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Alief-Westwood Complete Communities


Hello Community,

The final plan is here: Alief-Westwood Action Plan.


WHAT ARE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES?
Complete Communities works to improve Houston’s historically underserved neighborhoods by enhancing quality services and amenities by attracting private capital investment. The Complete Communities approach involves working closely with the residents of communities to understand their needs, identify new and existing community projects and opportunities, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration with partners across the city. Welcome to Houston Complete Communities (houstoncc.org)




What's happening in the community?




Keeping Alief Green

Barbara Quattro, President of the Alief Super Neighborhood, was honored with resolutions by Harris County and The City of Houston. These are well deserved, given Barbara's never-ending volunteer work, the most significant effort spearheading the planting of 10,000 trees over the last 20 years in the Alief Neighborhood. Barbara is a reminder to all who encounter her that we each have a responsibility to give more than we take. She says, “One person can’t do everything, but everyone can do something to improve the neighborhood.”

December 2023




Alief Super Neighborhood Council

The Alief Neighborhood Center is officially open! The Alief Super Neighborhood Council (ASNC) has actively worked since its inception (June 2000) to get this multi-service center and will change Alief! If you want to be part of improving Alief, sign up to join!

Aliefsuperneigborhood.org

Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm

Alief Neighborhood Center, 11903 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77072




Free Basic ESL Classes at Chancellor Elementary

For Adult Chancellor Families & Community Members


Come to the Family Center to sign up for ESL classes associated with Alief ISD. Classes are held Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For further information, visit the Family Center at Chancellor Elementary at 4350 Boone Rd. Or contact Mrs. Gladys Ofili at 281-983-8318 Ext. 20780




CenterPoint Energy's Agencies in Action Program

Provides...

You qualify if:

  • You are a residential customer of CenterPoint Energy Electric.
  • Your home is at least 16 years old.
  • Your annual household income qualifies you to meet income guidelines or receive benefits from a public assistance program.
  • (SNAP, Medical Assistance or Medicare, Supplemental Security Income, Public Housing, Children’s Health Insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)

GIVE US A CALL! (855-751-6432) or visit CenterPointEnergy.com/AgenciesinAction




Let’s Keep Alief Lit

Urban Forestry has begun servicing streetlights and overgrown tree canopies in District F. In some cases, the trees are blocking the streetlights. In other cases, the streetlights are out or are too dim. We need your help to identify additional areas of concern. To submit a service request form for your street, please use the link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id or DistrictF@houstontx.gov.

-November 2023


ALL LIGHTS ON, HOUSTON!


For more information on how to report light poles that are out or need maintenance, request a new light pole, and report tree canopy, please utilize the video below with CenterPoint, Public Works, and Urban Forestry. Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkBFT-4zLbI



HOT Team

The HOT Team assists with picking up scattered debris, removing heavy trash, tree waste, and illegal dumping, and handling specific landscaping issues. All requests for assistance from the HOT Team should be submitted via 311. The HOT Team makes pickups according to the following schedule:

1st Thursday - Sharpstown

2nd Thursday - St. George, Gulfton, and Richmond Plaza South

3rd Thursday - Braeburn Area

4th Thursday - Alief/Westwood

Let's keep our communities beautiful and clean by reporting illegal dumping to the HOT Team!



LISC Houston launched the Small Grants program in 2015 with a focus on making a direct impact within neighborhoods and bringing communities together. Since the inception of this program, now entering its eighth year, over 52,000 participants have organized 100s of projects that leveraged millions towards community building in Houston’s under-resourced neighborhoods. Through this initiative, we strongly encourage 501c3 and 501c4 groups and organizations to work with your community stakeholders and civic leaders to develop and submit project ideas between $500-$5,000 focused on community organizing, strengthening civic engagement, and addressing issues connected to Houston’s GO Neighborhoods five pillars.

Please visit the website to learn more: https://www.lisc.org/houston/what-we-do/community-development/small-grants/






Houston Toolbank

The Houston ToolBank is a nonprofit that provides fellow not-for-profit and community-focused organizations year-round access to an inventory of tools and equipment for use in projects, programs, and events. We provide tools to enhance the charitable sector’s capacity to serve, scale, and facilitate hands-on volunteerism. Access to ToolBank tools eliminates the need for agencies to incur the expense of purchasing, insuring, repairing, and storing tools, reducing the costs associated with service projects and allowing these agencies to focus more resources on their mission. We have a warehouse of 299 tool types and more than 15,000 tools, from essential items like shovels and hammers to oversized ticket items like generators, pressure washers, and high-quality power tools. To support the evolving needs of our community partners, we have added event equipment like a portable riser, folding tables and chairs, and lawn games. We have begun formalizing school partnerships and disaster programs.


Organizations can sign up to become ToolBank members at our website. www.houstontoolbank.org


Alief-Westwood Complete Communities


Hello Community,

The final plan is here: Alief-Westwood Action Plan.


WHAT ARE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES?
Complete Communities works to improve Houston’s historically underserved neighborhoods by enhancing quality services and amenities by attracting private capital investment. The Complete Communities approach involves working closely with the residents of communities to understand their needs, identify new and existing community projects and opportunities, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration with partners across the city. Welcome to Houston Complete Communities (houstoncc.org)




What's happening in the community?




Keeping Alief Green

Barbara Quattro, President of the Alief Super Neighborhood, was honored with resolutions by Harris County and The City of Houston. These are well deserved, given Barbara's never-ending volunteer work, the most significant effort spearheading the planting of 10,000 trees over the last 20 years in the Alief Neighborhood. Barbara is a reminder to all who encounter her that we each have a responsibility to give more than we take. She says, “One person can’t do everything, but everyone can do something to improve the neighborhood.”

December 2023




Alief Super Neighborhood Council

The Alief Neighborhood Center is officially open! The Alief Super Neighborhood Council (ASNC) has actively worked since its inception (June 2000) to get this multi-service center and will change Alief! If you want to be part of improving Alief, sign up to join!

Aliefsuperneigborhood.org

Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm

Alief Neighborhood Center, 11903 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77072




Free Basic ESL Classes at Chancellor Elementary

For Adult Chancellor Families & Community Members


Come to the Family Center to sign up for ESL classes associated with Alief ISD. Classes are held Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For further information, visit the Family Center at Chancellor Elementary at 4350 Boone Rd. Or contact Mrs. Gladys Ofili at 281-983-8318 Ext. 20780




CenterPoint Energy's Agencies in Action Program

Provides...

You qualify if:

  • You are a residential customer of CenterPoint Energy Electric.
  • Your home is at least 16 years old.
  • Your annual household income qualifies you to meet income guidelines or receive benefits from a public assistance program.
  • (SNAP, Medical Assistance or Medicare, Supplemental Security Income, Public Housing, Children’s Health Insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)

GIVE US A CALL! (855-751-6432) or visit CenterPointEnergy.com/AgenciesinAction




Let’s Keep Alief Lit

Urban Forestry has begun servicing streetlights and overgrown tree canopies in District F. In some cases, the trees are blocking the streetlights. In other cases, the streetlights are out or are too dim. We need your help to identify additional areas of concern. To submit a service request form for your street, please use the link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id or DistrictF@houstontx.gov.

-November 2023


ALL LIGHTS ON, HOUSTON!


For more information on how to report light poles that are out or need maintenance, request a new light pole, and report tree canopy, please utilize the video below with CenterPoint, Public Works, and Urban Forestry. Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkBFT-4zLbI



HOT Team

The HOT Team assists with picking up scattered debris, removing heavy trash, tree waste, and illegal dumping, and handling specific landscaping issues. All requests for assistance from the HOT Team should be submitted via 311. The HOT Team makes pickups according to the following schedule:

1st Thursday - Sharpstown

2nd Thursday - St. George, Gulfton, and Richmond Plaza South

3rd Thursday - Braeburn Area

4th Thursday - Alief/Westwood

Let's keep our communities beautiful and clean by reporting illegal dumping to the HOT Team!



LISC Houston launched the Small Grants program in 2015 with a focus on making a direct impact within neighborhoods and bringing communities together. Since the inception of this program, now entering its eighth year, over 52,000 participants have organized 100s of projects that leveraged millions towards community building in Houston’s under-resourced neighborhoods. Through this initiative, we strongly encourage 501c3 and 501c4 groups and organizations to work with your community stakeholders and civic leaders to develop and submit project ideas between $500-$5,000 focused on community organizing, strengthening civic engagement, and addressing issues connected to Houston’s GO Neighborhoods five pillars.

Please visit the website to learn more: https://www.lisc.org/houston/what-we-do/community-development/small-grants/






Houston Toolbank

The Houston ToolBank is a nonprofit that provides fellow not-for-profit and community-focused organizations year-round access to an inventory of tools and equipment for use in projects, programs, and events. We provide tools to enhance the charitable sector’s capacity to serve, scale, and facilitate hands-on volunteerism. Access to ToolBank tools eliminates the need for agencies to incur the expense of purchasing, insuring, repairing, and storing tools, reducing the costs associated with service projects and allowing these agencies to focus more resources on their mission. We have a warehouse of 299 tool types and more than 15,000 tools, from essential items like shovels and hammers to oversized ticket items like generators, pressure washers, and high-quality power tools. To support the evolving needs of our community partners, we have added event equipment like a portable riser, folding tables and chairs, and lawn games. We have begun formalizing school partnerships and disaster programs.


Organizations can sign up to become ToolBank members at our website. www.houstontoolbank.org

Consultation has concluded

  • Forum Park Ribbon Cutting

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    The Westwood community is excited about its new park improvements. On Saturday, March 11, Houston Parks Board and 50/50 Partners, Houston Parks and Recreation, Mayor Sylvester Turner, and GH Partnership celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Forum Park. The day was filled with love and laughter as children played soccer on the brand-new mini-pitch, and community members spoke about the importance of the 50/50 Park Project and its impacts on the Houston community. Thank you again to all the community members and stakeholders who attended the listening sessions to help make these park improvements come to reality.

  • Harwin Park Improvements Celebration

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    Thank you to all the community members who provided input on the park at our Community Listening Session and for providing feedback in the 2021 survey. Based on community suggestions and available funding, the improvements at Harwin Park include added lighting, a new picnic pavilion, a new exercise station, improved walkways, and a new playground. Special thanks to our 50/50 Park Partner, Community Health Choice, for their commitment to supporting long-term stewardship and engagement for this park.


    https://youtu.be/cVAUvwDNI6U

  • Alief Neighborhood Center Grand Opening

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    Starting the new year with a new center!

    Please join Mayor Sylvester Turner for Alief Neighborhood Center grand opening. There will be food, music and activities so come out on

    Saturday, January 14, 2023, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at 11903 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, Texas 77072

  • Alief Is Getting LIT

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    Lead Planner Bennie Chambers III with the Community & Regional Planning Division and District F partnered together for a street light field trip to survey the community. “The All Lights On, Houston!” campaign was launched in December 2021 to educate communities on how to report light poles that are out or need maintenance, to request a new light pole, and to report tree canopy.


    Public safety is more than police. It's also about how we create safe public spaces. As for many of us know streetlights are a critical amenity. They make residents feel safer and more comfortable.


    District F shared a survey in their newsletter and your results included a few more known locations. Here's what we are learning:

    • Cook between Alief Clodine to Bissonnett is DARK.
    • Wellington Park has tree canopies that need to be trimmed and very limited lighting in the area.
    • High Star from Cook to Wilcrest has tree canopies that need to be trimmed.
    • Meadowcroft to Buttercup needs lighting too.
    • Harwin Park has very limited lighting and the lighting that exists is dim.

    If you have a street light recommendation buzz districtf@houstontx.gov or Bennie.ChambersIII@houstontx.gov


    It's LIT in District F (or will be).

  • Designing for Impact

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    Thank you all for your time and commitment to the Designing for Impact series. Over 400 people and 12 design teams participated at these meetings to facilitate the dreams, needs, and priorities of the Houston Complete Communities. In the case you were unable to attend or participate, we welcome you to review the recommendations by viewing: Designing for Impact: Part 1 and Part 2.




    • Alief-Westwood (1) / Corgan (Part 1, 23:44)
    • Alief-Westwood (2) / PGAL (Part 2, 37:11)


    The City of Houston is exceptionally grateful for the engagement of AIA Houston and the Houston Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) to have provided implementation strategies of the Complete Communities Action Plans. The ownership, use, and copies of the presentations and submitted designs are reserved and retained by AIA Houston and the City of Houston’s Complete Communities. However, the collaborative effort and work is not done.


    Complete Communities focuses on capital projects and strategic programming that eliminate structural barriers and improve the quality of life for Houston’s most vulnerable populations, and the presentations made on April 24, 2021, supported the work to attract new development and expand resources throughout the neighborhoods.