School Trustee Pct 3 Pos 4 Louis D Evans III Republican, Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center NASA's largest research and development facility employing nearly 3,000 federal civil service workers and more than 14,000 contract personnel. Program offices for Project Constellation Orion and other new space vehicle projects will create new jobs at the center.[needs update] the city's burgeoning aerospace industry heralded its second growth spurt which solidified with the 1973 oil crisis the majority of the contractor work force related to the projects will also be located at the center. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently announced a $7.5 million Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant to Lockheed Martin which will bring about 1,000 jobs to the Houston area the grant ensures that Lockheed Martin will create these jobs in the Houston area after they earned a multibillion-dollar contract from NASA to build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Houston is also home to the United Space Alliance which employs well over 10,000 people, The Astrodome was designed by architects Hermon Lloyd & W B Morgan and Wilson Morris Crain and Anderson (Morris Architects) Structural engineering and structural design was performed by Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants of Houston Credit for the design work on the dome roof structural goes to Dr G.R Kiewitt and Mr Louis O Bass of Roof Structures Inc it was constructed by H A Lott Inc for Harris County it stands 18 stories tall covering 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) the dome is 710 feet (220 m) in diameter and the ceiling is 208 feet (63 m) above the playing surface which itself sits 25 feet (7.6 m) below street level. 12.3 Census-designated places, 11.3 Ports The Bank of America Center is one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture built in downtown Houston the building completed in 1984 and designed by Philip Johnson and partner John Burgee is reminiscent of the Dutch Gothic architecture of canal houses that were once common in the Netherlands the first section is 21 stories tall while the whole building reaches a height of 56 stories, 10 Corporate involvement in culture Battle of Europe air operations. Houston Texas Business Directory 3 Demographics On June 19 2013 the Astrodome was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places as well as to its portfolio. 5 Government and politics Hunters Creek Village Unlike Dallas Houston is not in Tornado Alley; however smaller tornadoes can occur during severe weather They are most likely to be found along frontal boundaries of an air mass during the spring months Tornadoes in Houston usually measure a weak F1 on the older Fujita scale and cause light to moderate damage to well-constructed buildings the strongest recorded tornado in Houston history was an F4 on November 21 1992 part of a large outbreak of tornadoes in Harris County. ; Club League Sport Venue Built Capacity The Niels and Mellie Esperson buildings are examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in downtown Houston. Designed by John Eberson the two buildings were built in 1927 and 1941 respectively. They are detailed with massive columns great urns terraces and a grand tempietto at the top similar to one built in the courtyard of San Pietro in Rome in 1502. Mellie Esperson had the first building constructed for her husband Niels a real estate and oil tycoon. His name is carved on the side of the building in large letters at street level the name "Mellie Esperson" is carved on the accompanying structure known as the Mellie Esperson building although it is really just a 19-story annex to the original building, The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people during the war 8.7 million military and 19 million civilian deaths a quarter of the people in the Soviet Union were wounded or killed. Germany sustained 5.3 million military losses mostly on the Eastern Front and during the final battles in Germany! Further information: List of colleges and universities in Texas The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876 Like many states it explicitly provides for a separation of powers the state's Bill of Rights is much larger than its federal counterpart and has provisions unique to Texas. 6 References U.S Decennial Census Spring Valley Village Educational attainment.
Shift to the Republican Party 6 Features Harris County along with other Texas counties has one of the nation's highest property tax rates in 2007 the county was ranked in the top 25 at 22nd in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner-occupied housing the list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for comparability, Contents Treasurer Dylan Osborne Democratic 4.3 Texas Convention of 1836. . Temperature wise the city (and much of Southeast Texas) has four distinct seasons (Summer Spring Fall Winter) but weather wise the city has only two seasons (rainy and dry) the wet season lasts from April/May to September/October the dry season lasts from November/December to March/April However during El Nino or La Nina years the wet and dry season can often either last longer than usual or be delayed, Houston Texas Business Directory, Pre-Columbian Texas Alternate plate.svg The Allen brothers ran their first advertisement for Houston just four days later in the Telegraph and Texas Register naming the notional town in honor of President Sam Houston. They successfully lobbied the Republic of Texas Congress to designate Houston as the temporary capital agreeing to provide the new government with a capital building. About a dozen persons resided in the town at the beginning of 1837 but that number grew to about 1,500 by the time the Texas Congress convened in Houston for the first time that May. Houston was granted incorporation on June 5 1837 with James S Holman becoming its first mayor in the same year Houston became the county seat of Harrisburg County (now Harris County). The Houston Theater District located in Downtown is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States, Representatives Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented, As of 2001 Kegans and Lychner serves male state jail offenders from Harris County with Kegans getting lower-risk offenders and Lychner getting higher-risk and special-needs offenders If both of the male state jails in Harris County are full excess offenders go to the Gist Unit in Jefferson County Female state jail offenders from Harris County go to the Plane Unit in Liberty County. Agriculture and mining Hindi 0.23% Source: Fortune Est 2018 2,464,124 17.3% The Alamo Mission painted 10 years after the battle Flag of America 19 10.svg 11.1 Roadways Houston Texas Business Directory. Pam Lychner Unit named after Pam Lychner and located in unincorporated northeast Harris County east of the city of Humble is a state jail for men. Texas Beltway 8.svg Beltway 8 a.k.a - Sam Houston Parkway east of I-45 in north Houston and north of I-10 east of Houston or Sam Houston Tollway west of I-45 in north Houston and south of I-10 east of Houston, Government and politics Sissy Spacek Quitman Wood County, Harris County along with other Texas counties has one of the nation's highest property tax rates in 2007 the county was ranked in the top 25 at 22nd in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner-occupied housing the list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for comparability.
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