Houston Tomorrow – Plan Houston vote Wed, TPC vote on TIP Fri – Livability News – Sep 22, 2015

Houston’s first general plan establishes a vision, strategies and goals to guide Houston’s future. When adopted, it will be instructions for every employee of the City of Houston for what they should seek to achieve in their work.

Council is scheduled to vote on Plan Houston tomorrow, Sep 23.

Please email your council representatives right now and let them know that you support Plan Houston and want them to vote yes.

Revised draft of PlanHouston PDF

The Center for Opportunity Urbanism recently released a report by Tory Gattis, Maximizing Opportunity Urbanism With Robin Hood Planning, which advocates various policies to increase economic opportunity for disadvantaged residents…However, the report primarily advocates more automobile dependency and sprawl, and the research Gattis uses to justify his conclusions is terrible.

The report’s main argument is that Smart Growth policies reduce affordability, ignoring extensive research…which indicates that total housing and transport costs tend to be lowest in compact, multi-modal neighborhoods.

Come hear the major candidates discuss their views on Houston’s newcomprehensive general plan. Moderated by Craig Cohen of Houston Public Media, “Houston Matters”.Co-sponsored by Blueprint Houston, AARP, American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Landscape Architects Houston Chapter, American Planning Association Houston Section, BikeHouston, CEC, Citizens’ Transportation Coalition, Complete Streets Coalition, Houston Tomorrow, League of Women Voters, and the Superneighborhood Alliance.

Free and open to the public.