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This Week at City Hall

Dec. 8, 2017 in News Articles, This Week at City Hall

This Week: Runoff Election Day Tomorrow; the Storm Water Action Team (SWAT) Program; and Lights in the Heights! Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Dec. 1, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Federal Disaster Assistance; Special minimum lot size designations; South Central Division Command. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Nov. 17, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Recycling for ‘A’ Week to Resume; Council Committee on Quality of Life Materials Available Online; World Corporate Games Return; Carl and Melvalene Cohen Plaza Expansion.

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This Week at City Hall

Nov. 9, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Houston Observes Veterans’ Day; Reminder: Recycling Resumes Monday; Quality of Life Committee to Meet.
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This Week at City Hall

Oct. 29, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Recycling Resumes on November 13th; Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Houston’s non-profit cultural sector; Festival of Abilities; Midtown Super Neighborhood. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Oct. 20, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Bond Propositions: Early Voting Begins Next Week; Council Committee on Quality of Life to Meet; and the 9th Annual Garden Oaks Wine Walk. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Oct. 13, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Mayor Turner Targeting November to Resume Recycling; Reconstruction of Greenbriar Blvd; the Brays Bayou Association community meeting on flooding; the 39th Annual Houston Italian Festival Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Oct. 6, 2017Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Mayor Turner Secures $50M for Harvey Recovery; First Round of Relief Fund Grants Approved; Satellite Permitting Centers Opened; Storm Debris Collection Continues; and National Night Out in District C. Continue Reading »

Turner Wants New Building Guidelines To Protect From Flooding In Post Harvey Era

Oct. 4, 2017Houston Public Media

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wants to develop new strategies for how housing should be built in the post-Harvey era and he thinks new guidelines to protect houses from flooding are important.

Turner talked about this topic during Wednesday’s meeting of the City Council and said Houston must learn to build “smarter.” Continue Reading »

Sunday Streets signifies a return to normal life post Harvey

Oct. 1, 2017Houston Chronicle

There were food trucks and pushcarts. There were families with baby strollers. There were line dancers, roller derby skaters and hundreds of bicyclists. Continue Reading »