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.
Happenings Around Town
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.
