civic center

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In 2021, the city started Right to Return, a pilot affordable housing initiative for residents who were forcibly removed due to the construction of the I-10 freeway and the civic center.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

Stout met Kirk for the first time in 2014 when he was speaking to a group of young Texas conservatives huddled in a small room of a civic center in Harris County.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2025

On weekdays, the lunch and happy hour crowds tend to be city and county workers from the nearby civic center.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was among the children killed, slammed a podium in the civic center and in between tears demanded that Prado return to the meeting.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

When the bond issue to renovate the dilapidated civic center failed not once but twice he could not help but wonder if there could ever be any real progress in a place like that.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger