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Urban Review: Mardi Gras Beads, Transit Gaps and Public Space Programming
This week: recycling beads, mapping transit gaps and rethinking public spaces with a pause on programming.
Q+A: Introducing Houston’s Department of Transformation
No it's not a real city department but the group of community leaders has real neighborhood change as its goal.
Exciting Spring for the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has a busy spring lined up.
As Harris County Considers Buyouts, Experts Offer Advice
Buyouts are just one of the options on the table in Houston.
Perspective: Hopes, Questions As Community Undergoes Planning Effort
With a draft plan in hand, one of five pilot Complete Communities neighborhoods reflects on the process.
Changes Bigger Than Self-Driving Cars Headed to a City Near You
Governing | Online shopping and the automation of jobs are going to transform cities.
After Harvey, How Can Houston Improve the Buyout Process?
Buyouts are a popular hazard mitigation but examples from across the country offer innovative ways to improve the process.
Urban Review: Driverless Cars, Art and Taxes and a Call to Action for the Texas Delegation
A step by step guide to planning for driverless tech, a city that raised taxes to fund art and a call to get moving on Harvey relief.
Welcome to Acres Homes. Acres Home. Acreage Homes?
A community in transition contemplates its future and its name.
More Than Two Months After Harvey, Residents Still Seeking Help
The second of two reports for the Greater Houston Community Foundation and Harvey Relief Fund assess need months after the storm.
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