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A longtime and venerable force in downtown and Houston urban planning is stepping down after an illustrious, 38-year career. Bob Eury, president and CEO
Share Houstonians’ views on the pandemic, the economy, racial justice and the city’s demographic transformation will be revealed in the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which will be released at an online event on May 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Picture of Houston and We Love Houston sign.For the second year in a row, the annual luncheon will be presented as a virtual “Lunch-Out,” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event spotlighting the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey results is free to everyone who wants to participate and it will follow the same format as in previous years. Step...
Plus, O.K.R.A. Charity Saloon has closed ... but get ready for something new. By Timothy Malcolm 3/15/2021 at 1:13pm Little Dipper now has a street patio. On Thursday, the Organized Kollaboration on Restaurant Affairs (O.K.R.A.) announced that its O.K.R.A. Charity Saloon, which donated its profits to local charities ($1.3 million over eight years) will cease to be. But also in the announcement O.K.R.A. revealed that the bar space has been transferred into the care of longtime saloon general manager Mary Ellen Angel, who purchased it from O.K.R.A. for $10. Angel plans to operate her own bar in...
Houston tourism takes another blow as COVID keeps conventions away By Katherine Feser, Staff writer Houston’s convention and tourism business may be the greatest long-haul coronavirus victim. CERAWeek by IHS Markit, the annual energy conference that brought thousands of international visitors to Houston and was the first to cancel when COVID-19 began to spread last year, said Thursday it would not hold its in-person gathering in 2021. With pandemic shutdowns approaching their first anniversary, the event, which was to be held March 1-5, will go virtual. The conference, which...