Featured Galveston County Public Water Systems Face Restrictions (Elizabeth Koh and Ian Floyd – The Texas Tribune, 7/8/2013) Galveston County could face water shortages in the next few months as its public water systems begin to feel the stress of the summer heat, though the most likely cuts will be to outdoor watering. The Gulf Coast Water Authority, which serves…
Featured Transforming Houston’s Concrete Bayous Into 160-Mile Greenspace (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 6/26/2013) A $205 million dollar makeover of Houston’s bayous is about to start thanks to an agreement between the City of Houston and the nonprofit Houston Parks Board. Voters approved the Bayou Greenways project in the 2012 bond election and this week city council formalized the agreement. The…
Featured Hamilton: Destruction of parks hurts all of Houston (Ann Hamilton, Opinion – Houston Chronicle, 6/22/2013) Together, we have advocated, acquired, developed and protected parks from encroachment by private, voracious developers and institutions that often view parks as “free land.” The recent news of Memorial Park being annexed into the Uptown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) led me and others…