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WELCOME TO THIS EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT, HELPING TO ASSURE HOUSTON REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION AND EVERYDAY USE OF CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.ELECTRIC VEHICLES COMPRISE ABOUT 8% OF ALL VEHICLES SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
UH, HERE IN HOUSTON, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST 50% OF ALL NEW VEHICLES SOLD IN 2030 ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ALL WHILE ENSURING THAT EVERY HOUSTONIAN BENEFITS FROM THE TRANSITION REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE.
EQUITY IS AT THE CORNER AT THE CORE OF OUR EFFORTS, AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS.
NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO, THE CITY DEVELOPED A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, THROUGH WHICH EVOLVE HOUSTON WAS FORMED.
IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WE AMBITIOUSLY AIMED FOR 30% OF ALL CARS SOLD IN HOUSTON TO BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
AS WE WORK WITH EVOLVE, PUSHING FORWARD A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE FOR ELECTRIFYING OUR OWN FLEET, WE HAVE SEEN GROWING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE RAISED THE BAR FOR OURSELVES AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HIT 50%, THE 50% MARK BY 2030.
AND ONE OF, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, PRIYA ZACHARIA, WHO WAS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, PRIYA, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE GARY GLASGOW, WHO WAS OVER THE FLEET DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
ONE OF MY VISIONS WHEN WE DEVELOPED A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS TO CONVERT 100% OF THE CITY'S NON-EMERGENCY LIGHT DUTY VEHICLE FLEET TO EV TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.
AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO DOING THAT WITH MORE THAN 400 HYBRID ELECTRIC AND BATTERY ELECTRIC CITY OF HOUSTON VEHICLES ALREADY ON THE ROADS.
TODAY, WE WILL MEET OUR GOAL AND THIS CITY WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE ENERGY TRANSITION BY EXAMPLE, ALONG WITH EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
COLLABORATION IS THE KEY TO ADVANCING THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT IS WHY PARTNERSHIPS LIKE EVOLVE HOUSTON ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT.
WE RECOGNIZED THIS IMPORTANCE IN 2019, AND WE TOOK ACTION.
WE CAME TOGETHER WITH CENTER POINT ENERGY, NRG ENERGY SHELL, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON TO FORM EVOLVE, AND WE ARE PROUD TO WORK TOGETHER WITH SUPPORTIVE PLAYERS TO ACHIEVE OUR MUTUAL GOALS.
TODAY WE CELEBRATED MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT OF EVOLVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FOUNDING MEMBERS AND CORPORATE SPONSORS.
EVOLV HOUSTON HAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ITS E MOBILITY MICRO-GRANT GRANT INITIATIVE THAT LEVERAGES AN EXCITING TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY WITH EVS AND IS TURNING COMMUNITY CONSULTING UPSIDE DOWN BY HONORING AND RESPECTING COMMUNITY BASED IDEAS AND PROJECTS.
THIS MICRO GRANT PROGRAM HAS BECOME AN ENORMOUSLY EFFECTIVE GRASSROOTS EFFORT SUPPORTING 13 LOCAL EV PROJECTS THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVES SUCH AS THIS, NOT ONLY HELPING REDUCING EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO ADDRESS ESSENTIAL MOBILITY AND CREATE ACCESS, HELPING MAKE, MAKE COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT.
THIS IS AN ALIGNMENT, UH, WITH OUR PLAN RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN LAUNCH IN 2020 AS WELL.
BUT BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THESE INAUGURAL MICRO GRANTS, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF EVOL WHO WITHOUT THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND FAITH IN THIS PROGRAM, NONE OF THIS WOULD EVEN BE POSSIBLE TODAY.
AND JOINING ME TODAY AND, AND LET ME APOLOGIZE IF I MESS UP YOUR NAMES, UH, BUT JOINING ME TODAY, ANDRE
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MICHELLE ANDRE LINDA CLEMONS WITH NRG RENA HARRIS WITH SENIOR CENTER POINT ENERGY, AND DR.KRISNA MURPHY, UH, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON GOKU, GO COS
AND I WANT US TO GIVE AND GIVE A STRONG HAND TO SHELL, NRG CENTER POINT ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FOR BEING THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF EVOL, YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
AND OUR CITY IS CERTAINLY ON DISPLAY TODAY.
THE E MOBILITY MICRO GRANT INITIATIVE HAD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM TWO LARGE AND VERY INFLUENTIAL CORPORATIONS IN OUR REGION EVOLVE, COINED THE TERM CORPORATE CATALYST, AND THEY HAVE COME THROUGH IN A BIG WAY TO MAKE THESE MICRO GRANTS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY GM WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.
BUT WE DO WANT TO FORMALLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO GM AND BP.
AND BP IN LARGE PART, UH, HELPED US WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
TODAY, BP IS REPRESENTED BY JESSICA KEMP, WEST.
JESSICA RIGHT BEHIND YOU GUYS.
JESSICA HAS BEEN WITH US, UH, TWO TIMES TODAY,
AND ALSO THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR GLASGOW, DIRECTOR BUGS AND DIRECTOR ZACHARIA.
WITHOUT THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTING THIS INITIATIVE AND NETWORKING WITHIN EACH COMPLETE COMMUNITY, THIS INITIATIVE WOULD'VE NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE.
PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO DIRECTOR GLASGOW, DIRECTOR BUGS AND DIRECTOR ZACHARIA, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS CHABA, UH, FOR HER FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE THE MICRO TRANSIT, UH, PROJECT HAPPENING IN DISTRICT D.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A STRONG SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS CHABA.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL FROM DAY ONE.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY, UH, FOR EIGHT YEARS TOGETHER, AND WE ARE GOING TO END THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER.
SO PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO DAVID ROBINSON, WHO HAS BEEN TIRELESS WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION.
THE ADVANCEMENT AND BENEFITS OF EV TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO ONLY AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR HOU HOUSEHOLDS.
THE E EVOLVE MICRO GRANT INITIATIVE IS INTENDED TO BREAK DOWN THIS BARRIER.
IN THIS INAUGURAL YEAR, THE INITIATIVE IS SUPPORTING 13 LOCAL EV RELATED PROJECTS THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
IN A MOMENT, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE ROUND ONE E MOBILITY MICRO GRANT AWARD WINNERS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED GRANTS TO BRING EQUITY TO ENERGY TRANSITION IN HOUSTON'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
I'VE HAD THIS VISION FOR SOME TIME, AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH EVOL, UH, TO HELP BRING THIS VISION TO REALITY.
I WOULD BE REMISS, UH, NOT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF EVOL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED, THE EMPLOYEES, THE STAFF, UH, OF, UH, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO EVOLVE.
SO AT THIS TIME, LET ME, LET ME NOW, UH, YIELD, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABA, UH, FOR HER REMARKS.
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK, UM, UM, SHORTLY AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER, OH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR
OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY, AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER UNDER YOUR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP.
HOUSTON IS NOT JESS EMBRACING AN ENERGY TRANSFORMATION, BUT IS DOING SO WITH EQUITY AT ITS CORE, THE DEDICATION TO ENSURE THAT EVERY HOUSTONIAN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR BACKGROUND BENEFITS FROM
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THESE ADVANCEMENTS IS TRULY COMMENDABLE.AND IN THIS SHARED VISION, THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF EVOLVE HOUSTON, OH GOD, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT EVOLVE HOUSTON.
I GET SO MANY WONDERFUL COMPLIMENTS AND ACCOLADES FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, SOMETHING THAT WE SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED THROUGH THAT RIDE PROGRAM.
AND IT IS THE SHARED VISION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CASEY BROWN CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH.
BEING A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THIRD WARD, WHICH I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE ENTIRE AREA, THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, I CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN ITS JOURNEY, ITS STORIES, ITS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, AND IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE ON THE MAP FOR ME.
I HAVE WORKED AND LIVED IN DISTRICT D ALL OF MY LIFE, AND IT'S MY HOME AND MY HERITAGE, AND IT IT FILLS ME WITH IMMENSE PRIDE TO WITNESS SUCH A TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UH, PEOPLE GETTING FROM PLACE TO PLACE IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I CAN'T GET TO THE DOCTOR, I CAN'T GET TO THE GROCERY STORE.
SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SO FORTUNATE THAT I CAN GO AND JUMP IN MY CAR AND RIDE, BUT IT MAY BE A DAY THAT I CAN'T.
AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST SENIORS, IT'S YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS SERVICE.
AND SO I AM SO VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF IT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE IT CONTINUE TO MOVE AND HELP PEOPLE TO GET TO THOSE PLACES THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO GET TO.
AND SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT DOES NO GOOD TO PUT THEM IN PLACE AND THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EXIST.
AND SO IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO GET IT HERE, BUT WE ARE GONNA PUT THE ONUS ON YOU TO GET THE WORD OUT.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WILL NOW ACKNOWLEDGE OUR 13 MICRO GRANT AWARD WINNERS FOR ROUND ONE OF THE E MOBILITY INITIATIVE, AND I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE EVOLVE, UH, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CASEY BROWN.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M STANDING UP HERE AMONGST THE STAR-STUDDED CAST.
SO EXCITED TO, UH, TO TAKE US INTO THIS.
THE E MOBILITY MICRO-GRANT INITIATIVE IS PART OF EVOLVE HOUSTON'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING EQUITY PROGRAM AT EVOLVE HOUSTON, OUR MISSION'S TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION.
THROUGH EV ADOPTION, THIS INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR OUR SPONSORS TO LEVERAGE EV TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT CHANGES LIVES FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS, SHELL, NRG ENERGY, CENTERPOINT ENERGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE DEVELOPED THIS INITIATIVE WITH A UNIQUE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM THAT BRINGS CORPORATE FUNDING TO GRASSROOTS PROJECTS WITH UNPARALLELED EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
I WANNA TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED.
FIRST, I WANNA THANK OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN EVOLVE HOUSTON.
WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY SHARING THIS EXCITING IMPACT AND SUCCESS WITHOUT THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT.
NEXT, I WANNA THANK OUR CORPORATE CATALYST, GM AND BP FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND INVESTMENTS.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH US TO DELIVER THIS GREAT INITIATIVE INTO THE FUTURE.
I WANNA THANK HOUSTON COMPLETE COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR PUBLIC AWARENESS PARTNERSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY BASED LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES, WE CALL 'EM COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS IN THIS INITIATIVE, WHO EVALUATED ALL THE APPLICATIONS, REPRESENTED THEIR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR AWARD WINNERS.
MOST OF THE EV, MOST OF THE EV BASED PROJECTS THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE MARKET TODAY ARE FOLLOWING EV PURCHASES.
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE LEADING, THEY'RE COMBINING CREATIVITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH AN ACUTE AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND PRIORITIES TO CHANGE LIVES AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF EV TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION THROUGHOUT HOUSTON.
I'M EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS FIRST ROUND THAT 73% OF OUR APPLICATIONS CAME FROM HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
100% OF THE FUNDING WENT INTO THESE COMMUNITIES.
YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE
THE FACT IS THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF GREAT PROJECTS WAITING, UH, FOR INVESTMENT.
WE RAPIDLY SURPASSED OUR INITIAL APPLICATION GOAL.
WHEN APPLICATIONS INITIALLY OPENED, THE INITIAL APPLICATIONS COLLECTIVELY UNCOVERED AN ESTIMATED $3 MILLION IN IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED, WE DISCOVERED THAT GREAT INTEREST IN EV TECHNOLOGY IS IN ALL PARTS OF HOUSTON.
NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE EACH GRANT WINNER.
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IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY FROM OUR GRANT WINNERS, PLEASE STAND UP SO YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED.WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE SOME APPLAUSE AT THE VERY END, UH, WHEN I FINISH ANNOUNCING THEM.
ALRIGHT, HERE'S THE OFFICIAL ROUND ONE E MOBILITY MICRO-GRANT INITIATIVE RECIPIENTS ALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHO PUTS ON YOUTH ADVOCACY AND A CHARGING STATION IN THE GULFTON AREA.
THIRD WARD REAL ESTATE COUNCIL AND NORTHERN THIRD WARD NEIGHBORHOOD IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT.
INCLUSION OF AN INTERACTIVE MOBILITY HUB TO ILLUSTRATE HOW VARIOUS FORMS OF ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION AND EV INFRASTRUCTURE CAN FUNCTION IN THE THIRD WARD AS PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THROUGH REAL ESTATE.
THE COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IS USING E-BIKES AND A CHARGING STATION IN THE FIFTH WARD.
EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION HAS AN EV CHARGING STATION INSTALLATION AND GREEN ENERGY AWARENESS AT THE EDISON CENTER.
A COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT IN FORT BEND.
GROW HAS AN EV EDUCATION OUTREACH SERIES OF EVENTS PROMOTING GREEN ENERGY CAREERS IN YOUTH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
HIRA CLARK FORT BEND, HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS A BIKE SHARE PROGRAM IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON.
A TOOL TO INCREASE MO MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON WHILE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO EXPLORE OUR PARKS AND TRAILS.
HOUSTON SOUTHEAST HAS AN EXPANSION OF ITS EXISTING RIDESHARE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER USING THEIR FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THE DISTRICT OFFERED FREE AND REDUCED RIDES AS A SOLUTION TO MITIGATE PARKING CONGESTION WHILE IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
PANGEA CHARGING IS INSTALLING ONE EV CHARGER IN TWO DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITHIN HOUSTON.
COMPLETE COMMUNITIES RIDE IS PROVIDING A NO COST EV MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE THIRD WARD.
THEY HAVE TWO SHUTTLES RUNNING AND I JUST GOT WORD THAT THEY RECENTLY SURPASSED 2000 PASSENGERS SINCE JUNE 19TH.
SEAN R. OWENS IS WITH ELECTRIC EATS AND E-BIKE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE FROM THE THIRD WARD FOOD PANTRIES TO ITS SENIOR UNDERSERVED AND IMMOBILE CITIZENS.
SOUTH UNION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS WORKING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR GREEN ENERGY CAREERS.
THE REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM ACRONYM, THE ROCK CHURCH BROADWAY CAMPUS IS INSTALLING A DC FAST CHARGER IN SOUTH HOUSTON NEAR THE HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT AREA.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN IS PROVIDING NO COST EV CHARGING STATION INSTALLATION ON CAMPUS.
PLEASE JOIN ME AND, AND UP HERE, THE LEADERS UP HERE IN GIVING THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND I'LL YIELD BACK TO MAYOR TURNER.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL, UH, OF THESE MICRO GRANT, UH, WINNERS TODAY.
AND IT'S, IT IS EXCITING NEWS.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OUTSIDE
UM, I THINK I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL GO OUTSIDE.
AND LOOK AT ONE OF THE ELECTRIC MICRO TRANSIT VEHICLES, UH, THAT RIDE HAS BEEN PROVIDING FOR THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY AFTER A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL ROUND ONE.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT GM AND BP HAVE NOT ONLY CONTINUED INVESTMENTS INTO ROUND TWO, BUT THEY HAVE BOTH INCREASED THEIR INVESTMENTS SUBSTANTIALLY.
AND IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THE ROUND TWO APPLICATION PERIOD.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED AS WELL AS DONATIONS FROM OTHER CORPORATE SPONSORS WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS JOURNEY WITH EVOLVE HOUSTON.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON EVOLVE'S FOUNDING MEMBERS AND THESE COOP CORPORATE, UH, CORPORATE SPONSORS.
SO VISIT, APPLY, UH, WE CAN VISIT APPLY DOT EVOLVE HOUSTON.ORG, APPLY DOT EVOLVE HOUSTON.ORG TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AND VISIT EVOLVE'S WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ROUND TWO OF THE E MOBILITY MICRO GRANT INITIATIVE.
NOW, BEFORE WE HEAD OUTSIDE, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL THE ROUND ONE WINNERS, UH, TO THE STAGE.
IF YOU'LL START MAKING YOUR WAY IN FRONT, I KNOW IT'S A NUMBER OF YOU, UM, TO THE STAGE FOR A QUICK GROUP
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PHOTO OP, AND THEN I'LL INVITE THE MEDIA AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TO JOIN US OUTSIDE.UH, TO SEE ONE OF THE RIDE MICRO TRANSIT VEHICLES.
AND AGAIN, A VERY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EVOLVE EVOLVES FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATE CATALYST, OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, UH, HOUSTON COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO OUR AWARD WINNERS WHO EMBODY THE CREATIVITY TO PUT TOGETHER LEADING EV BASED PROJECTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND BEFORE I FINISH, WHAT DID SANDRA HINES GO? THERE SHE IS RIGHT THERE.
LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE SANDRA HINES, THE MAYOR FROM SUNNYSIDE, WHO IS HERE, MAYOR HINES.
LET ME WELCOME YOU TO, UH, THE MAYOR'S DOMAIN HERE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I STILL GOT THE SHOE, SO, UM, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
UM, UH, SANDRA HINES FROM, FROM STANLEY SIDE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE THIS PICTURE.