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 Pecore Hall of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1805 W Alabama, Houston, TX 77006 the THIRD MONDAY of EVEN MONTHS beginning at 6:00pm. Enter the hall via 1800 Sul Ross at Woodhead St.

NOTE- The Board meets via ZOOM during the COVID-19 Pandemic. To request a meeting link please subscribe to the TIRZ 27 email list by visiting

Meetings – Montrose TIRZ 27 (montrosehtx.org)

September Newsletter

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Upcoming Meetings

Light Up your Porch or Fence in BLUE and Join us on Zoom

The Civic Association of
The First Montrose Commons
National Night Out

Tuesday OCTOBER 5, 2021
6:30 – 8:30pm
ONLINE via Zoom

HPD PARADE through FMC at 7:15pm – GO OUTSIDE and Greet our Officers!

Join us in the ZOOM room to meet your neighbors and enjoy a show about the history of our unique neighborhood.

Click HERE to Join the MEETING

Tuesday, OCTOBER 26 7:00pm
Preregistration REQUIRED – click above logo for information on how to preregister.

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FMC ONLINE MEMBERSHIP PAYMENT

NOTICE: The deadline to pay 2021 CAFMC Residential Dues was Sept. 17, 2021. Anyone whose dues were not received on or before that date is ineligible to vote in the Nov 16 CAFMC Elections. Any payments received after Sept 17, 2021 will be automatically applied to your 2022 CAFMC Residential Dues.

All Residential Memberships in The Civic Association of The First Montrose Commons expire each January 1st and may be renewed online. Commercial Memberships do NOT expire January 1st, but rather they expire 12 months following the payment date.

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Wear your Mask – Show your Heart!

“Properly wearing a mask that COMPLETELY COVERS BOTH YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH AT ALL TIMES when in public reduces the risk of spreading the coronavirus twelve-fold!“

FMC – New Information

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

NSR 467 Warranty and Maintenance Expired April 2020
Property Owners Now Responsible for Upkeep of the 104 Replacement Trees

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 2021 Board

Results of the Nov 17 FMC Elections:

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 / Ron Boyd
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 yo have reported that you’re not getting any of our announcements or newsletters.

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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Preserving Our History, Protecting Our Future

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