Spot on.
37 of Houston's 88 designated super neighborhood groups are defunct, with only about half of the 51 with active bylaws participating- so a couple dozen of Htown's best-informed and represented zip codes in the room where it happens. Our Northtown/Northline Civic Assoc began rebuilding SN#45 Northline after Harvey- a territory with 60k resident stakeholders in 4 zip codes where civic clubs are relics of the past, failing to materialize and/or are infeasible. Metro's #96 Route skips the only park in our parks desert (Northline Park) and despite being prioritized for greenspace in HPARD's 2015 report, District H is currently siphoning off Northline Park to luxury developers at Parker Rd
Our area in Segment #1 (Northtown Plaza) remains a food, medical, park, art, resource desert but we're seeing more new small condo developments touting HOAs around the many low-income apartments and trailer parks. We've petitioned the Dept of neighborhood to add in resident groups from apartments and trailer communities but will see what happens. A digital desert without sidewalks, bus covers, benches or shelters- looks like I-45 at Tidwell isn't even scheduled for a BRT station.