President's 2012 Year-End Report

DSNC Residents and Stakeholder Organizations,

I want to personally thank all DSNC members, downtown and east downtown residents, stakeholder organizations, Mayor Parker, Chief of Police - McClelland, HPD Internal Affairs - Zera, HPD Captain - Bennett, HISD Trustee - Stipeche, Senator Ellis and State Representative Coleman for your tireless work and efforts to ensure that the DSNC has support, tools and resources to address needs and concerns of our community. It is our goal to solve for issues that will free up local government to concentrate on other priorities.

I'm pleased to report some the 2012 DSNC achievements:

-Exposed a state-wide problem relative to Developers exploiting rules and subsidies - DSNC featured in the San Antonio Express
-Hosted 24 Chinese delegates (at the request of the Mayor's office) who were in Houston to learn about the management and development of cities
-Approved the Hamilton Apartments mixed income project
-Began the work with Ms. Crocker to address freight line noise complaints
-Approved 2720 Leeland revitalization
-Addressed noise complaints at Preston and Louisiana
-Assisted with the writing of the Super Neighborhood Alliance Bylaws
-Attended neighboring civic club meetings
-Elected DSNC Officers
-Recruited new DSNC members

We are fortunate and proud to serve you. Happy Holidays!

DSNC State-Wide Work for the Community!

Thank you so much for your commitment to the community.

I thought you would appreciate knowing that the DSNC helped expose a state-wide problem relative to Developers exploiting rules on subsidies; for more the details, please read the article oublished in the San Antonio Express:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Developers-exploit-rules-on-subsidies-3622539.php#photo-3049429

Our mission is to address needs and concerns of the community and there is no doubt this would not be possible without the help of Mayor Parker, CM Rodriguez, Senator Ellis, State Representative Alvarado & Coleman, HISD Trustee Stipeche and the Houston Police Department. All have supported the DSNC with the utmost professionalism, passion and energy.

I could not be more pleased with the work we are doing for District I and beyond.

2012 Meeting Dates

The DSNC will meet from 6-7:30pm, at the downtown Y on:

-Wednesday, February 8
-Wednesday, May 9
-Wednesday, August 8
-Wednesday, November 14