Demolition was underway at the former Sears in Garden Oaks as seen on Aug. 8, 2024. Houston Mayor John Whitmire's proposal to allocate tens of millions of dollars from the city's stormwater fund for ...
The split vote Jan. 7 to approve the proposal followed a lengthy debate about the legality of using the fund for demolition projects.
On Wednesday, Houston City Council tagged an agenda item that sought to use $30 million of flood relief money to demolish buildings they felt were impacting drainage systems. The controller sent a ...