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The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Several of the residents worked in Houston, some of the residents worked in the Houston Heights, and some residents worked in other areas. The city had 715 residents in 1920. George O. Burgess, a lawyer born in Milligan Texas in 1876, was elected its first mayor. Burgess Hall, located at 700 E. 34th Street, was the City Hall and Courthouse ...
The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department was created by a city ordinance on March 15, 1916. When it was created it had two parks, Hermann Park and Sam Houston Park. As of 2010 the department maintains about 350 developed parks and 200 esplanades and greenspaces inside and outside of the City of Houston. [48] [49]
Houston City Council District D covers Sunnyside. [41] As of 2020 Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz represents the district. [42] The city operates the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center at 4605 Wilmington Street. [43] The city multi-service centers provide several services such as child care, programs for elderly residents, and rental space. [44]
A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
About 21% of Houston’s 1.2 million registered voters cast ballots in the Nov. 7 election. Turnout for the 2019 mayoral runoff was at 19% of registered voters. Voters in Texas do not register by ...
Texas Guandi Temple. The Texas Guandi Temple is located in East Downtown. [27] The temple was established in 1999 by a Vietnamese couple, [28] Charles Loi Ngo and Carolyn. [29] They decided to build a temple to Guan Yu (Guandi) after surviving an aggravated robbery, [29] which occurred at their store in the Fifth Ward. [29]