- Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Lab in Houston Set To Close [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Clear Lake Detention Project May Have Saved Hundreds of Homes During Harvey [Houston Public Media]
- How Many Houston-Area Homes Were Damaged by Harvey [HBJ ($)]
- Houston Homebuilders Brace for Sharp Rise in Construction Costs After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
- 5 Impacts of Harvey on Houston’s Housing Market [Urban Institute]
- Mayor Turner Names Former Shell CEO Marvin Odum Houston’s ‘Recovery Czar’ To Lead Rebuilding Efforts [Houston Press]
- Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush Named To Head State’s Post-Harvey Housing Recovery Efforts [Houston Chronicle]
- Houston ISD May Be Able To Avoid Paying Recapture Thanks to Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
- Oil & Gas Companies Affected by Hurricane Harvey Filling Up TechSpace Houston Co-Working Space [Bisnow]
- Environmental Advocacy Groups Find Higher Than Usual Benzene Levels in Manchester, Port Arthur [The Texas Tribune]
- In Nottingham Forest in West Houston, a Flooded Neighborhood Comes Together to Save Itself [Houstonia]
- Meet the Baby Animals the Wildlife Center of Texas Saved During Harvey [Texas Monthly]
- NRG to Fill 18 Floors Vacated by Shell Oil at One Shell Plaza [CoStar Group]
- Local Pour Closes in River Oaks Ahead of Plans To Add 30-Story Residential Highrise to River Oaks Shopping Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Galveston’s Cedar Lawn Neighborhood Now a Conservation District [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Houston Named Among Top 10 Cities for Millennials by Apartment List [HBJ]
- Parts of I-45 South of Huntsville To Be Closed for Next 2 Weekends [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Rice University and the Texas Medical Center: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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I thought people might enjoy this story. I found about it as a colleague of mine in New Jersey was heavily involved in this effort:
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/36371106/secaucus-residents-adopt-texas-town-in-time-of-need