We are Houston residents out to develop, secure, enforce, and sustain a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Rice Management Company as it develops the South Main Innovation District on the edge of the Third Ward.
We need your voice to thrive in this partnership with new developments.
Learn and collaborate with us to collect community needs and wants into our CBA.
Register for the zoom link. Watch the live stream on https://www.facebook.com/houstoncedd/ and https://twitter.com/hcedd_.
Learn MoreIn this meeting, you will be refreshed on the power and process of developing, securing, and sustaining a community benefits agreement. Then, you will be electronically separated into your working groups. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/246217111 Meeting ID: 246 217 111
Learn MoreHCEDD is gathering for a second time on December 3rd to review the CBA process and timeline and present the community’s visions on the CBA working group topics.
Learn MoreCommunity members, students, churches, advocacy groups, and supporting business/organizations will convene to establish the Houston Coalition for Equitable Development without Displacement.
Learn MoreA Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is a “project‐specific contract between developers or cities and community coalitions. CBAs are legally binding, enforceable agreements that call for a range of benefits to be produced by the development project. They allow community groups to have a voice in shaping a project, to press for community benefits that are tailored to their particular needs, and to enforce developers’ promises.”
(Source: Dr. Jeffrey Lowe, East Biloxi Community Benefits Report)
Drawing from previous studies, the Third Ward Comprehensive Needs Data Report,
the Third Ward Complete Communities Action Plan, and community forums,
we're drafting the CBA around some key needs.
We're learning from CBAs secured and sustained at San Diego and East Biloxi, and previous studies on Third Ward to develop this CBA.
See our sources here.
We are the Houston Coalition for Equitable Development without Displacement (HCEDD).
