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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ). Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Last fall, the Houston Chronicle ran an obituary on one of Houston's foremost transit advocates, " Janis Scott, Houston's 'bus lady,' arts patron and tireless advocate for public transit, dies at 73." She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston.