TIRZ 27 MONTROSE/NEARTOWN

Please visit the website of TIRZ 27 – The Montrose/Neartown TIRZ for the latest information about Capital Projects and funding by TIRZ 27 and The Montrose Redevelopment Authority.

MontroseHTX.org

The Board of TIRZ 27 encourages public engagement and attendance at its regular meetings.

The Board of TIRZ 27 Meets in Haven Hall of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1827 W Alabama, Houston, TX 77006 the THIRD MONDAY of EVEN MONTHS beginning at 6:30pm. Parking available at 1800 Sul Ross at Woodhead St.

The TIRZ 27 Board Meetings are also available to attend online via ZOOM but require preregistration via the TIRZ website

Meetings – Montrose TIRZ 27 (montrosehtx.org)

Upcoming Meetings

The Civic Association of
The First Montrose Commons
IN PERSON

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
7:00pm – Doors Open 6:45pm
at the Montrose Center, 401 Branard,
Room 106 IN PERSON ONLY

MONTROSE TIRZ 27 PUBLIC MEETING ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MONTROSE BLVD

Monday, January 23, 2023, 6:30pm
Pecore Hall
St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Woodhead @ Sul Ross St.

IN PERSON ONLY

Click HERE for more information

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Jan 24, 2023 7pm
IN PERSON ONLY
Neartown.org

The Womens Home
607 Westheimer
Enter via door next to parking lot

Houston Police
Central Division PIP
Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:00pm
In Person
1602 State St HPOU Building

January Newsletter

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SPARK Park at AIMS Public Hours

The SPARK Park at AIMS in First Montrose Commons is open to the public when school is not in session during the hours listed below. As with all HISD-owned property – NO GLASS or ALCOCHOL or SMOKING is permitted at any time.

We ask that you NOT WEAR METAL CLEAT SHOES on the soccer pitch as they are damaging the artificial turf.

A copy of the SPARK Park’s operating rules can be downloaded here.

Hours:

School Days 4pm-6:00pm

Non School Days 7am – 6:00pm
Central Standard Time
The change in park hours occurs Sunday, November 6, 2022

NOTICE – If you have an event in the SPARK Park you are REQUIRED TO REMOVE ALL TRASH, DECORATIONS, FOOD & DRINK CONTAINERS. Leaving these in the trashbins provided attracts animal scavengers at night (rats, raccoons, possums). Please help us keep our park clean and healthy – LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND!

Quick-Pay Annual Dues Online

The PayPal Payment links below will allow RESIDENTIAL Members only to pay their 2023 CAFMC Dues online with just a few quick clicks. COMMERCIAL or BUSINESS Members should click HERE instead.

NOTICE: Dues Payments and other contributions to The Civic Association of The First Montrose Commons, Inc. ARE NOT DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES.

Dues Remain $20 per person per year – payable each January. Wehn paying for several members, please remember to use the qty spinner to pay for all in one transaction. – It saves us the cost of the per transaction fees.

Annual Residential Membership Dues in The Civic Association of The First Montrose Commons

FMC – Other news

December 10, 2022
New Board Elected for 2023

Stephen Longmire, President
William Stewart, 1st VP & Treasurer
Bradley Lau, 2nd VP & Treasurer
Richard Peoples, Secretary
Joan Leslie Turner, Historian
Marlene Matterson, Dir. of Activities
Stephen Longmire, Dir. of Communications
Tiffany Songvilay, Dr. of Membership
Bruce Clark, Dir. of Neighborhood Safety

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

NOTICE

After years of lobbying – it is announced that the center reversible lane of West Alabama Street between Brandt Street and Shepherd St. will be closed. This center lane will be converted back to its original configuration as a LEFT TURNS ONLY LANE 24hr daily.

Click HERE to watch the Facebook stream of the Livable Centers Study from Sept 10

If you see work being done within the FMC Historic District but there has not been an Application for Certificate of Appropriateness sign posted – please report it immediately to 311 and the FMC Historian. We must all work together to protect and preserve our historic structures!

All Residential Memberships are payable January 1 each year.

All Residential Membership Dues are payable January 1 of each year. Dues in crease to $20 per person January 1, 2021, so if you renew before December 31, 2020, you save 50%!

FMC Elects New 2022 Board

President – Stephen Longmire
Vice President – William Stewart
Treasurer – Jordana Goldman
Secretary- Richard Peoples
Historian – Leslie Turner
Dir of Activities – Marlene Matterson
Dir of Communications – Stephen Longmire
Dir of Membership – Bradley Lau
Dir of Security – Bruce Clark

Westheimer HPD Storefront CLOSED PERMANENTLY

HPD’s Westheimer Storefront is now permanently closed and demolished to make way for The Montrose Collective. Please continue to report incidents to HPD via the non-emergency number 713-884-3131.

POLICE PATROLS
ARE
DATA DRIVEN

NO REPORTS = NO PATROLS

The No Trespass Affidavit is a particularly powerful tool to use to prevent vagrants from sleeping on your property. With it in place, HPD officers can arrest trespassers without you being present and charge them with a Class B Misdemeanor – resulting in at least 24 hrs incarceration.

Check out this article on Cost Effective BRT Systems – learn about alternatives to Rail, traditional Bus services.

Special Link to Permit Presentation from 2-21-2017 meeting

Just click the image below:

AVOID PARKING WITHIN 30 FEET OF STOP SIGNS OR CROSSWALKS – It is ILLEGAL & you WILL BE TICKETED!

DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS – YOU WILL BE TOWED AT YOUR EXPENSE

DO NOT PARK FACING THE WRONG WAY

Why am I not receiving FMC emails or Newsletters?

FMC sends out monthly email blasts using MailChimp, an email marketing provider that does not charge our non-profit organization to send you notices and newsletters. Although we’re very careful to format our emails to avoid spam filters, some of you have reported that you’re not getting any of our announcements or newsletters.

It may be that you have unsubscribed from our email list. This is especially easy to do if you are using the iPhone iOS Mail client, because it puts the unsubscribe from this list button right below the message header in emails. If you think this has happened to you – the fix is easy – click on the SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER FREE item on the left menu on our home page. Or Resubscribe by clicking HERE.

Most of the problems are connected with the GMAIL email service, which automatically categorizes every incoming message according to its own inscrutable and oft-changing algorithms. For example, Google often considers emails containing links to be “Promotions” and files them in GMail’s Content/Promotions folder – a folder that is not normally visible to most GMail users. The surest way around this feature is to add president@firstmontrosecommons.org to your GMail Contacts – since GMail does not classify emails from your contacts as Promotions or as Spam.

Another method – which instructs GMail not to classify emails from FMC as Promotions – can be found here

Click the image for instructions on how to prevent GMail from sending your FMC mail into the hidden Promotions Folder

Harris County Mosquito Control

Click on the image below to go to the Harris County Mosquito Control page for up to date information on mosquito populations and control activities.

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