Third Ward Complete Communities

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Third Ward, located less than one mile southeast of downtown Houston, is one of Houston's most historic African American neighborhoods. The boundaries of the Complete Community area are consistent with the Super Neighborhood boundaries and span I-45 on the north, State Highway 288/I-69 on the west, Wheeler and Blodgett to the South, and along Texas Spur 5 on the east.

Created as one of the city's numbered political subdivisions shortly after Houston's founding in 1836, Third Ward is best known as a predominately African American community with a rich history and cultural legacy and a renewed sense of purpose and commitment.







Third Ward has been called the cradle of the city's civil rights movement because most of the social activism from the African American community grew out of Third Ward. Robert D. Bullard, a sociologist teaching at Texas Southern University, stated that Third Ward is "the city's most diverse black neighborhood and a microcosm of the larger black Houston community."







Greater 3rd Ward Super Neighborhood 67

Join us Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. for our Monthly SN67 meeting. The meeting is now Hybrid. You can join via Zoom or in Person. We look forward to seeing you again at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center, 3611 Ennis Street.

Please register for the meeting and upcoming meetings as well. https://bit.ly/SN67Meeting



Healthy Outdoor Communities

We hope to see you , TBA , at 6:00 pm during Healthy Outdoor Communities' bi-monthly community meeting via Zoom. The link to register for the meeting is shorturl. at/cgDKP. You will get a Google calendar invite to these meetings in the future.


You can see Zoom video recordings for these meetings in our shared Google folder HERE.




3rd Ward on Tap *TRE EDITION*

Postponed due to weather. May 11 is the new date.



Walking Toward Our Future

START YOUR WALK EARLY! MEET AT LAW HARRINGTON TO WALK TO CUNEY HOMES FRIDAY 8:45 AM, 2222 CLEBURNE STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77004

Let's walk from Law Harrington at 8:45 am, then to Cuney Homes Community Center by 9 am to pick up our friends, then onward to Doshi House - together!

EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, MEET AT CUNEY HOMES COMMUNITY CENTER AT 9 AM, 3260 TRUXILLO STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77004

Walk & Talk along the Columbia Tap Trail starting at 9 am and arrive at Doshi House after approximately 1.5 miles of walking and talking. Optional: a Ryde service is available for return, or you may walk back with us!



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Let's RYDE

Exciting News! Introducing RYDE's Free, Electric, On-Demand Third Ward Local Shuttle!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of RYDE's groundbreaking initiative in collaboration with Evolve Houston and Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz. Our 100% electric local shuttle is here to revolutionize mobility and accessibility for Houston's vibrant Third Ward community.


RYDE is transforming lives and fostering positive change by connecting residents to essential services, education, healthcare, employment opportunities, and public transit
.
Key Features:
  • Ride Circuit App: Seamlessly request rides and navigate the Third Ward using our user-friendly platform. It's simple and convenient!
  • Operating Hours: Our local shuttle runs from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, ensuring convenient transportation during regular business hours.
  • Eco-Friendly: RYDE's Third Ward Local Shuttle is 100% electric, promoting climate action and reducing carbon footprint. Together, we can make a difference!
  • But it doesn't stop there! RYDE's initiative also tackles pressing community issues:
  • Community Resiliency: We provide reliable and convenient transportation options, empowering residents and strengthening the community.
  • Food Deserts: RYDE connects residents to grocery stores, making accessing fresh and healthy food options easier and combating food deserts.
  • First-Last Mile Connectivity: Our on-demand shuttle fills the gap, ensuring residents can easily reach bus and train stops, reducing reliance on private vehicles.
Join us in spreading the word about RYDE and the Third Ward Local Shuttle! Let's showcase the success stories and opportunities emerging from Houston's Third Ward. Visit www.rydecompany.com/thirdward and download the Ride Circuit App to participate in this incredible initiative.


For more information, interviews, or images, please get in touch with us. We're here to help you share this important news with your audience. Let's shine a light on the accomplishments and positivity in Houston's Third Ward!
Contact: info@rydecompany.com









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 more 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




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/


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



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

l link)

Third Ward, located less than one mile southeast of downtown Houston, is one of Houston's most historic African American neighborhoods. The boundaries of the Complete Community area are consistent with the Super Neighborhood boundaries and span I-45 on the north, State Highway 288/I-69 on the west, Wheeler and Blodgett to the South, and along Texas Spur 5 on the east.

Created as one of the city's numbered political subdivisions shortly after Houston's founding in 1836, Third Ward is best known as a predominately African American community with a rich history and cultural legacy and a renewed sense of purpose and commitment.







Third Ward has been called the cradle of the city's civil rights movement because most of the social activism from the African American community grew out of Third Ward. Robert D. Bullard, a sociologist teaching at Texas Southern University, stated that Third Ward is "the city's most diverse black neighborhood and a microcosm of the larger black Houston community."







Greater 3rd Ward Super Neighborhood 67

Join us Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. for our Monthly SN67 meeting. The meeting is now Hybrid. You can join via Zoom or in Person. We look forward to seeing you again at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center, 3611 Ennis Street.

Please register for the meeting and upcoming meetings as well. https://bit.ly/SN67Meeting



Healthy Outdoor Communities

We hope to see you , TBA , at 6:00 pm during Healthy Outdoor Communities' bi-monthly community meeting via Zoom. The link to register for the meeting is shorturl. at/cgDKP. You will get a Google calendar invite to these meetings in the future.


You can see Zoom video recordings for these meetings in our shared Google folder HERE.




3rd Ward on Tap *TRE EDITION*

Postponed due to weather. May 11 is the new date.



Walking Toward Our Future

START YOUR WALK EARLY! MEET AT LAW HARRINGTON TO WALK TO CUNEY HOMES FRIDAY 8:45 AM, 2222 CLEBURNE STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77004

Let's walk from Law Harrington at 8:45 am, then to Cuney Homes Community Center by 9 am to pick up our friends, then onward to Doshi House - together!

EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, MEET AT CUNEY HOMES COMMUNITY CENTER AT 9 AM, 3260 TRUXILLO STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77004

Walk & Talk along the Columbia Tap Trail starting at 9 am and arrive at Doshi House after approximately 1.5 miles of walking and talking. Optional: a Ryde service is available for return, or you may walk back with us!



PLAN + PREPARE 2024



Let's RYDE

Exciting News! Introducing RYDE's Free, Electric, On-Demand Third Ward Local Shuttle!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of RYDE's groundbreaking initiative in collaboration with Evolve Houston and Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz. Our 100% electric local shuttle is here to revolutionize mobility and accessibility for Houston's vibrant Third Ward community.


RYDE is transforming lives and fostering positive change by connecting residents to essential services, education, healthcare, employment opportunities, and public transit
.
Key Features:
  • Ride Circuit App: Seamlessly request rides and navigate the Third Ward using our user-friendly platform. It's simple and convenient!
  • Operating Hours: Our local shuttle runs from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, ensuring convenient transportation during regular business hours.
  • Eco-Friendly: RYDE's Third Ward Local Shuttle is 100% electric, promoting climate action and reducing carbon footprint. Together, we can make a difference!
  • But it doesn't stop there! RYDE's initiative also tackles pressing community issues:
  • Community Resiliency: We provide reliable and convenient transportation options, empowering residents and strengthening the community.
  • Food Deserts: RYDE connects residents to grocery stores, making accessing fresh and healthy food options easier and combating food deserts.
  • First-Last Mile Connectivity: Our on-demand shuttle fills the gap, ensuring residents can easily reach bus and train stops, reducing reliance on private vehicles.
Join us in spreading the word about RYDE and the Third Ward Local Shuttle! Let's showcase the success stories and opportunities emerging from Houston's Third Ward. Visit www.rydecompany.com/thirdward and download the Ride Circuit App to participate in this incredible initiative.


For more information, interviews, or images, please get in touch with us. We're here to help you share this important news with your audience. Let's shine a light on the accomplishments and positivity in Houston's Third Ward!
Contact: info@rydecompany.com









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 more 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




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/


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



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

l link)

  • We Rise for Our Future: Cuney + 3rd Ward

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    Come for the food, fun, giveaways, games, and more as we celebrate the new Cuney Homes Basketball Court.

    Monday, February 27, from 4 pm to 6 pm at 3260 Truxillo Street, Houston, TX 77004

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  • 3rd Ward on Tap

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    3rd Ward on Tap - Trill Edition will be Saturday, March 11th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Slab Bike Parade, Scavenger Hunt, Bike Tours, Resource Fairs and Community are some of the events.

    We hope to see you there!

  • Cuney Homes Food Pantry

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  • Second Saturdays on The Row

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    Join Project Row Houses for Second Saturdays on The Row! On February 11 from 10am-1pm, you can shop local market vendors, access community resources, and explore the art houses.

    RSVP for cooking class: https://sforce.co/3ifgYN7

    For more info, contact lsholar@projectrowhouses.org or 713-742-2862.

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  • EEDC Open House

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    Come out and celebrate with Emancipation Economic Development Council (EEDC) new location and building. Sip and shop at the new office and learn about the programs and upcoming events. Also, don't forget to shop the Vendor Market.

    Saturday, January 28, 2023, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, located at 4212 Emancipation Avenue, Suite 2, Houston, TX 77004

    For more information: Alicia Neal - info@emancipationhouston.org, 713-416-5400

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  • Progress Report

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    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    Third Ward Complete Communities Progress Report

    The Third Ward Complete Communities Action Plan is 70% complete! The Education nd Economy & Jobs workgroups lead the way both at 88% completeness, followed by the Neighborhood Character workgroup at 80%, and the Mobility & Infrastructure at 77%. The Civic Engagement, Health, Housing, Parks & Community Amenities, and Safety workgroups need additional support.

    For more information, watch the Third Ward Complete Communities Progress Report July 2021 meeting in the video section of this webpage.

  • Affordable Homes For Third Ward Seniors to be Constructed with Disaster Recovery Funds

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    Homes destroyed by Hurricane Harvey will soon be replaced thanks to the Houston City Council unanimous approval for a $10.25 million dollar loan to construct The Citadel.

    Non-profit developers NHP Foundation and Change Happens Community Development Corporation will construct this affordable home development at 3345 Elgin Street. The property will consist of 74 studio and one-bedroom apartment units designed for low-to-moderate income seniors at different levels of household income. Each unit will be maintain affordability for 40 years with rents ranging from $343 - $963 per month, depending on unit size and household income.

    The property is close to neighborhood amenities such as grocery stores, a multi-service center, parks and schools. Serving low- to moderate-income seniors, certain numbers of units will be designated for different levels of income. Each unit will be made affordable for forty years, and net rents will range from $343 - $963 per month, depending on unit size and the household’s income.

    This development adds to the revitalization of the historic Third Ward community while providing seniors with access to key resources and services.

    The development adds to the revitalization of an historic area and will provide seniors with access to key resources, on-site services and amenities such as exercise classes, social events, and a food pantry.

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