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This Week at City Hall

Apr. 27, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Cohen Ambassadors Gather for 2018 Meeting; Committee Reviews Expedited Plans for Memorial Park; Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ 5) public meeting Continue Reading »

Memorial Park restoration gets a $70 million boost

Apr. 25, 2018Houston Chronicle

Call them Mr. and Mrs. Green.

Super-philanthropists Nancy and Rich Kinder, who have already donated $106 million to various greenspace projects across Houston in the past decade or so, have offered the Memorial Park Conservancy a $70 million grant, the largest single parks gift in the city’s history. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Apr. 20, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Mayor Pro Tem Cohen Addresses Houston Youth Walkout; New park for the Heights; Quality of Life Committee to Meet Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Apr. 13, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week; New minimum lot size and minimum building line designations; 4th Annual Lyon Cohen Symposium Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Apr. 8, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: New Building Requirements to Protect Homes from Flooding; More Flood-Prone Homes to Be Elevated; Festival Grant Application Deadline Approaching Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Mar. 30, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Council to Vote on Floodplain Regulation Proposal; the 4th Annual Lyon Cohen Symposium. Continue Reading »

Cigna Sunday Streets kicks off 2018 festivities in the Heights

Mar. 25, 2018Houston Chronicle

Three-year-old Daniel Powers galloped his stick horse down the middle of the road. Eight-year-old Dakota Knight jump roped 26 times without stopping. And their parents weren’t worried about the usual hustle and bustle of 19th Street in the Heights. Continue Reading »

District C Community Meeting

Mar. 8, 2018Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

The Annual District C Public Meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 21st at 6:30PM at The Council on Recovery303 Jackson Hill St, Houston, 77007. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Mar. 2, 2018 in News Articles, This Week at City Hall

This Week: FINAL Day to Early Vote; Reminder: Deadline to Provide Floodplain Regulation Feedback is Monday; Expect Closures on I-10 This Weekend; Historic Bricks Returned to Freedmen’s Town Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Feb. 23, 2018Office of City Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: This Week at City Hall: Primary Early Voting Underway; Public Comment Period Extended for Proposed Flood Regulation Changes; District C CIP Meeting: Save the Date! Continue Reading »