Title: VeloTexas 2012Location: Austin, TXLink out: Click hereDescription: VeloTexas 2012 – October 18-19 – Austin VeloTexas is a technical conference designed to gather communities, bicyclists, planners, engineers, researchers, public agencies, and those interested in improving safety of bicycles on streets. VeloTexas aims to develop tools that will assist in understanding bicyclists, interaction of bicyclists with other motor vehicle drivers, infrastructure…
Chase Community Giving – YOUR VOTES ARE NEEDED.You have the power to help decide which eligible local charities will share in $5 million grants! Many local charities you know and love were nominated, including the following CEC member organizations: Armand Bayou Nature Center, 6 Artist Boat, 242 Galveston Bay Foundation, 907 Houston Audubon, 23 Houston Parks Board, 1 Katy Prairie…
Featured Westbury Community Garden may be in jeopardy (Deborah Wrigley – ABC13 News, 09/06/2012) The seven acre Westbury Community Garden in far southwest Houston now may be in jeopardy. The undeveloped land has been owned by the Houston Housing Authority for three decades, and leased by the Westbury Civic Club for a community garden for only the past two years….