A stronger city for us all.

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About Us

We are a grassroots group of Houstonians advocating for safe streets, affordable housing, and livable communities. Our organization is a chapter of  a larger national advocacy organization, Strong Towns. 

  • Parking Reform Coalition

    Over 5,000 acres of Houston land worth $3.6 billion sit idle under surface parking lots. That's land that could be homes, businesses, parks, and transit. Instead, we've paved it and called it policy.

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“We’ve spent two generations transforming a public realm once comprised of walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods into auto-only zones. These are places where the kids used to play ball in the street. Today a kid can’t even play safely in their own front yard.”

-Charles Marohn, Founder of Strong Towns

Meet the Local Leads

  • Smiling man with a beard in formal attire, wearing a white shirt, a dark vest, and a black tie, standing outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.

    Matthew Caughman

  • A middle-aged man with a beard and short hair, wearing a navy blue blazer, white shirt, and a maroon tie with white polka dots, smiling outdoors with green trees in the background.

    Jeff Boutte

  • A young man with light brown hair smiling, wearing a light blue button-up shirt, standing indoors near large windows.

    Micah Erfan

  • A smiling young man with short, light brown hair, wearing a light-colored dress shirt, a gray vest, and a maroon tie, standing outside against a blurred background of buildings.

    Matthew Tetlow

  • A man smiling with a beard and mustache, wearing a brown beanie, a black hoodie over a white sweater, standing outdoors on a sidewalk in a residential area with multi-story apartment buildings, trees, and a pet waste bag dispenser in the background.

    Chris Mullins

  • Professional portrait of a smiling man in a dark suit and tie against a gray background.

    Ruben Garza

Frequent Questions

  • No.

    We are a non-partisan organization. We welcome members of all manner of political backgrounds.

  • Yes!

    We are always eager to work with other organizations that share our views regarding a specific iniative.

    These groups often consist of neighborhood associations and advocacy organization such as LINK Houston, Air Alliance Houston, Walk and Roll Houston, Stop TXDOT I-45, No Higher No Wider, I Love 11th Street, Bike Houston, Texan for Reasonable Solutions, and A Tale of Two Bridges.

  • No.

    Strong Towns Houston believes that cars, like buses, trains, bikes, etc are useful tool of transportation and have an important place in our transportation system.

    What we are against is the development pattern that elevates consideration for cars over the needs of people and all other modes of transportation.