lock Unlock financial insights by subscribing to our monthly plan. From picking up kids from school to cooking meals while parents work full-time jobs, these cultural norms are threatened and the cohesiveness of community is devalued. The neighborhood has been on the path of comprehensive community development since 2007. div.article__header span.tags { display: inline-block; } .three-col-text a {text-transform: none;} Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Independence Heights Redevelopment Council. It was still the Jim Crow South, she says, and many people were probably not willing or brave enough to speak up. .views-element-container>h2{font-family: CopernicusBold, sans-serif; color: #5F6062; letter-spacing: -0.020em; word-spacing: -0.05em; font-size: 1.8em; padding-bottom: .3em; border-bottom: #c6dae1 solid 2px;} We are identifying opportunities for old and new residents to work together creatively on ways to reclaim our historic identity and shape our future revitalization efforts, while we work to remain true to our roots and utilize local talent to rebuild our community. .page-body__content p a:hover {color: #697E2F; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: #697E2F; text-decoration-thickness: .1em; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-underline-offset: 1.5px;} Seems like you are already registered, please provide the password. The stories of displacement were passed down from her mother. Independence Heights is located north of Loop 610 and west of I-45. div.article__urbanedge-info { padding-top:0;} Houston Public Media is supported with your gifts to the Houston Public Media Foundation and is licensed to the University of Houston. .article__body h6.title{display: none;} Through a program of this type, and through investments like this, you are able to re-stitch some of that. Subscribe to CitizensNet or manage your preferences here: Thank you for your interest in the City of Houston! In March, in a surprising move, the Federal Highway Administration invoked the Civil Rights Act in requesting that TxDot pause its project for further review. article.align-left {margin: 0 30px 20px 0;} .article__main-image { position: relative; height: 500px; overflow: hidden;} GO Neighborhoods partners include Convening Agencies and their GO Neighborhoods staff, key partner agency staff working on GO Neighborhoods Steering Committees, GO Teams composed of residents and organizational leaders supporting and participating in the implementation of projects that advance the strategies laid out in the Quality of Life Agreements (Neighborhood Plans), and our generous funders their dedication community change would not be possible.