The 2018 Southeast Mobility Plan is the City of Houston’s multi-modal mobility study (inclusive of vehicular, transit, pedestrian, bicycle and freight) in the area bounded by Interstate 610 to the north, State Highway 288 to the west, Sam Houston Toll Road to the south, and Interstate 45 and Galveston Road to the east.

Please attend the Southeast Houston Mobility Plan meeting. The City of Houston wants your feedback on plan draft recommendations to improve how you get to work, school and other key destinations in your community. The meeting is kid-friendly, and refreshments will be provided.

Learn what’s next for the 2045 Regional Transportation Plan at one of their upcoming public meetings. They will highlight an expert panel featuring “Transportation 101: What You Need to Know.” During the public meetings, expert transportation panelists will discuss future transportation projects in your area selected from the recent “2018 Call for Projects” application process. The panel will also talk about air quality and transportation conformity, transportation performance measures, regional resiliency efforts, and when the 2045 RTP draft plan will be unveiled. H-GAC will be collecting public comments about the “2018 Call for Projects” selection; the draft plan of the 2045 RTP; and, transportation conformity.

Come give the Hermann Park Conservancy your ideas and feedback on the Commons at Hermann Park. The Commons is an exciting new addition located at the corner of Cambridge and Fannin Streets that will include a unique play area and plenty of gathering space for all Houstonians. Their goal for every project is to get feedback from those who use the Park the most: you.

The meeting is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

Save the date for H-GAC’s first Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, February 8, 2019, at H-GAC Conference Room B, Second Floor. The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects.

The event will also include the annual Parks and Natural Areas awards recognition ceremony. These projects serve as models for planning and project implementation for parks and natural areas in the region. Projects will be honored in three categories: Planning Process, On-the-Ground Projects Over $500,000, and On-the-Ground Projects Under $500,000.

A light breakfast will be served. Registration will open in late December or early January. Registration and breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by the H-GAC program showcase at 9 a.m. The awards program will be followed by networking with H-GAC staff and other parks professionals.

The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects. These projects serve as models for planning and project implementation for parks and natural areas in the region. Projects will be honored in three categories. The event will also include the annual Parks and Natural Areas Awards recognition ceremony. The awards program will be followed by networking with H-GAC staff and other parks professionals.

Owl Prowls begin with a lively program on owls including a rare opportunity to meet live, rehabilitated owls at the Edith Moore log cabin. Then, you’ll go out on the Sanctuary’s wooded trails in search of wild owls. For more information, visit houstonaudubon.org/programs.

Free to attend, donations appreciated. Work on your bird watching skills while helping the Arboretum monitor bird populations on a fun, relaxed morning walk. Join the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center on the second Saturday of each month at the front door of the building for a two-hour bird walk led by Kelsey Low and Theo Ostler, a resident bird enthusiast. We welcome all levels of bird watching skill and all ages (as long as you’re quiet) – but no dogs, please! If you have binoculars of your own, please bring them. We do have some binoculars available to borrow. For more events with the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, visit their Events Calendar!

Workdays are held once a month, October through March on the second Saturday of the month. We start work around 8:30 AM and work until about noon, when we break for lunch, provided by Houston Audubon and prepared by the lunch crew. Lunch at the picnic area of Boy Scout Woods is a good chance to visit with other volunteers and recharge from a morning of exercise and work. After lunch, we take about an hour to tie up any loose ends and clean up.

Come be a part of sanctuary maintenance, habitat restoration, and Houston Audubon’s amazing volunteer workforce. Email Pete Deichmann at pdeichmann@houstonaudubon.org for more information or to be put on the email list.

• November 10
• December 8
• January 12
• February 9
• March 9

The 2018 Southeast Mobility Plan is the City of Houston’s multi-modal mobility study (inclusive of vehicular, transit, pedestrian, bicycle and freight) in the area bounded by Interstate 610 to the north, State Highway 288 to the west, Sam Houston Toll Road to the south, and Interstate 45 and Galveston Road to the east.

Please attend the Southeast Houston Mobility Plan meeting. The City of Houston wants your feedback on plan draft recommendations to improve how you get to work, school and other key destinations in your community. The meeting is kid-friendly, and refreshments will be provided.

Learn what’s next for the 2045 Regional Transportation Plan at one of their upcoming public meetings. They will highlight an expert panel featuring “Transportation 101: What You Need to Know.” During the public meetings, expert transportation panelists will discuss future transportation projects in your area selected from the recent “2018 Call for Projects” application process. The panel will also talk about air quality and transportation conformity, transportation performance measures, regional resiliency efforts, and when the 2045 RTP draft plan will be unveiled. H-GAC will be collecting public comments about the “2018 Call for Projects” selection; the draft plan of the 2045 RTP; and, transportation conformity.