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April 2, 2013

ECONOTES 2013-04-01: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Rice Sociologist: Improving Quality Of Life Crucial For Houston’s Economic Future (Florian Martin – KUHF News, 3/28/2013)
    Houston has long been a great place to find a job, but it doesn’t have the best reputation for quality of life. As the proportion of oil-related jobs continues to give way to other types of employment, beautification and downtown development become essential to secure the city’s economic future. That’s according to one sociologist, who says Houston needs to change in order to attract new talent.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  2. $446 million available for Houston region projects (Jay Blazek Crossley – Houston Tomorrow)
    Every year, the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council (TPC) decides how the region will allocate a pool of regionally discretionary transportation funds that can be used for walking, biking, transit, planning, demand management, maintenance, and new road transportation projects. This year, the TPC will decide how to spend $446 million, with $827 million in proposed projects. In the recent H-GAC survey posted at ourregion.org, a broad sample of over 6,000 Houstonians said they would allocate about 13% of available funding to new roads and highways, 26% to transit, and 14% to sidewalks and bikeways, amongst other projects. The public comment process ends on April 5th.
    http://www.houstontomorrow.org/
  3. Severe Drought Moves To Houston, Most Of The State In Drought Conditions (Shomial Ahmad – KUHF News, 4/1/2013)
    Latest reports from the U.S. Drought Monitor show most of Harris County in severe drought. The state is in better shape than it was at the height of the drought of 2011, but things are still not good. The state has been doing more, looking into increasing water supply and conservation, but measures put in place right now won’t be able to meet the most extreme of circumstances.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/

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