06.15.08
Posted in News at 12:10 am by Paloma Cruz
Houston’s Hotel ZaZa named one of world’s top new business hotels
– reported by the Houston Business Journal
Houston’s Hotel Zaza has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the world’s best new hotels for business travelers.
The museum district hotel is one of 33 from around the globe featured in the magazine’s report.
Hotels were selected based on location, decor and amenities
tailored to the business traveler. Only one other Texas hotel, The
Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Dallas, made the list, which did not rank
the hotels in order.
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I’ve never been to ZaZa. Must check it out.
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06.13.08
Posted in News at 11:58 pm by Paloma Cruz
Houston ranked No. 34 out of the top 75 of the world’s centers of commerce, according to a recent story in the Houston Business Journal. Last year we ranked 22 out of 50.
What’s the criteria?
Each city’s ranking on the index depends on an assessment of seven
criteria: Legal and political framework; economic stability; ease of
doing business; financial flow; business center; knowledge creation and
information flow; and livability.
Interesting.
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06.12.08
Posted in News at 11:56 pm by Paloma Cruz
OK,may not “the worst,” but a recent article from the Houston Business Journal ranked Houston as the seventh-most congested in the country. Bad news for Dallas, they ranked fifth.
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06.04.08
Posted in News at 1:39 am by Paloma Cruz
Houston tops list of best cities
– reported by the Houston Business Journal
Houston is the best city in the United States in which to live, work and play, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
The Bayou City — billed by the magazine as the Comeback Kid — ranks No. 1 on the magazine’s Best Cities of 2008 list, which focuses on strong economies, abundant jobs, reasonable living costs and fun things to do.
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06.03.08
Posted in News at 1:24 am by Paloma Cruz
Wind energy convention hits Houston, reported by abc13.com — “Ten thousand people are blowing into Houston this weekend for the start of WINDPOWER 2008, an annual convention showing the present and future of wind energy.” (more, Houston is playing host to huge wind conference, by the Houston Chronicle)
City residents produce less carbon, reported by abc13.com — “While cities are hot spots for global warming, people living in them turn out to greener than their country cousins.”
Mayor renews efforts to reduce benzene, reported by abc13.com — “The mayor of Houston said Tuesday that the city will continue to oppose chemical industry attempts to receive or renew emissions permits.”
BookExpo America ponders publishing footprint, reported by greenbizjournal — “At the proverbial book fair for industry types — BookExpo America — the environmental impact from the book industry was a much-discussed topic, according to a report from BusinessWeek… The report states that at the expo, there were six workshops dedicated to the various environmental impacts of the book-publishing industry, and the expo’s keynote address from The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman was entitled ‘Green Is The New Red, White and Blue.’”
Study: Houston’s carbon footprint shrinking, by the Houston Business Journal — “The Brookings Institution’s ‘Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America,’ report found transportation and energy use in the Houston area fell by 8.6 percent between 2000 and 2005.”
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05.25.08
Posted in News at 12:03 am by Paloma Cruz
According to this article by the Houston Business Journal, 39% of Houstonians will not evacuate in case of a hurricane. Will you?
Business and political leaders in Harris County should be prepared for unprecedented change during the next 20 years as Hispanics become the dominant demographic group in the region.
That was the message delivered at a Houston conference Thursday morning presented by the Greater Houston Partnership and Hispanic business groups.
The focal point of the conference was a report issued by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute titled “Increasing Wealth in the Latin Community.”
Harry Pachon, the institute’s president and CEO, said an affluent Latino middle class is growing at a rapid pace. Nationwide, 37 percent of Hispanic households have incomes of more than $50,000 and 10 percent are above $100,000, he noted.
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I didn’t evacuate during Rita, but everyone in my family did. I still think that was the right idea.
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05.15.08
Posted in News at 12:15 am by Paloma Cruz
White’s budget includes modest tax cut, more police
– Houston Chronicle2
Mayor Bill White unveiled a record $4 billion budget proposal
Tuesday, calling for a sharp increase in spending on public safety
while cutting the property tax rate by a half-cent.
The mayor’s fiscal 2009 budget also would, if approved, create a
dedicated set-aside of tax revenues to pay for drainage improvements,
fund the addition of 150 police officers and add 50,000 homes to the
curbside recycling program.
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Footnotes
2 = article may expire in a few weeks.
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05.05.08
Posted in News at 11:57 am by Paloma Cruz
Houston honored as most accessible city for people with disabilities
– Houston Business Journal
While some recent surveys point to Houston being among the fattest and the dumbest cities in the nation, Mayor Bill White on Friday accepted with pride his city’s designation as the most accessible to handicapped people.
The National Organization on Disability presented a $25,000 check to White at the Vale-Asche Foundation Playground in Memorial Park.
Houston earned the seventh annual Accessible America Contest because of its “focus on disability issues and successful design of programs, services and facilities that are accessible for citizens and visitors who have disabilities,” according to NOD.
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Posted in News at 11:10 am by Paloma Cruz
Houston gets schooled in ’smart’ survey
Bayou City ranks near the bottom of the heap in education-based listing of 100 smartest U.S. cities
– Houston Business Journal
Houston has landed near the bottom of a new ranking of the 100 smartest cities in the U.S., according to a recent study by Bizjournals.
Houston ranked 83rd on the list — which identified metros with the highest levels of collective brain power based on education levels — with an index of 41 on a 100-point scale. The study found that only 9.2 percent of Houstonians have a graduate or professional degree; 20 percent did not complete high school; and 25 percent stopped their education at a high school diploma.
Local economic and education experts don’t dispute Houston’s ranking, saying that the study brings to light some alarming statistics.
Steven Klineberg, a sociology professor at Rice University, says Houston’s numbers represent an “incipient crisis” among the city’s demographics.
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Posted in News at 11:06 am by Paloma Cruz
Evening commuters could get reprieve from rains
– Houston Chronicle2
Heavy rains are expected to continue across southeast Texas late
this morning and into the afternoon, but evening rush-hour travelers
could get a break, forecasters said.
“We think the rain will diminish beginning late this afternoon,
probably between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.,” National Weather Service
forecaster Charles Roeseler said today.
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Footnotes
2 = article may expire in a few weeks.
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