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  Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

  
  

  Mayor Parker gets some help filling the bags she will leave out for local postal carriers to pickup this Saturday for their annual Stamp Out Hunger Food drive.

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  Houston Homeless Registry Week

  
  

  Join your neighbors as they fan out across the city to find and survey the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets. The data gathered through this effort will give local community groups critical information that will help them catalyze systems change and begin housing members of Houston's homeless population quickly.

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  Local No Texting While Driving Campaign

  
  

  Mayor Annise Parker utilized the start of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month to kick off It Can Wait, Houston, a local anti-texting while driving public awareness campaign. The mayor’s campaign will utilize social media, broad-based community activism and broadcast media to get its message out.

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  Post Oak Rapid Transit and Memorial Park Reforesting

  
  

  Mayor Annise Parker today announced details of a plan that will provide funding for Memorial Park improvements and construction of a mass transit corridor on Post Oak Boulevard. The plan relies on City Council approval of the extension of the boundaries of the Uptown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #16, which currently encompasses the Galleria and surrounding area.

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  Houston's First Poet Laureate

  
  

  Mayor Annise D. Parker and Houston Public Library (HPL) Director Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson today announced that award-winning author and poet Gwendolyn Zepeda has been selected as Houston’s first Poet Laureate. Zepeda will represent the city by creating excitement about poetry through outreach, programs, teaching, and written work.

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  100 Millionth METRORail Boarding

  
  

  METRORail's 18 light-rail vehicles have traveled more than four million miles (the equivalent of five trips to the moon and back) recording 100 million boardings in the process. METRORail reached this milestone four years ahead of schedule, on April 9.

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  New Convention Center Hotel Agreement

  
  

  Coming in Spring 2016! Houston's new convention center hotel, the agreement for which was announced in the City Hall Rotunda on April 9.

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  Keep Houston Beautiful Day

  
  

  Keep Houston Beautiful Day was held on Saturday, April 6. This year, KHB worked with the Texas Department of Transportation's "Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off" campaign, The Office of Congressman Gene Green, City Council District D, City Council Distict K, and the OST/South Union GO Neighborhoods.

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  Find your city of Houston Career via Facebook

  
  

  Being part of the city workforce is more than just doing a job – it's like being part of a family. Join our family as we work toward making Houston a better place to live. Follow us on Facebook for job tips, notices and more.

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  Grade Our Work!

  
  

  Whether it's new sidewalks, pothole patches or street repairs, we always strive to get the job done right, but we are human and there may be times when we make mistakes. Did we get it right on your street? Grade our Work with a call to the 3-1-1 Citizens Helpline or a comment to the Public Works and Engineering's Facebook page. Just click this graphic!

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