The Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities (MOCC)'s mission is to champion community-identified projects and programs with the core objective of providing foundational resources to residents in under-resourced neighborhoods in Houston to improve access to services for residents and businesses and create sustainable economic growth and improve the quality of life of Houstonians and the City as a whole. To date, the City has identified Acres Home, Alief-Westwood, Fort Bend Houston, Gulfton, Kashmere Gardens, Magnolia Park-Manchester, Near Northside, Second Ward, Sunnyside, and Third Ward as some of Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods. Strategic efforts to revitalize Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods though community identified projects and programs is critical to facilitating a more equitable distribution of services throughout the city and create a more prosperous Houston for all Houstonians, including the Houstonians who work and live in Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods.
In furtherance of MOCC’s objectives and to engage in strategic efforts to revitalize Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods though community identified projects and programs to facilitate a more equitable distribution of services throughout the City, with a specific focus in Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods, the Administration requests City Council approve a resolution authorizing the creation of Houston Complete Communities, Inc., (“HCC, Inc.”) a local government corporation, approving its certificate of formation and bylaws, and appointing HCC, Inc.’s initial board of directors and chair of the board.
HCC Inc.'s focus is to aid, assist and act on behalf of the City to promote, advocate for, and facilitate public-private partnerships concerning the implementation of innovative community-identified projects and programs that address needs and improve access to services for residents and businesses in Houston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods, with the mission of creating a more equitable and prosperous Houston for all Houstonians by collaborating with local stakeholders to improve designated neighborhoods.
The initial board of the LGC is shown below:
- Position 1 (Chair) Desrye Morgan
- Position 2 Josetta Jones
- Position 3 Dorian Cockrell
- Position 4 Stephen Ives
- Position 5 Antoinette Jackson
- Position 6 Jena Moreno
- Position 7 Elizabeth Nunez-Martin
** The Director of the Houston Complete Communities Inc., shall be an Ex-Officio non-voting member of the Board.
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Shannon Buggs, Director
Mayor's Office of Complete Communities