With Hurricane Harvey almost two years in the rearview mirror, Houstonians have started to imagine a future city that is resilient to storms and stressors that can be a model for the nation.
Two efforts are underway to nail down the details of what that city will look like. The first will come through the Houston mayor’s office. In February, the city named Marissa Aho as chief resilience officer. Through a $1.8 million grant from Shell and assistance from the nonprofit, 100 Resilient Cities, Aho is working on a resilience plan to be released this fall. The plan is expected to include improvements that can be made immediately to improve the resilience of some Houston neighborhoods.