If you’ve been reading along with us here at Houstonia, you know how much we love this crazy town. But we also know life is far from perfect here. The Bayou City is grappling with big issues—transportation, homelessness, hunger, poverty, crime, and flooding, for starters—and those issues will only become more challenging as we charge into the future, adding more than 2 million residents by 2030. What’s the best way for Houston to address its problems? We decided to consult the city’s brain trust, asking 20 Houstonians—all of whom are out there every day working to improve this city—what they see as the best path forward. In a shocking turn of events, we learned that there are no easy answers. Still, we have to start somewhere …
Published in the The Year of the Food Hall! issue of Houstonia Mag.
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