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This Week at City Hall

Feb. 16, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Public Feedback Sought on New Flood Prevention Regulations; FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Program and the elevation of 40 flood-prone homes; Junk Waste Collection Services to Resume Continue Reading »

Public Feedback Sought on New Flood Prevention Regulations

Feb. 13, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

Mayor Pro Tem Cohen and her colleagues received apresentation at a Special-Called Joint Meeting of the Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee and the Regulation and Neighborhood Affairs Committee regarding proposed changes to Houston’s building code ordinances relating to flooding. Continue Reading »

Seeking New Cohen Ambassadors for 2018

Feb. 9, 2018 • Ellen Cohen

I’m pleased to announce that we are now accepting new applications for the 2018 Cohen Ambassador Program (CAP)! Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Feb. 2, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Water Bill Relief and Trailers for Harvey Victims; Voter Registration Deadline is Monday; Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet PTO 24th Annual Pancake Breakfast. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Jan. 26, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting: Making Houston Stronger; Register to Vote by February 5th; and public meeting to discuss the draft Hazard Mitigation Plan Continue Reading »

New Mini Murals by new artists coming to Houston neighborhoods

Jan. 22, 2018 • City of Houston

The city of Houston has selected 45 new artists to greatly expand the number of those eclectic and colorful “mini-murals” on street-side traffic signal control cabinets. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Jan. 12, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Glass Recycling to Return in 2019; First Female Public Works Director Confirmed; Houston Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Road Closures for Chevron Houston Marathon. Continue Reading »

This Week at City Hall

Jan. 5, 2018 • Office of Council Member Ellen Cohen

This Week: Yard Waste Collections Return; Residential Permit Parking in Cherryhurst; Stakeholder Meeting in Midtown regarding recognition by the City of Houston as a Super Neighborhood. Continue Reading »