Our Great Region 2040 workgroup members met throughout the development of the plan to provide a reality check on the differing needs of our region's communities. Here are a few snapshots from various workgroup activities.
H-GAC, along with a consortium of community, government and nonprofit agencies hosted a Peer Information Exchange on March 28, 2011, to begin collaborating with organizations throughout the Houston region to combine our resources to reach the greatest number of people.
The Workgroup Kick Off event, held August 5, 2011, brought together all of the technical and transect workgroups to begin defining what sustainability means for our region and consider the steps for working to develop Our Great Region 2040.
Members of both the Technical Advisory Groups and Regional Transect Groups met on November 17, 2011, to begin drafting goals and metrics for what sustainability could look like in our region.
The Technical Advisory Group and the Regional Transect Group meetings were held in November 2011 to gain input on regional goals and potential metrics relating to sustainability in housing, transportation, healthy communities, the economy, and the environment.
Members of both the Technical Advisory Groups and Regional Transect Groups met on April 13, 2012, to continue discussing goals and metrics for what sustainability could look like in our region.
Members of the Technical Advisory Groups, Regional Transect Groups and Coordinating Committee turned out to learn about the results of the recent Think 2040 Alternatives Analysis Survey on December 10, 2012.