Month: July 2019

$4,988,121 was granted to fund renovation of the historic Blue Triangle Community Center, founded during World War I as central meeting place where women and girls of color could safely learn and recreate. The Center has a long history of providing programs and activities for children and adults, daycare, swimming lessons and other recreation and…

$1,724,574 was granted to fund building repairs and improvements to the historic Dow School building, which houses MECA, a cultural community center that provides arts and cultural programming and support to Houston’s Old Sixth Ward Historic District neighborhood and surrounding communities. The building was damaged during Hurricane Harvey when significant amounts of rain water leaked…

$426,000 was granted to Target Hunger, in partnership with the Rebuild Texas Fund, which serves low-income and underserved clients with food assistance. Target Hunger’s programs and services aim to address hunger and food insecurity within inner city neighborhoods across Houston’s northeast triangle – an area where more than 30% of people live below the federal…

A $1.3 million grant was granted to Harris County to fund the construction of three soccer fields at Precinct Four’s Alabonson Park. Many of the surrounding neighborhoods suffered serious flooding during Hurricane Harvey, including the Parkland Place neighborhood adjacent to the east side of the park. The southern half of the proposed parklands were inundated…

A $2 million grant was granted to Harris County to fund the construction of four regulation-size youth soccer fields and one practice field at Precinct One’s Blue Ridge Park, which is located just south of the greater Meyerland/Southwest Houston neighborhoods that experienced some of the most significant flooding in Harris County. The fields will be…