Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration

Friday, November 11, 2016 Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby, Houston 77002 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. AT&T Veterans Job and Resource Fair and the US Family Health Plan Veterans Health Fair 10:00 a.m. Formal ceremony recognizing our local heroes featuring: Gospel recording artist Kathy Taylor Houston Grand Opera Soprano, Yelena Dyachek US Army Ranger Lisa [...]

2016-11-07T13:37:42-06:00November 7th, 2016|Community, Events|

HPD Urges Pedestrians and Motorists to Watch Out for One Another

With pedestrian and bicycle-related fatalities on the rise this year, HPD is offering tips to keep pedestrians and motorists safe. In addition, pedestrian safety brochures, in six languages, may be found on the department's website at http://www.houstontx.gov/police/keep_houston_safe/index.htm Pedestrians are reminded: • Do not walk across the street unless at a crosswalk • Take the extra [...]

2016-11-04T18:13:07-05:00November 4th, 2016|Community, Resources|

A PSA to Avoid Tragedy – Kids in Hot Cars

Constant driver distractions can result in tragedy. In this year alone, 39 children have perished in hot vehicles across the United States. Seven of those deaths occurred in Texas. In most of those cases, the young passenger was forgotten by the driver. Houston TranStar’s “Have A Strategy to Avoid Tragedy” PSA reveals a simple, yet [...]

2016-11-03T00:44:21-05:00November 3rd, 2016|Community, Resources|

Identification Required to Vote in the November 8 Election in Texas

13-1Prescribed by Secretary of State Section 63.0012, Texas Election Code; U.S.D.C. S.D.Tex. Civil Action No. 2:13-CV-00193 (Docket No. 895)8/2016 (ED48) Notice of Required Identification A voter must show one of the following forms of acceptable photo identification at the polling location before the voter may be accepted for voting, unless the voter has a reasonable [...]

2016-10-31T18:52:19-05:00October 31st, 2016|Community, Events|

Touchdown Tours, Super Bowl Community Events

The City of Houston is working with the Super Bowl host committee to bring the excitement of the game to the community. We are hosting 11 (9 remaining) Touchdown Tours throughout the city. The event is completely FREE and open to the public. You can find more information here: http://www.housuperbowl.com/touchdown-tour

2016-10-20T21:43:01-05:00October 20th, 2016|Community, Events, Projects|

Your opinion counts: What issues should the City focus on next year?

In 2015, Houston's City Council took the groundbreaking step of adopting the city's first general plan, Plan Houston. The Plan describes a vision and goals for our community and identifies twelve core strategies that represent the City’s approach for achieving the vision.    The City of Houston is now actively working towards achieving the community goals laid out in [...]

2016-10-20T00:23:11-05:00October 20th, 2016|Community, Projects, Resources|
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