Houston's past of "big houses, not housing" and a "sensational lack of convivial public space" is being turned on its head. Molly Glentzer reports for the Houston Chronicle on the Houston Arboretum's plans, which bring yet more firms of national repute to transform our parks, while RE/MAX markets micro-living in EaDo.
Putting the Wilderness Back in Houston Arboretum
Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle
Steven Spears of Design Workshop, Reed-Hilderbrand landscape architects, Lake|Flato architects, Texas ecologists from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, transportation planners from Walter P. Moore, cultural planners from SWCA environmental consultants, Texas A&M University forester W. Todd Watson, and park operations experts from ETM Associates reimagine the Houston Arboretum.
Micro-Living Project Coming to EaDo
Laura Cook, RE/MAX
A 24-story development of units less than 500 square feet will sit on a full 1.4 acre block at the Southwest corner of Leeland and Live Oak in East Downtown.
Can You Afford to Live Here?
John Nova Lomax, Texas Monthly
All across the state, real estate booms even as the economy cools.
Houston City Council Approves Arts and Culture Plan
Amy Bishop, Houston Public Media
Houston has a new framework to support its creative community.
In Area MUD Elections, Handful of Voters Decide $1 billion in Bonds
Cindy Horswell, Houston Chronicle
"Daniel and Deborah Spiecher are now the only residents of a newly created municipal utility district, or MUD, carved from 82 acres of land there. They are also the only ones eligible to vote Tuesday on $500 million in proposed bonds to develop that tract. In fact, they are among just seven voters who will decide the fate this week of $1.07 billion in bonds for roads, water, sewer and recreational facilities in three such districts that were recently formed in this fast-growing county north of Houston."
City Revenue Cap to Force Modest Tax Rate Cut
Houston Chronicle
Forced by a revenue cap, Houston's property tax rate is at its lowest level since 1987.
