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| September 07, 2010 -- The Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, Inc. today unanimously selected Dannenbaum Engineering as general engineering consultant to the corporation which is studying the feasibility of a storm surge protection system such as the proposed Ike Dike. More |
| July 29, 2010 -- Chambers County, the Texas Coastal Management Program, Texas Coastal Partners, and the soil and water conservation districts in Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties are together sponsoring a conservation workshop for landowners, to be held in Wallisville, on Friday, August 6. More |
| July 07, 2010 -- Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski has published an announcement that “all 32 miles of Galveston’s beaches are clean, safe, open and awaiting summer tourists”. More |
| June 28, 2010 -- The Galveston Bay Foundation and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will hold three public meetings in July to discuss the progress being made with the Oyster Waters Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan. More |
 | June 02, 2010 -- Former Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, who is president of the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, Inc., told county judges and surrogates from six coastal counties that there were nine responses to requests for proposals for a general engineering consultant to the corporation. More |
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| May 26, 2010 -- The United States Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced that it has awarded $4.125 million to T.L. Wallace Construction, Inc. for the construction of a new administration building at the Texas Chenier Plain Complex near Houston. More |
| May 17, 2010 -- Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson today sought to calm concerns about the oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon spill and potential effects on the Texas coast. More |
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| May 14, 2010 -- Texas State Representative Craig Eiland met on Friday with Executive Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Carter Smith and Robin Reichers, the director of Coastal Fisheries, to discuss potentially extending the commercial shrimping season beyond the May 15 closure date. More |
 | April 21, 2010 -- The Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, Inc., the six county coalition that was formed to consider options for storm surge protection along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, held its first meeting on Tuesday in the Galveston County Commissioners Courtroom. More |
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| April 21, 2010 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a list of contractors who responded to a request for proposals for the Workforce Summer Jobs Program. More |  |
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| March 16, 2010 -- The Texas Department of Transportation is soliciting comment on revisions to department transportation planning and programming rules that will be posted in the Texas Register on March 19.
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| February 02, 2010 -- The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association complained that the President's proposed budget "does little to reduce coastal hazards or provide incentives for smart coastal growth policies". More |
 | January 28, 2010 -- The Bolivar Peninsula Lighthouse Krewe Mardi Gras Parade will be held on Highway 87 on the Bolivar Peninsula on February 13. More |
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| January 19, 2010 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council today held a spirited discussion of the method of distribution of Community Development Block Grant Funds, but took no action at the meeting. More |
| January 19, 2010 -- Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas will begin accepting applications in February from area non-profit organizations seeking grant funding through its Catholic Campaign for Human Development. More |
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| January 18, 2010 -- The University of Houston Hurricane Business Recovery Center will host a series of free workshops on how to qualify for a business loan. More |
| January 16, 2010 -- Dickinson City Council Member Kerry Neves was elected Chair of the Houston-Galveston Area Council at the council of government's annual meeting on Friday at the Westin Galleria in Houston. More |
| January 15, 2010 -- Former Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, who is chair of Governor Rick Perry’s Hurricane Ike Recovery and Coordination effort, said that he is not discouraged by Harris County Commissioners Court’s delay in approval of a resolution to support a feasibility study of storm surge protection projects, such as the proposed Ike Dike. More |
| December 14, 2009 -- The United States Census Bureau is seeking employees for the 2010 Census. More |
| October 30, 2009 -- The Texas oyster season will open November 1, but due to health risks there will be several areas closed to harvest. More |
| September 16, 2009 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to endorse a position statement on second round funding of Community Development Block Grant Funds by the Office of Rural Community Affairs. More |
| July 01, 2009 -- The United States Small Business Administration's Houston District Office on Tuesday announced that July 14 is the deadline to apply for a disaster loan for damages resulting from storms on April 27-28. More |
| May 26, 2009 -- The Annual Houston/Galveston National Weather Service Hurricane Preparedness Meeting will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Saturday. More |
| May 26, 2009 -- The Trust for Public Land will host the final public meeting in the two-year study of the Chambers County’s natural resources and how they affect economic development on Thursday, May 28. More |
| May 26, 2009 -- The Trust for Public Land and Chambers County Thursday will host a final public input meeting to receive recommendations on its Greenprint Action Plan. More |
| May 20, 2009 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to send a resolution to Texas Governor Rick Perry asking that he not sign legislation that would mandate Brazoria County to withdraw from the H-GAC, if it is passed by the Texas Legislature. More |
| April 24, 2009 -- Twenty to thirty volunteers from the Livestock, Breeders Greeters and Horspitality committees will build fences at three work sites designated by the Fellowship of Christian Farmers in and around Chambers and Jefferson counties on April 25. More |
| April 19, 2009 -- Lee Otis Zapp has issued a bulletin for the Coastal Windstorm Insurance Coalition. More |
| March 31, 2009 -- The College of the Mainland Board of Trustees on Monday voted unanimously to approve a 20 percent homestead exemption on property taxes paid to the college. More |
| March 22, 2009 -- The Texas House Appropriations Subcommittee on Hurricanes, chaired by Speaker Pro Tem Craig Eiland, on Friday passed House Bill 6 which will compensate state agencies and institutions of higher education for the damages they incurred as a result of the natural disasters Texas has suffered over the past two years.
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