Houston-based full-service commercial real estate firm, has purchased PlazAmericas Mall, an 850,000-square-foot enclosed center, on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Houston.