At our 2026 Quality Planned Development Symposium, the first panel focused on a question that sits at the center of nearly every major development conversation in the Houston region: how can communities deliver attainable housing while still maintaining the elements […]
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Attainable Homeownership Lays the Foundation for 2026 QPD Symposium
Our 2026 QPD Symposium opened with a timely conversation on one of the most important challenges facing the Houston region: how to continue delivering high-quality communities while making new homeownership more attainable. Following opening remarks from QPD Committee Chair Brian […]
Bill Callegari: The Engineer-Legislator Who Helped Build the Systems Behind West Houston
William A. “Bill” Callegari belongs in the story of Greater West Houston’s growth not simply as a public official, but as one of the rare leaders who understood infrastructure from the ground up. Where some civic figures shaped the region […]
Joe B. Allen: The Lawyer Behind the Infrastructure of Houston’s Growth
Joe B. Allen belongs in the same conversation as Walter Mischer, Sr., David Wolff, Ned Holmes, Ted Nelson, Bill Callegari, and the other figures who shaped the modern development pattern of Greater West Houston. But Allen’s role was different. He […]
Walter F. “Ted” Nelson: The Quiet Architect of Modern West Houston
Walter F. “Ted” Nelson belongs in the same conversation as Walter Mischer, Sr., Ned Holmes, David Wolff, Joe B. Allen, and the other developers who shaped the physical and civic form of Greater West Houston. His name may not be […]
Ned S. Holmes: Development, Transportation, and the Machinery of Houston Growth
Ned Sweeney Holmes is part of a Houston lineage of business leaders whose influence cannot be measured only by buildings, transactions, or board titles. His career sits at the intersection of real estate, banking, transportation, port infrastructure, civic leadership, and […]
Walter Mischer, Sr.: A Houston Builder in the Broadest Sense
Walter Max Mischer, Sr. belonged to the generation of Houston builders who did not simply participate in the city’s growth; they helped create the development model that made that growth possible. Born on July 4, 1922, in Karnes City, Texas, […]
President’s Desk: June 2026
Howdy WHA Members! For the Greater West Houston region, the pace of growth continues to test how well our public systems, infrastructure investments, and development policies are aligned. The conversation is no longer simply about whether growth is coming, but […]
City of Houston Green Infrastructure Abatement
Green, green, green, Texans often associate the City of Austin with being the “greenest city” in the state of Texas. While Austin certainly has an impressive portfolio of green project types, it does not hold a monopoly on Green Infrastructure […]
Planning That Holds Up: Housing, Infrastructure, and the Real Cost of Getting It Wrong
Housing conversations in the Houston region tend to start with price. That makes sense; cost pressures are real and widespread. However, price is a symptom. The deeper question is whether we are building communities that hold up — physically, financially, […]