In his nearly seven years as Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner has led the nation’s fourth-most-populous city through some of the most tumultuous times in its recent history. He helped guide the Bayou City through Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 and the collapse of the state’s power grid in 2021.Â
Looking ahead, Turner will complete his second and final term as mayor in January 2024. What’s next for him and for Houston?
Join The Texas Tribune at noon Central on Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Houston for a conversation with Mayor Sylvester Turner and Tribune Editor in Chief Sewell Chan on the mayor’s tenure, the relationship between Texas’ cities and the state government, what his successor should prioritize and Houston’s trajectory.Â
Networking will begin at 11:30 a.m. over lunch at the Grand Foyer at the Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas Ave. in Houston.
The hourlong conversation event will begin at noon. Parking will not be provided. Street parking or ride-sharing is recommended.
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This in-person event will be simultaneously streamed for virtual attendees and will be available to watch on demand afterward at texastribune.org/events.
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Chan joined The Texas Tribune as editor in chief in October 2021. Previously he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw coverage that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021. Chan worked at The New York Times from 2004-18, as a metro reporter, Washington correspondent, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. He began his career as a local reporter at The Washington Post in 2000.
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