Request that the County Judge execute an agreement between Harris County and Rice University’s Center for Civic Leadership to initiate a semester long internship with Precinct 4’s Planning Department to investigate economic, public health, and social cohesion impacts related to placemaking in underserved neighborhoods at no cost to Harris County extending from August to December 2026. | Community Exchange
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Request that the County Judge execute an agreement between Harris County and Rice University’s Center for Civic Leadership to initiate a semester long internship with Precinct 4’s Planning Department to investigate economic, public health, and social cohesion impacts related to placemaking in underserved neighborhoods at no cost to Harris County extending from August to December 2026.
A semester-long internship with Rice University will study placemaking impacts in underserved Harris County neighborhoods at no cost.
Harris County Commissioners Court introduced a memorandum of understanding for a no-cost internship between Harris County Precinct 4's Planning Department and Rice University's Center for Civic Leadership. Running August to December 2026, the internship will study economic, public health, and social cohesion impacts of placemaking in underserved neighborhoods.
This agreement places a Rice University intern inside Precinct 4's Planning Department to study how placemaking affects neighborhoods. Findings could inform future county planning decisions in underserved areas.