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Get in great for the new year by building business relationships, making new contacts, staying connected, and enjoying free hors d'oeuvres in the International District as we present the first our 2016 Business Mixers.
The 2016 Texas Lunar Festival will highlight and recognize the multi-cultural diversity of our community with many diverse ethnic food booths, a series of ethnic displays, entertainment, world-class Shaolin Temple Wushu martial arts demonstrations, acrobats, lion dancers and attendance by many local dignitaries including governmental officials and leaders in business and education. Activities are selected [...]
Celebrate the Year of the Red Monkey on February 13 & 14 from 11am to 7pm. Free Admission Viet Hoa Center @ Beltway Plaza
Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) will be holding an "information meeting" at the San Jacinto Monument on Thurs., February 11, at 6 pm, to tell stakeholders that the "Marsh Restoration, Phase II" is a fait accompli. Your immediate help is needed! Please see "How can you help?" at the bottom of this alert. The Situation [...]
RSVP Required. Please contact Barbara Quattro at 281.787.8827.
To mark the start of what will be an increased emphasis by my administration on achieving improved mobility for Houston, I recently traveled to Austin to speak to the Texas Transportation Commission, the agency that decides how state transportation dollars are spent. My message was very specific: the transportation strategies of the past are increasingly [...]
As of January 1, 2016, individuals can carry a handgun openly or concealed subject to statutory restrictions as long as they possess a License to Carry (LTC) a handgun issued by Texas or a similar license issued by a state that Texas has accepted. By law, a handgun carried openly must be carried in a [...]
As I stated in my inaugural address, infrastructure will be a high priority for my administration. I have heard Houstonians loud and clear; they want improved city roadways and faster repairs. Starting in mid-January, potholes that are properly reported to the City's 3-1-1 Help and Information System will be assessed and addressed by the next [...]
Since 2006, The City of Houston's Office of Education Initiatives and the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs successfully partnered with various organizations to sponsor citywide student art competitions. These competitions successfully raised awareness about Houston's cultural vitality. The Mayor's Office of Education Initiatives, the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, and Houston Arts Partners host a [...]
