Around the Heights
Is It Your Time to Serve the Neighborhood? Elections for Five Board Seats Are Taking Place This Fall
This Fall, five of the fifteen positions on the Houston Heights Association Board of Directors are up for election. Each position is for a three-year term. Curious about what the Board of Directors does? In addition to the Monthly Board Meeting where our Directors make decisions for the short-, medium-, and long-term improvement and preservation of the neighborhood, Board Members have the opportunity to lead and participate in the Committees that carry out the day-to-day work of the Association alongside our Executive Directors, Business Manager, and other [...]
The 17th Annual Bike Rally & Scavenger Hunt Kicks Off Summer with Family Fun in the Sun
The first weekend of June used to be reserved for our wildly popular Fun Run, while our Bike Rally & Scavenger Hunt took place in October. In the last few years, we've come to our senses that June is a tad too hot to be huddled en masse before running as fast as you can up and down Heights Boulevard. With that, the first weekend of our first Summer months has now been designated as our annual Bike Rally & Scavenger Hunt. While the pandemic did play [...]
Happening Now at the City of Houston: Meet the IKEs and Give Your 2 Cents on the City Budgeting Process
To keep our Members and neighbors informed, we're sharing two updates on initiatives rolling out from City Hall now. Our first update is an overview of the new Interactive Kiosk Experiences (IKEs) which have made their way to the Heights. The second is a survey on the current City budgeting cycle from Council Member At-Large Sallie Alcorn. Meet the IKEs Meet our new Heights neighbors, the IKEs (Interactive Kiosk Experiences). These kiosks, which look and function like large iPads, are arriving in the area now as part [...]
Tips from the Houston Police Department on Keeping Your Catalytic Converters Safe from Theft
At our April General Meeting, the Houston Police Department joined us to talk public safety in the neighborhood and the city at large alongside our dedicated Houston Heights Constable Patrol Deputies. One of the most illuminating parts of the evening was the reported rise in catalytic converter theft around the city. We asked Seargeant Tracy Hicks from HPD to tell us more about this unfortunate rash of crime and to give us tips on how to prevent this pesky form of property theft, which could create thousands [...]
Our 2021 Community Improvement Awards Help Us Express What Keeps the Heights “Heights-y”
Our annual Community Improvement Awards (CIA) give us the unique opportunity to express and recognize the otherwise ineffable sense of built character that keeps the Heights "Heights-y." Now that our neighborhood encompasses so many architectural styles and buildings spanning over a century of development, it is hard to say exactly what it is that constitutes traditional Heights character in new constructions and renovations. To answer that question each year, we solicit nominations from the neighborhood and ask a panel of trusted judges to review them against a [...]
Our 48th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Awards Dinner Honored the Lifeblood of Our Neighborhood
While events like the Bike Rally, Fun Run, and Pup Promenade are important for both fundraising and bringing the neighborhood together, our annual Volunteer Appreciation Awards Dinner is special in that it brings together generations of Heights residents who have made a difference in our 48 year history for the express purpose of a night of recognition and gratitude. This year's Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Dinner took place on Sunday, April 24, and it was a characteristically heartwarming affair where both the annual Volunteer Appreciation and Community [...]
