PODCASTS

NEWS

PRESS

• Houston area’s “Avenue Group” offering new homes with financial help to low income families – CW39: December 2024
• Texas wants more affordable housing. Insurance costs are getting in the way. – Houston Chronicle: Feb, 2025
• Soaring Property Insurance Rates Threaten Affordable Housing Development – Shelterforce: March 2024
• Avenue Center completes opening with Legacy Health Clinic – The Leader News: July, 2022
• Cultural Arts – Art on the Avenue – The Heights Pages: Fall, 2022
• Helping Schools in Houston Create Outdoor Learning Spaces – Republic Services: March 2021
• Avenue CDC chief Mary Lawler champions affordable housing and community revitalization –  Houston Chronicle: September 2019

AWARDS

• 2024: Lifetime Achievement Award, Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (awarded to Mary Lawler, Avenue CEO)
• 2023: Finalist, Urban Land Institute Development of Distinction, Non-Profit (Avenue Center)
• 2021: Houston-Galveston Area Council Parks and Natural Areas Award
• 2018: Winner, Urban Land Institute Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award (Avenue Place/Avenue Terrace)
• 2017: Houston Business Journal Best Places to Work
• 2015: Certificate of Congressional Recognition (Avenue Place Park and Trail)