MAYOR JOHNSON, PLEASE WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Mayor Johnson, Yesterday, City Council voted 8-0 to proceed with a RFQ that will result in the sale of 17 City-owned properties within the former Arena Footprint to private…
CITY TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHING A DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Mayor and City Council, In 2017, the El Paso County Commissioners Court conducted an architectural survey of Downtown El Paso and the adjacent barrios, and in 2020 they unanimously…
LAWSUIT: FOUR EL PASO DEVELOPERS VS. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Friends and Media, I have attached to this email the lawsuit that was filed in Travis County by four developers who are suing the Texas Historical Commission to “postpone”…
THC MEETING SET FOR 8:00AM THIS MORNING, COMMISSIONER STOUT SENDS POWERFUL LETTER
Dear Friends and Media: This morning the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission will decide whether to approve El Paso County’s application to establish a national historic…
THE SILVER DOLLAR CAFE IS THE ONLY BUILDING IN THE SEGUNDO BARRIO ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER
Dear Friends and Media, I have attached a picture I took today of the Silver Dollar Cafe. Located at 1021 S. Mesa Street, just south of Olivas V. Aoy Avenue,…
THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES!
Dear Friends, Yesterday, the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission voted unanimously to recommend advancing our County’s nomination of Downtown El Paso to the National Register of…
STATE BOARD OF REVIEW VOTES 9-0 TO ADVANCE NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN TO NATIONAL REGISTER! VICTORY!!!
Media and Friends, I am pleased to announce that the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission has voted unanimously to recommend that Downtown El Paso become a…
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION VOTES 6-0 TO SUPPORT NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, Moments ago, the City’s Historic Landmark Commission voted 6-0 to support the County’s nomination of Downtown El Paso–including all 13 “arena footprint” properties–to become a National…
FIRST DRAFT NARRATIVE FOR SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS COMPLETE!
Dear Friends, Hardy Heck Moore and Associates, headquartered in Austin, has completed its first draft narrative for the proposed National Register Historic District for the Segundo Barrio. There is now…
CITY WILL NOT SUPPORT NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Dear Friends and Media, At today’s City Council meeting, under agenda item 20.2, City Engineer Sam Rodriguez will make a presentation in which he will announce on slide 15 that…