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IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE IT WAS JUST TO US AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO LET YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT[City Pulse]
YOU ARE.TO ME, THE SUCCESS OF CITY PULSE IS BECAUSE OF YOU.
SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO PUT YOU FIRST.
OH, I REALLY NEED TO TAKE THIS.
HEY MAYOR, WHAT'S UP? YEAH, I CAN TALK.
I AM TRAVIS LEMONS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT STUFF ON TODAY'S SHOW.
THAT PHONE CALL I HAD TO TAKE WAS MAYOR TURNER, TELLING ME TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT HIS INITIATIVES AND THE WORK COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
SO COMING UP, MAYOR TURNER AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS CONDEMN A CONTROVERSIAL STATE BILL.
A COMMUNITY WELCOMES A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, WILL EVEN GO BACK IN TIME BY WALKING A FEW STEPS.
BUT WE BEGIN IN AKER HOMES WHERE MORE THAN 100 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE BEING BUILT.
THANKS IN LARGE PART TO MAYOR TURNER'S COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE.
ANYTHING ELSE HERE? HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER IS GETTING A FIRSTHAND LOOK OF HIS COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROJECT IN HOUSTON'S AKER HOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, OR IF YOU ARE THE SON OF, OR THE DAUGHTER OF SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU WANNA LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, OR IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT RETIRING AND YOU WANT TO LIVE IN ACRE HOME, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN YOU'VE GOT A PRODUCT THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND NICE WHERE YOU CAN LIVE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO EITHER STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR RETURN THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY, ARE RETIRING THEIR COMMUNITY.
SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2021, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN UPTOWN TERRACE, 2021 FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO CONSTRUCT THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT KEEPING THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE PROCESS.
AND YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THE PERSONALITY AND THE IDENTITY OF ACRES HOME.
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN ACRES HOME, LIVING IN ACRES HOME IF THEY SO DESIRE THE THREE PHASE PROJECT, ONCE COMPLETE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 189 HOMES.
THAT'LL BE AT COMMONS, AT WEST TIDWELL HAVEN, AT HIGHLAND AND MANSFIELD MANOR.
OF THOSE 189 HOMES, 117 HOMES WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
DISTRICT B COUNCIL MEMBER ASHA JACKSON AND DISTRICT F COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS.
WERE BOTH ON HAND TO CELEBRATE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW HOMES.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE NOW HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT FOLKS THAT ARE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN AFFORD TO STAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD, UH, ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE A MI IT WAS ORIGINALLY 90, UM, AND WE GOT THAT IMPROVED TO 80.
AND SO MORE PEOPLE CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE AND QU YOU KNOW, JUST APPLY AND QUALIFY THE STORY HE TELLS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A KID IN AKERS HOMES AND NOW BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SAY HE'S THE MAYOR, THE FOURTH LARGEST AMERICAN CITY, BUT A PART OF THAT LASTING LEGACY WILL BE THE 3000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO OTHER FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO ALSO HAVE THAT SAME STORY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN POSSIBLY ONE DAY BECOME THE MAYOR.
MEANWHILE, AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE 16 HOMES, THE ACRES HOME PRODUCT SAYS THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AS MANY AFFORDABLE HOMES AS WE CAN IN 2023.
THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
MAYOR TURNER KICKED OFF HIS SIGNATURE HIRED HOUSTON YOUTH PROGRAM FOR 2023.
HIS GOAL IS 20,000 JOBS THAT WILL HELP HOUSTON'S YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 GAIN THE TRAINING AND THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL PATH TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND FUTURE CAREERS.
MAYOR TURNER SAYS, HIRED HOUSTON YOUTH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS ONE SAFE HOUSTON CAMPAIGN.
THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE VIOLENCE, PREVENT CRIME, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
PAID LOCAL JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM.
IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER INTERESTED IN JOINING HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH, PLEASE VISIT HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG/EMPLOYERS FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO REGISTER, GO TO HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG/YOUTH.
LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEADERS STAND UNITED ON THE STEPS OF CITY HALL TO OPPOSE TEXAS SENATE BILL 1 47, A BILL THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTH KOREA, RUSSIA,
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CHINA, AND IRAN.ONE FORTY SEVEN BORN OUT OF EVERY FOUR HOUSTONIANS IS FOREIGN BORN IN OUR CITY, BRINGING A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET.
AND WHEN THOSE PERSONS COME, THEY BRING THEIR LANGUAGE, THEIR CUSTOMS, AND THEIR CULTURES.
THEY DO NOT BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHOICES MADE BY THEIR NATIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND IN FACT, THE POLICIES OF THOSE GOVERNMENTS MAY BE THE VERY REASON WHY THEY HAVE COME TO THIS CITY OR TO THIS COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST STEP ON OUR PATH TO THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO SHOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND WE'VE MADE IT.
AND THERE IS THOUSANDS OF OTHER HOUSTONIANS OF TEXANS ALL AROUND THE STATE WHO WANT THIS SAME DREAM.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN TO ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY.
I STAND WITH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE PREVENT THIS KIND OF ATROCITY FROM GROWING AND BECOMING OUTSIZED IN OUR COUNTRY.
AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY, I WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO NULLIFY THIS BILL TO MAKE IT NOT A BILL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE IT WILL BE FEDERALLY ILLEGAL TO HAVE A BILL THAT INSISTS THAT PEOPLE ARE DENIED THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
AS A LATINA, I STAND IN SOLIDARITY BECAUSE IT IS ONE SMALL AMENDMENT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF US.
AND AN ATTACK ON ONE OF US IS AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US.
HOUSTON, THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES STANDS AS ONE TO SAY THAT WE ALL SHOULD STAND AGAINST 1 47.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO START 2023.
WHEN CITY PULSE RETURNS, WE SEE WHAT'S NEW IN ALE.
AND LATER WHY STEPPING OUTSIDE HV STUDIOS WILL TAKE US BACK.
THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC METRO HAS BEEN THERE FOR YOU.
GETTING MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS TO THEIR JOBS DURING LOCKDOWN, WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
FOR MORE FREQUENT CLEANINGS TO SECURITY MONITORS ON VEHICLES, WE'VE LAUNCHED FREE WIFI AND INSTALLED OVER 3000 NEW ACCESSIBLE BUS STOPS ALL TO MAKE YOUR RIDE BETTER.
VISIT RIDE METRO.ORG TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN DRIVE LESS AND DO MORE MOMENTS.
SHARED WITH LOVED ONES ARE PRECIOUS JOY ENCHANTMENT CONNECTION.
IT'S WHY WE TRAVEL AT HOUSTON AIRPORTS.
WE KNOW THE MAGIC OF FLIGHT BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU SECURE YOUR PARKING SPOT AND EMBARK ON YOUR JOURNEY.
THAT'S WHY WE WORK SO HARD TO BRING YOU THE MOST CONVENIENT PARKING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE THE BEST FIT FOR YOUR TRIP.
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS OR LEISURE, WHETHER YOUR VOYAGE STARTS FROM BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL OR WILLIAM P.
HOBBY AIRPORT, OUR PARKING TEAM AT VALET PARKING ECO PARK, ECO PARK TWO OR TERMINAL PARKING IS HERE TO GIVE YOU A FIRST CLASS EXPERIENCE WITH A BIG TEXAS SMILE.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT AND EVERY MOMENT IN BETWEEN WILL BE FILLED WITH GREAT MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
SO TRAVEL SMARTER, PARK SMARTER, AND GET MORE OF THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER.
IT'S NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO OFFER SERVICES INCLUDING RECREATION, HEALTH, LITERACY, LEARNING, AND TECHNOLOGY ALL IN ONE SPACE.
THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF TEAMWORK BETWEEN MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND A DRIVEN COMMUNITY.
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IT'S A GOOD DAY IN SOUTHWEST A TEXAS.Y'ALL LEMME JUST SAY GOOD MORNING, SPECIFICALLY TO A LEAVE.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING DAY HERE IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AS WE OPEN THE LONG AWAITED A E NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION, THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS FROM INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST THE UH, CENTER WE SEE TODAY, IT'S ALL COMING TO DISTRICT F BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THREE MAYORS AFTER THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS, UH, WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY.
WE FINALLY GOT A MEETING, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, TO DISCUSS THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
THE CITY PROPOSED AN INNOVATIVE IDEA, THREE DEPARTMENTS IN ONE LOCATION.
A LEAVE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS THE COMBINATION OF INCREDIBLE TEAMWORK BETWEEN MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE FIERCE ADVOCATES OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HOUSTON, THE A LEAVE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS, WELL, WHEN I CAME IN, IT WAS 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WHEN THE IDEA WAS PRESENTED TO MY ADMINISTRATION, I SAID THAT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH TIME TO, TO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF ALL THE IDEAS, THE WORK AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS DAY HAPPEN.
THAT'S GONNA DO IT FOR ME IN STUDIO, BUT JUST OUTSIDE OUR DOORS, HEB AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS ARE ALLOWING VISITORS INSIDE CITY HALL TO STEP BACK IN TIME WITH A SPECIAL EXHIBIT.
THE STEPPING BACK IN TIME PHOTO EXHIBIT WILL GIVE VISITORS A GLIMPSE IN THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HOUSTON DURING THIS TIME.
IT WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS PLAYED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
AND TODAY, ON BEHALF OF HEB, WE WANNA EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO PRESERVE THE COMMUNITIES, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED AND GETTING READY FOR THIS YEAR LONG JOURNEY.
THIS IS ONLY THE START, THE NEXT 40 DAYS OF HAVING THIS EXHIBIT.
POP A PICTURE AT THE ROTUNDA AT HOUSTON CITY HALL.
WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE? DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR FLAWS.
SUBSEQUENTLY, WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
AND I HEARD YOUR PEOPLE CAN BUILD BABEL LIKE TOWERS AND I HEARD YOUR PEOPLE ARE CRAFTSMEN OF STEEPLES TOGETHER.
OR PEOPLE CAN BUILD CATHEDRALS ONE PERSON AT A TIME BECAUSE WE ARE ALL REGULAR PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.