H-GAC - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/h-gac/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 H-GAC - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/h-gac/ 32 32 103504436 Montgomery County Allocated $60 Million in Harvey Mitigation Funds https://houstonnewmedia.org/montgomery-county-allocated-60-million-in-harvey-mitigation-funds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=montgomery-county-allocated-60-million-in-harvey-mitigation-funds Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:31:03 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33688 The Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC) has allocated $60 million to Montgomery County. The money comes out of a $488 million of Harvey flood-mitigation funds previously allocated to HGAC by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The $60 million is the single largest allocation […]

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]]> 373807 Harris County Commissioners Court Discusses What to Do with HUD, Flood Resilience Trust Money https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-court-discusses-what-to-do-with-hud-flood-resilience-trust-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-court-discusses-what-to-do-with-hud-flood-resilience-trust-money Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:06:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32058 If you managed to watch Harris County Commissioners Court yesterday, near the end you saw a lively and somewhat confusing discussion of flood mitigation funding. See the video at approximately 6:38:10. Agenda Item 249 was a request by Adrian Garcia to discuss disbursement of the $750 million in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds allocated […]

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]]> 288930 HGAC Honors Bayou Land Conservancy with Award for Strategic Conservation Plan https://houstonnewmedia.org/hgac-honors-bayou-land-conservancy-with-award-for-strategic-conservation-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hgac-honors-bayou-land-conservancy-with-award-for-strategic-conservation-plan Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24082 Since 1996, Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) has been a land and water conservation leader. In 2019, BLC developed a Strategic Conservation Plan to continue that tradition for the next twenty years. This plan identified lands with the greatest positive impact on flood control, water quality, and wildlife habitat in the region.  About the HGAC Awards […]

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