Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
New grant to help redesign area
The fight against blight has been going strong during the last month. Local TV stations have been in our area almost weekly reporting on progress to rid our area of abandoned apartments and condominiums in the Antoine/ DeSoto area. ( Go to http://ping.fm/0iul7 if you haven’t seen these stories.) We are grateful to State Representative Sylvester Turner and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee and city officials who have been working to help rid our community of these hazardous buildings.
While we have been focusing on getting rid of these abandoned buildings for years now, what happens when they are actually gone? The District has been working to put together a vision for what our community could become. Almost a year ago now the District submitted one vision of how to improve the area to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for consideration for a Livable Centers Study Grant. In September, we received notification that our application was approved and we have been awarded the grant.
The Livable Centers Grant will provide funding to develop design recommendations, infrastructure improvements and urban design solutions that will provide residents and businesses with more appealing places for people to interact and gather, make walking, bicycling and transit more convenient, preserve the environment and create a unique community that will act as a catalyst for investment and development.
The focus of our Livable Center Study is to explore the creation of a Town Center along the Antoine Corridor from the former Inwood Forest Golf Course to Aron Ledet Park that would attract business into the area as well as increase the area's livability for its residents. The Livable Centers Study will help to define practical ways to improve the area's accessibility, increase venues for community activities and generally improve the area through projects like the creation of pedestrian and biking thoroughfares, providing bike parking at bus stops, adding beautification elements, revitalizing vacant shopping centers, improving existing parks and adapting the vacant golf course into a park, community center and wellness facility.
To learn more about this project and to keep in touch with its progress go to the District Web site, www.nearnorthwestdistrict.com.
While we have been focusing on getting rid of these abandoned buildings for years now, what happens when they are actually gone? The District has been working to put together a vision for what our community could become. Almost a year ago now the District submitted one vision of how to improve the area to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for consideration for a Livable Centers Study Grant. In September, we received notification that our application was approved and we have been awarded the grant.
The Livable Centers Grant will provide funding to develop design recommendations, infrastructure improvements and urban design solutions that will provide residents and businesses with more appealing places for people to interact and gather, make walking, bicycling and transit more convenient, preserve the environment and create a unique community that will act as a catalyst for investment and development.
The focus of our Livable Center Study is to explore the creation of a Town Center along the Antoine Corridor from the former Inwood Forest Golf Course to Aron Ledet Park that would attract business into the area as well as increase the area's livability for its residents. The Livable Centers Study will help to define practical ways to improve the area's accessibility, increase venues for community activities and generally improve the area through projects like the creation of pedestrian and biking thoroughfares, providing bike parking at bus stops, adding beautification elements, revitalizing vacant shopping centers, improving existing parks and adapting the vacant golf course into a park, community center and wellness facility.
To learn more about this project and to keep in touch with its progress go to the District Web site, www.nearnorthwestdistrict.com.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sheila Jackson Lee and Hud officials tour Candlelight Trails and offer support for demolition. Listen to story on KUHF: http://ping.fm/oqfdh
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