AIA Houston Interior Architecture Committee is hosting a Fall Tour on Saturday, October 6. Five Montrose area firms –BRAVE / Architecture, Dillon Kyle Architects, Gin Design Group, Tramonte + Johnson and LaNova Tile– will be featured with a special emphasis on exploring the practice of Interior Architecture. Interactive presentations throughout the various offices will highlight the tools and talent that go into the creation of some of our city’s most exciting Interior Spaces. Attendees may visit the firms in any order during tour hours. The tour will wrap up with refreshments at LaNova Tile.

Specially-priced drinks and light bites will be available at Bistro Menil during tour hours for attendees (please request the Happy Hour Menu and let them know you are a tour participant).

Clear Lake Chapter meetings are on the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There is a meet and greet at 6:30 p.m. followed by the business meeting at 6:45 p.m. and program at 7 p.m. Meetings are open to the public; visitors are welcome.

The committee will advise and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and Planning Director on bicycling issues in Houston, including amendments to the Bike Plan, bicycle safety and education, strategies for funding projects, and promoting public participation in bicycling. The Committee was established by ordinance in 2017 to assist in implementation of the Houston Bike Plan.

The Chair and Vice Chair of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) formed two subcommittees in May 2018. The two subcommittees are the Infrastructure Subcommittee and the Education Subcommittee. These two subcommittees were established in order to draft recommendations for consideration by the BAC. The Infrastructure Subcommittee will address topics related to selecting, designing and implementing the Bike Plan’s proposed network of bikeways.  The Education Subcommittee will address educational programs and tools needed to increase safety for vulnerable road users. The equitable distribution of new bike infrastructure and safety of vulnerable road users will be core components of both subcommittees.

The subcommittees will meet in alternating months that the full BAC is not meeting (i.e. Infrastructure Subcommittee will meet in May, the Education Subcommittee will meet in June, and the full BAC meeting will be held in July).

Agenda items include the following:

1. Director’s Report
2. Chair’s Report
3. Approval of minutes
4. Discussion regarding National Walk & Bike to School Day
5. Presentation by Houston Health Department regarding the Bike Rack Program
6. Presentation by Houston Bike Share regarding dockless mobility recommendations
7. Presentation by Houston Public Works regarding Safer Streets Initiative updates
8. Announcements
9. Public comment

Join AIA Houston for their 2018 Annual Meeting and Affiliate Appreciation Party, where they will elect 2019 Board of Directors and hand out some honors and awards. Catering and beverages by City Kitchen.

There will be a tour of the cistern at 6 p.m. for the first 40 attendees to arrive. They recommend arriving by 5:45 for the tour. Allow time to find parking.

The business portion of the meeting will begin at 6:30, following the tour.

All are welcome! Join Surfrider Foundation for their October Chapter Meeting.

They will not have a speaker this month, but instead will be discussing some local environmental issues and current events in our region, including the coastal barrier.

Great snacks, friends, and conversation as always. See ya there.

Take a self-guided tour of the farm, enjoy a delicious lunch with ingredients from our gardens, take a class with one of our community experts, and much more. Register now, or for more information, please contact Gabi Graves at gabi@blackwoodland.org.

Held on the “2nd Saturdays” of each month, they will enjoy a delicious vegan potluck and meeting, along with a discussion, film screening, food demo or speaker presentation on intersectional issues of veganism, animal rights, environmentalism, nonviolence, health and more. Each month will be something new! Their new venue is at the HCC Conference Center.

They are asking for a donation of $5 per person to help cover our facility rental expenses. All attendees must bring a vegan entree to share at the potluck (serving size to feed 10 people)!

Please remember to bring a vegan dish to share with the group! Their events are always vegan, so please only vegan or raw vegan foods (no animal-derived ingredients). Also bring reusable dinnerware and plates to keep the event earth-friendly. If you have questions on ingredients, feel free to contact them.

They will also feature a new discussion topic on inter sectional issues each month, such as: animal rights, ethical vegan living, vegan health & nutrition, cooking, world hunger solutions, eco-friendly living, nonviolence and more! Some months will also include film screenings and/or guest speakers and food demos.

Houston Community College Conference Center is located at 3100 Main St, 3rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002. See below for map. Free Parking is available on level 7 & 8 of the HCC Administration parking garage at Main & Elgin. Use elevator from parking garage to 3rd floor breezeway, which leads to the Conference suites. You must enter the building through the parking garage and not street-level.

All attendees must sign in at the Security Desk.

RSVP is appreciated for seating!

The Pedestrian-Bicyclist Subcommittee has the following responsibilities:

• Advises the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in the consideration of pedestrian/bicycle travel, facility design, safety, and education within the regional transportation planning process
• Reviews and recommends updates to the Regional Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan
• Reviews TIP submittals, makes recommendations to the TAC
• Reviews proposals and assists in the selection of Special District studies
• Serves as an information sharing and issue forum

Meetings will be held quarterly or more frequently as needed.

All meetings are scheduled to be held at The Houston-Galveston Area Council offices, 3555 Timmons Lane, 2nd Floor in Conference Rooms B and C at 9:30 a.m.

Meeting dates are tentative and subject to change.

The Home Tour is a nonprofit fundraiser and supports various AIA Houston initiatives throughout the year. Open to the public, the AIA Houston Home Tour showcases the finest residential architecture in the Houston area, as designed by licensed architects. Houses are chosen to showcase a variety of design styles demonstrating that excellence in design is not limited by size or dollars.

This is a great opportunity to donate, support, and volunteer.

For more information, visit aiahouston.org or contact debby@aiahouston.org.