Mayor Turner Names Marissa Aho as City’s Chief Resilience Officer in Partnership with 100 Resilient Cities

Mayor Sylvester Turner has appointed Marissa Aho, AICP, as chief resilience officer for the City of Houston to lead the…

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Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence Releases Second Report

Mayor Sylvester Turner and Haley Carter, chair of the Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence, today announced details of the commission’s…

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Mayor Turner Announces Success on Pothole Initiative and Launches Plan to Improve City Streets

Mayor Sylvester Turner announced an impressive 100% success rate in next-day pothole repairs called into 311 for the year 2018…

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Non-Profit Corporation’s Proposal to House Young Immigrants Downtown No Longer Includes Children Under 16

The corporation that had sought to house immigrant children ages 0 to 17 in a downtown Houston building for the…

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BARC: Houston, We Had A Tiger!

BARC — the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoptions Center — is pleased to announce that the 350-pound male…

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Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities Co-hosts ReelAbilities Film and Arts Festival Starting Today

The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities has joined with Jewish Family Services to host the ReelAbilities: Houston Film and…

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Application Period Opens For Mayor’s 2019 Summer Jobs Program For Youths

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hire Houston Youth jobs program is open for summer 2019. All youth ages 16 to 24 in…

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Mayor Turner Urges Voter Registrar to Protect the Rights of Lawfully Registered Voters in Nation’s Most Diverse City

 In a letter sent today, Mayor Sylvester Turner urged Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar Ann Harris Bennett to…

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Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities Initiative Wins Award for Public Involvement

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Complete Communities initiative has received an Our Great Region Award from the Houston-Galveston Area Action Council (H-GAC)…

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