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Mayor Turner Announces Winners of Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition 

Mayor Turner Announces Winners of Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition  2022 Liftoff Houston grand prize winners are from left: Natasha Roberts, ActIVate Drip Spa (Service category); Aditya Aggarwal, Maritime XR (Innovation category); and Hannah Le, RE.STATEMENT (Product category). HOUSTON – Three startup entrepreneurs each…

Public Encouraged to Vote for Favorite Snow Plow Design

Public Encouraged to Vote for Favorite Snow Plow Design The winning school will be announced on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Post Date:10/26/2022 4:56 PM Leesburg, VA (October 26, 2022) – The Leesburg Commission on Public Art (COPA) and Friends of Leesburg…

HOUSTON AND CHIBA JAPAN MARK 50 YEARS AS SISTER CITIES

HOUSTON AND CHIBA JAPAN MARK 50 YEARS AS SISTER CITIES HOUSTON – The City of Houston and the City of Chiba marked 50 years of sister-city friendship at a special celebration on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, with a delegation of Houston business…

Celebrate «Howl-O-Ween» with BARC: Reduced Dog Adoption Fees, Family Friendly Spooky Fun 

Celebrate «Howl-O-Ween» with BARC: Reduced Dog Adoption Fees, Family Friendly Spooky Fun  HOUSTON – This 2022 Halloween weekend, BARC, the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, will be hosting several «Howl-O-Ween» specials and family friendly holiday-themed events. Come adopt your BOO!…

Suspect Arrested, Charged in Fatal Crash at 1900 Allen Parkway  

Suspect Arrested, Charged in Fatal Crash at 1900 Allen Parkway   Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in a fatal hit-and-run crash at 1900 Allen Parkway about 2 a.m. on October 15. The suspect, Matthew Drew Granados, 29, is…

Houston Delegation Rides Japanese Bullet Train and Tours Operations Center

Houston Delegation Rides Japanese Bullet Train and Tours Operations Center Design and Technology are Model for Texas Project HOUSTON –  On the third day of the investment and trade mission to Japan, Mayor Sylvester Turner, Greater Houston Partnership President/CEO Bob Harvey, and members…

Mayor Turner leads Investment and Trade Mission to Japan

HOUSTON – JAPAN INVESTMENT AND TRADE MISSION City to Promote Economic and Cultural Ties in Japan HOUSTON –  Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Greater Houston Partnership have embarked on an investment and trade mission to Japan to establish new avenues for cooperation…

Mayor Turner encourages young people to help decide the future with Early Voting Challenge at Houston college campuses

Mayor Turner encourages young people to help decide the future with Early Voting Challenge at Houston college campuses HOUSTON – As early voting begins, Mayor Sylvester Turner is encouraging young people to vote and participate in the Mayor’s Early Voting Challenge, a…

Suspect Arrested, Charged in Female’s Death at 525 Bay Area Boulevard 

Suspect Arrested, Charged in Female’s Death at 525 Bay Area Boulevard    Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the death of a woman at 525 Bay Area Boulevard that occurred about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday (October 18). Jyron Charles…

FEMA Announces Support for a Major City of Houston Flood Mitigation Project E

FEMA Gives Final Approval to City’s Inwood Forest Flood Mitigation Project   Detention Basin will Hold More Water than  Astrodome While Providing Recreational Benefits for Houstonians HOUSTON –  During a phone call Wednesday afternoon, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell notified Mayor Sylvester Turner that…