Featured Katy Prairie Conservancy looks to take next step (Leah Binkovitz – Houston Chronicle, 10/13/2015) “As developers continue to carve out master-planned communities in the Katy area, Mary Anne Piacentini has other plans. The executive director of the Katy Prairie Conservancy is that hoping her nonprofit conservation group, which now covers some 20,000 acres, will soon join the growing ranks…
Featured METRO Accepts Award for Best Transit Agency in North America (Houston Style Magazine, 10/9/2015) “The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) today received the 2015 ‘Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award’ from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The award was given to METRO at APTA’s annual meeting in San Francisco. The national organization bestows the award annually…
Featured City considers goal to give all residents easy access to parks (Katherine Driessen and Emma Hinchliffe – Houston Chronicle, 9/25/2015) “City parks advocates are charting an ambitious transformation of Houston’s green space to give all residents access to a public park within a half-mile or 10-minute walk of their residence, a lofty goal that would require a massive investment…