Our Great Region 2040 Meeting Materials

The Coordinating Committee met at regular intervals during the course of the planning process. During the meetings, committee members reviewed the progress of Our Great Region 2040 and helped ensure it represented our region's goals.

Here you will find meeting agendas, minutes and handouts. We have also included slides from presentations given during Coordinating Committee meetings.

 

 

 

 

The handouts below were distributed to Coordinating Committee members as part of scheduled meetings. They are presented here for informational purposes only. All handouts should be considered 'draft." (Only meetings at which handouts were distributed are listed.)

 

The slides below were presented to Coordinating Committee members as part of scheduled meetings. They are presented here for informational purposes only. (Only meetings at which presentations were given are listed.)

April 2013

Fair Housing Equity Assessment Update (PDF) 789KB
Travis Young, Houston-Galveston Area Council-April 23, 2013


December 2012

Houston Food Policy Workgroup (PDF) 1.007MB
Carra Moroni and Scott Howard, Houston Food Policy Workgroup-December 19, 2012

Alternatives Analysis Results (PDF)1.37MB
Jeff Taebel, FAICP, Director Community & Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council-December 19, 2012

August 2012

Assessing Resiliency (PDF) 1.71MB
Lori Feild Schwarz, AICP, Interim Planning Director, City of Galveston, and Shannon Van Zandt, Ph.D., AICP, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University-August 28, 2012

June 2012

Draft Alternatives Analysis (PDF)515K
Jeff Taebel, FAICP, Director Community & Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council-June 26, 2012

April 2012

A Healthy and Green Housing, the First Step for Sustainable Communities (PDF) 1.60MB
Dr. Brenda Reyes, Houston Department of Health and Human Services-April 24, 2012

March 2012

Delivering Equity in Sustainable Communities (PDF) 195K
Sarita Turner, PolicyLink-March 27, 2012

February 2012

The Rural-Urban Transect (PDF)4 MB
David Crossley, President, Houston Tomorrow-February 28, 2012


June 2011

Sustainable Indicators (PDF) 1.2 M
Dr. Garrett Dolan, Rice University, SSPEED Center-June 29, 2011

Center for Houston's Future Community Indicator Program (PDF) 1.39M
Donna Rybiski, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Center for Houston's Future-June 29, 2011

April 2011

2012 Census (PDF) 1.07M
Dmitry Messen, Houston-Galveston Area Council - April 20, 2011

Green Infrastructure Plan for Greater Houston (PDF) 1.2M
Ole Amundon, The Conservation Fund - April 20, 2011

A Strategy for Realizing the Economic Value for the Ecological Capital of the Greater Houston Region (PDF) 3.05M
Victoria Herrin, Houston Wilderness- April 20, 2011

March 2011

Regional Plan for Sustainability (PDF) 260K
Jeff Taebel, FAICP, Director Community & Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council-March 22, 2011

Social Equity in Sustainable Communities (PDF) 1.38M
Amanda Timm, Executive Director - Houston, Local Initiatives Support Corporation-March 22, 2011

Sustainability: The Transition to Sustainable Societies (PDF) 2.15M
David Crossley, President, Houston Tomorrow-March 22, 2011

 

 

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