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GOAL: Beautiful Neighborhood
Sources: NST/CC Meeting
Organize community cleanups
- ACTION STEPS: Organize neighborhood cleanup events, including along Buffalo Bayou; Collaborate with neighborhood schools and civic organizations to establish neighborhood volunteer teams
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Advocate
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Solid Waste Department | Role: Organize, Support
Community Connectors: Keep Houston Beautiful, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, East End District | Role: Support
Promote proper trash placement and collection
- ACTION STEPS: Develop a campaign to publicize heavy trash schedules and policies to ensure residents are well-informed and facilitate proper trash collection
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Solid Waste Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: Area Civic Organizations | Role: Outreach
Create a 311 campaign
- ACTION STEPS: Create a bilingual outreach campaign to encourage residents to report potholes, illegal dumping, graffiti, noise, signs (including political signs) and other nuisances to 311; Include information on how to use 311
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach, Advocate
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Office of International Communities, ARA | Role: Outreach, Support
Community Connectors: Area Civic Organizations, District I | Role: Outreach, Advocate
Increase the tree canopy
- ACTION STEPS: Partner with Trees for Houston, the East End District, civic organizations, and others to plant trees across the neighborhood; Prioritize screening industrial facilities adjacent to residential land uses, such as along 73rd St, 74th St, and 75th St between Harrisburg Blvd and Canal St; Identify areas to plant Magnolia trees to honor the history of the neighborhood
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach, Advocate, Implement
City: Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities | Role: Support
Community Connectors: Trees for Houston, East End District, Youth Organizations
GOAL: History and Culture of the Neighborhood is Preserved and Celebrated
Sources: TIRZ/CC Meeting
Preserve historic buildings and explore new uses, including cultural facilities
- ACTION STEPS: Establish partnerships with public and private entities to develop strategies and plans to support and fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, and repurposing of historic structures in the neighborhood as cultural and community resources that celebrate Mexican/Mexican American history, such as the Magnolia Park City Hall building or Rufus Cage Elementary School
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park / Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Plan, Advocate
City: Planning and Development Department, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Housing and Community Development Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: East End District, East End Cultural District, Preservation Houston, TIRZ #23 | Role: Support
Celebrate historic sites
- ACTION STEPS: Survey the historical buildings and sites in the neighborhood to identify locations for historical markers or National Historic Landmark status, such as the Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery (1883), Glendale Cemetery (1826), Brady’s Island, Magnolia Park City Hall, the Port Authority building, and historic buildings along Harrisburg
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park / Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Plan, Advocate
City: Planning and Development Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: East End District, East End Cultural District, Harris County, Glendale Cemetery Association | Role: Support, Advocate
PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS BELOW
GOAL: Beautiful Neighborhood
Sources: NST/CC Meeting
Organize community cleanups
- ACTION STEPS: Organize neighborhood cleanup events, including along Buffalo Bayou; Collaborate with neighborhood schools and civic organizations to establish neighborhood volunteer teams
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Advocate
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Solid Waste Department | Role: Organize, Support
Community Connectors: Keep Houston Beautiful, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, East End District | Role: Support
Promote proper trash placement and collection
- ACTION STEPS: Develop a campaign to publicize heavy trash schedules and policies to ensure residents are well-informed and facilitate proper trash collection
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Solid Waste Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: Area Civic Organizations | Role: Outreach
Create a 311 campaign
- ACTION STEPS: Create a bilingual outreach campaign to encourage residents to report potholes, illegal dumping, graffiti, noise, signs (including political signs) and other nuisances to 311; Include information on how to use 311
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach, Advocate
City: Department of Neighborhoods, Office of International Communities, ARA | Role: Outreach, Support
Community Connectors: Area Civic Organizations, District I | Role: Outreach, Advocate
Increase the tree canopy
- ACTION STEPS: Partner with Trees for Houston, the East End District, civic organizations, and others to plant trees across the neighborhood; Prioritize screening industrial facilities adjacent to residential land uses, such as along 73rd St, 74th St, and 75th St between Harrisburg Blvd and Canal St; Identify areas to plant Magnolia trees to honor the history of the neighborhood
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park/Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Outreach, Advocate, Implement
City: Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities | Role: Support
Community Connectors: Trees for Houston, East End District, Youth Organizations
GOAL: History and Culture of the Neighborhood is Preserved and Celebrated
Sources: TIRZ/CC Meeting
Preserve historic buildings and explore new uses, including cultural facilities
- ACTION STEPS: Establish partnerships with public and private entities to develop strategies and plans to support and fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, and repurposing of historic structures in the neighborhood as cultural and community resources that celebrate Mexican/Mexican American history, such as the Magnolia Park City Hall building or Rufus Cage Elementary School
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park / Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Plan, Advocate
City: Planning and Development Department, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Housing and Community Development Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: East End District, East End Cultural District, Preservation Houston, TIRZ #23 | Role: Support
Celebrate historic sites
- ACTION STEPS: Survey the historical buildings and sites in the neighborhood to identify locations for historical markers or National Historic Landmark status, such as the Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery (1883), Glendale Cemetery (1826), Brady’s Island, Magnolia Park City Hall, the Port Authority building, and historic buildings along Harrisburg
COORDINATION
Community: Magnolia Park / Manchester NST | Role: Organize, Plan, Advocate
City: Planning and Development Department | Role: Support
Community Connectors: East End District, East End Cultural District, Harris County, Glendale Cemetery Association | Role: Support, Advocate