The Old Sixth Ward TIRZ Board Meeting for March has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. It had originally been set for March 13.
Please join us at Dow School at 1900 Kane St. in Room 102. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
For more information on the Old Sixth Ward TIRZ, please visit http://www.old6wardtirz.org
Dow School Park Quick Look
Among the Old Sixth Ward TIRZ 13 green space and cultural enrichment projects to enhance livability are improvements to Dow School Park. This project is a total renovation of the park adjacent to MECA. The organization is in the contractor selection process, and construction should begin within two months. Please check back here for updates or on the Old Sixth Ward group Facebook page or Yahoo email group.
View the Dow School Park plan here.
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Due to scheduling conflicts, the Jan. 9 TIRZ 13 board meeting has been rescheduled to Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at MECA, 1900 Kane St., Room 102.
The Board of Directors of the Old Sixth Ward Redevelopment Authority will hold a joint meeting with the Board of Directors of the Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, Jan. 9, 2019, at 5:30 p.m., at the MECA, 1900 Kane Street. The meeting is open to the public.
Due to relentless weather that has delayed completion of the project, the ribbon cutting event for the brick restoration of historic Sabine Street–originally set for Saturday, Jan. 5–has been postponed. We will keep you informed of plans for rescheduling.
To commemorate the completed restoration of one of Houston’s last original, century-old brick streets, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston City Council Member Karla Cisneros will join Old Sixth Ward Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 13 board members and neighborhood residents for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the city’s oldest intact neighborhood. A project of the Old Sixth Ward TIRZ 13, the brick-paver renovation and underground infrastructure reinstallation is the organization’s largest and most high-profile initiative in its 20-year history.
When
10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019
Where
In the 700 block of Sabine Street, between Lubbock and Kane streets. Visitors can parallel park for free along Lubbock Street and walk north up Sabine Street.
Visuals
Following brief remarks, dignitaries and neighborhood leadership will cut the ribbon, with restored historic housing as their backdrop and the century-old brick street as their foreground.
Background
Originally installed circa 1876, Sabine Street was brick-paved in the early 1900s. The three remaining blocks of brick street, intersecting and running south of Washington Avenue, had fallen into rutty disrepair but remained a beloved asset of the neighborhood.
The $1.6 million project included critical infrastructure improvements. Underground, the ancient sewage and storm drainage systems were in a state of partial collapse—creating malfunctioning plumbing within residents’ homes, occasional sink holes and strong odors following rain events. All sewage and storm pipes were replaced, and new storm water inlets were added, in connection with the work. The Old Sixth Ward TIRZ 13 also refurbished original stone curbs and new-brick paved sidewalks flanking the street and dovetailing with an earlier zone project that installed 4.4 miles of new-brick accessible sidewalks throughout the rest of the neighborhood.
The Old Sixth Ward TIRZ 13 contains the boundaries of Houston’s historic Old Sixth Ward, an area immediately northwest of downtown Houston.
12/28/18
The public is welcome to attend. Thank you.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Old Sixth Ward Redevelopment Authority will hold a joint meeting with the Board of Directors of the Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Houston, Texas on November 14, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., at the MECA, 1900 Kane Street, Houston, Texas 77007, open to the public, to consider, discuss and adopt such orders, resolutions or motions, and take other direct or indirect actions as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable.
