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Mayor Whitmire travels to D.C. to ask for more housing voucher funds for homelessness plan
“..the mayor was working on a homelessness plan that would be the 'next step' in making the issue 'rare, brief and nonrecurring.'

houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via @houstonchron

Reminder for single-family residential customers: set usage bills are going out this month as part of Houston Mayor's Office 's Water Bill Improvement Plan. Read more about how set usage works and if you use more or less than your set usage: bit.ly/SetUsageBills

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How does Houston manage recycling? ABC13 gets insight on the process? 🌎♻️
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🌲 🌳 Houston Celebrates Earth Day by Planting 2,500 Trees: Mayor Whitmire Leads by Example
“Mayor Whitmire personally planted trees alongside volunteers, demonstrating his commitment to reforesting Houston’s parks and bayous.”

healthfitnessrevolution.com/houston-celebr… via @hfrevolution

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New METRO Houston chair has visions of ride-share, more police to improve transit ridership houstonlanding.org/new-metro-chai…

This week Mayor John Whitmire joined MLB and members of our Houston First team in Mexico City for the Houston Astros vs Rockies game. We used the game as an opportunity to promote Houston to travel trade clients in order to increase travel between Mexico and Houston. #mexico

Houston is well represented for talks on economic development, tourism and trade. Go, Houston Astros!

🎉🚴‍♀️Good luck to the City of Houston MS 150 team.🚴‍♂️This weekend is the 40th Annual Texas MS 150 fundraising ride.
On Wednesday, Mayor Whitmire joined Council Member Alcorn to recognize the team, which has raised over $300,000 for the National MS Society.
#HoustonStrong

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Nicolas Jimenez of Comcast Leads the Charge for Literacy and Community Growth as New Chair of the Houston Public Library Foundation Board! 📚 📖 🎉

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Yesterday, HoustonNeighborhoods recognized some incredible Houstonians for their outstanding volunteer efforts.👏 Whether or not you’ve ever been on a ballot, we all have a duty to give back. I commend these heroes and hope to see even more volunteers honored at next year’s ceremony!

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“While this interim role is Wilson’s first foray into the world of public libraries, she recently came out of retirement following a long career in public education, including serving as chief of staff for Houston ISD.”

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Today, Mayor Whitmire and City Council Members held a moment of silence in memory of HCSOTexas Deputy Investigator John H. Coddou. The veteran law enforcement officer was hit by a vehicle and killed Tuesday while assisting at a crash scene. #HouNews

🎉🎉Houston City Council confirmed Mayor Whitmire's appointment of Herbert Sims as HoustonNeighborhoods Director.
'He illustrates the value of our municipal employees. He came up through the ranks and has demonstrated his ability to get things done.'
Details➡️houstontx.gov/moc/2024/herbe…

For the second night of Passover, I attended a Seder where people of all faiths celebrated and shared the story of Passover. I believe in unity, peace, and understanding. Thank you for the opportunity to be your mayor and to enjoy this time-honored Jewish tradition. 🙏

News ➡️ City of Houston will appeal the 14th Court of Appeals decision that disregards the City’s Charter revenue cap when applying dedicated drainage fee required by another Charter provision.

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Houston dazzles as No. 1 most diverse large city in U.S., report says houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life…

Happy Passover!

Wishing you a kosher and joyous Passover. ✡️

Happy Earth Day! To celebrate and conserve the natural resources of the world we live in, we partnered with Houston Mayor's Office and HPARD to plant 2,500 trees at Watonga Park. Thank you to our CEO, John Christmann, and all Apache employees who came out to volunteer for Earth Day HTX!

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Where is Kristen Galvan? City leaders join missing Spring teen's mother in effort to raise awareness about #humantrafficking

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#ICYMI Last week, on 1st day of Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE) negotiations, Mayor Whitmire called the union to say he values all municipal workers: those who pickup trash, work in parks, fix our streets+more. His message: we’re in this together. Let’s get this done and go to work for Houstonians.