On March 8th, the Westchase District publicly launched its latest mobility study with the aid of more than 20 community leaders. This Westchase Mobility Steering Committee will meet over the next six months to review mobility conditions in Westchase and […]
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Event Review: City Issues Forum with Mayor Turner
“We want those people who come to the Super Bowl next February to think that Houston is not just a nice place to visit but a wonderful place to raise their families and open their businesses,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner […]
Houston’s Mayor Turns up at District A CIP Meeting
A large contingent of City of Houston Officials, including Mayor Sylvester Turner, addressed a crowd of approximately 200 hundred citizens and advocates at Spring Woods High School the night of February 22nd. Rebuild Houston and the City’s new Master Bike […]
Event Review: The Center for Opportunity Urbanism: America’s Housing Crisis
On February 19, Walt Mischer and Joel Kotkin welcomed a crowd of over 200 business executives and community leaders to the Center for Opportunity Urbanism’s Second Annual Luncheon. Alan M. Berger, Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Advanced […]
Energy Corridor and Memorial Management Districts Developing Bike Infrastructure
The Energy Corridor is beginning to implement its recently completed bike and pedestrian improvement plan. And with approval of a new bike-share program and a new Bike & Pedestrian Improvement Plan in the works, the Memorial Management District will soon […]
TWRC Wildlife Center Seeks a New Home
by Cheryl Conley Since 1979, TWRC Wildlife Center has been committed to providing quality emergency care and rehabilitation for injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife brought to TWRC by the public. Now, TWRC needs some assistance finding a new location. TWRC […]
WHA Supports the Center for Opportunity Urbanism’s Future of Suburbia Event
The West Houston Association invites you to join Dick Weekley, Walt Mischer, Jr., Kendall Miller, Alan Hassenflu, Larry Johnson, and Tom Lile for a complimentary luncheon on “America’s Housing Crisis.” This event will be held on February 19th, from 11:30 […]
TARGET Takes Aim at EPA’s Texas Coastal Prairie Rule
by Richard Chron On June 29, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) finalized their controversial joint Clean Water Act: waters of the United States definitions and rules. In less than a […]
Quality Planned Development Goes Online and North
The West Houston Association is proud to announce the launch of qualityplanneddevelopments.com. WHA has also reached an agreement with the North Houston Association to expand the Quality Planned Development (“QPD”) designation. Commercial and residential developments may obtain the QPD designation […]
Event Review: IMPACT Award Honoring Joe B. Allen
The Board of Directors honored Joe B. Allen as only the fourth recipient of the West Houston Association’s prestigious IMPACT Award at a luncheon in his honor on Tuesday, April 1, 2015. The West Houston Association created the IMPACT Award […]