Harvey: Houston To Open 8 More Neighborhood Restoration Centers

HOUSTON, TX — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday the opening of eight additional Neighborhood Restoration Centers (NRC) throughout the city starting next week. Turner said this comes on the heels following a successful experiment with providing essential services to Hurricane Harvey flood victims at the grassroots level.

"We are taking a neighborhood by neighborhood approach to getting assistance to the many people who need it," Turner said.

In November, the city and the BakerRipley non-profit organization opened a pilot version of an NRC at the Kashmere Multi-Service Center. It proved to be a success with 700 Houstonians served there so far with disaster case management and vital services such as temporary housing assistance, legal aid, mental health and wellness care, home repair and rebuilding information and employment help.

The city now joins with BakerRipley and Memorial Assistance Ministries to open eight more centers.

With the continuing operations of the Kashmere center, the nine are:

Acres Homes Multiservice Center
6719 W. Montgomery, Houston, TX 77091
Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(832) 393-4145

Edgebrook
10727 Hartsook St, Houston, TX 77034
Open Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Served by a mobile bus in the Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Church (for more information call 211)

Greenspoint
159 Aldine Bender Rd, Houston, TX 77060
Open every Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Served via a mobile bus unit in the Teloloapan Market (for more information call 211)

Kashmere Gardens
4802 Lockwood Drive, Houston, TX 77026
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(832) 393-5503

Memorial Assistance Ministries Center
1625 Blalock Road, Houston, TX 77080
Open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Interested persons should email MAM at harveyrelief@maministries.org OR call 713 468-4516 ext. 105 (English) or ext. 104(Spanish). Email is preferred as phone messages can take up to 2 days to return.

Northeast Multi-Service Center (open 1/16)
9720 Spaulding Street, Houston, TX 77016
Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(832) 395-0470

Pasadena at the ClevelandRipley Center
720 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena, TX 77504
Open Every Tuesday, noon - 4 p.m. and Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
(713) 944-9186

Memorial Assistance Ministries at Spring Branch Community Health Center (open 2/1)
7777 Westgreen Blvd, Cypress, TX 77433
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Interested persons should email MAM at harveyrelief@maministries.org OR call 713 468-4516 ext. 105 (English) or ext. 104(Spanish). Email is preferred as phone messages can take up to 2 days to return.

West End Multi-Service Center (open 1/16)
170 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77007
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(832) 393-5950

More information about the centers is at HoustonRecovers.org.

Image: Chris Ginter carries Mila Milo on his shoulders through floodwaters as she visits her parents flooded home on September 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Houston resident Chris Ginter has been taking local residents to their flooded homes in his monster truck which can drive through waters up to 4 feet deep. Over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas, residents are beginning the long process of recovering from the storm. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)