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The Rooms · Deer Park
Get in the room
A lot of what happens in Deer Park gets talked through in a room before it reaches a council agenda: the chamber lunch, the economic-development task force, the plant advisory council. Here is when they meet and how to get a seat.
Coming up
- Deer Park City CouncilTue 7:30 PM · Open to the publicI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
- Deer Park Chamber of CommerceCoffee and Connections with DPCMon 8:30 AM · Ask before you goI’m going
- Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)Tue 11:00 AM · Open to the publicI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
- Deer Park City CouncilTue 7:30 PM · Open to the publicI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
- Deer Park Chamber of CommerceThankful for Membership - Membership LuncheonTue 11:30 AM · Ask before you goI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
- Deer Park City CouncilTue 7:30 PM · Open to the publicI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
- Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)Tue 11:00 AM · Open to the publicI’m going
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)Wed 12:00 PM · Guests by invitationHow to get in: see the room’s site
Walk-in rooms
- Deer Park Board of Health · free to attend
- Deer Park Charter Review Committee · free to attend
- Deer Park City Council · free to attend
- Deer Park Community Development Corporation (Type B / DPCDC) · free to attend
- Deer Park Crime Control & Prevention District board · free to attend
- Deer Park Fire Control, Prevention & EMS District board (FCPEMSD) · free to attend
- Deer Park Historical Committee · free to attend
- Deer Park Library Board of Trustees · free to attend
- Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) · free to attend
- Deer Park Parks & Recreation Commission · free to attend
- Deer Park Planning & Zoning Commission / Board of Adjustment · free to attend
- Deer Park Senior Citizen Commission · free to attend
- San Jacinto College SBDC – Small Business Roundtable · No Cost
Rooms you join
- Cheers Booster Club
- Deer Park Cager Club (basketball)
- Deer Park Chamber Foundation
- Deer Park Chamber of Commerce · from $400 a year (Small Business (20 employees or fewer)) · 369 listings in its member directoryApply online at business.deerparkchamber.org/join. Annual membership, paid yearly or quarterly.
- Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC)
- Deer Park Education Foundation (DPEF)
- Deer Park Football Booster Club · from $150 a year (Standard Membership)
- Deer Park High School Aquatic Team Booster Club
- Deer Park High School Band Booster Club
- Deer Park High School Deer Escort Booster Club
- Deer Park High School Project Graduation
- Deer Park ISD Cross Country Track Booster Club
- Deer Park ISD Golf Booster Club
- Deer Park Mens Soccer Booster Club
- Deer Park Orchestra Booster Club
- Deer Park Tennis Booster Club
- Deer Park Young Farmers of Texas (DPYFT)
- East Harris County Manufacturers Association (EHCMA) · 81 listings in its member directory
- Economic Alliance Houston Port Region · from $750 a year (Proprietor)
- Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council
- JROTC Parent Club
- Lady Deer Softball Booster Club
- Lady Deer Tip-off Booster Club
- Lady Deer XC and Track Booster Club
- Parent Booster USA Inc (Deer Park, TX-address subordinate)
- Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo Association
- Pipe Fitters Local Union 211 (UA) - union hall & Retirees Club · from $20 a year (Retirees Club)
- Rotary Club of Deer Park (Deer Park Rotary)
- Side Out Volleyball Booster Club
- Who's On First Baseball Booster Club
Be our person in the room
Already go to one of these? After the meeting, snap the handout and talk for 90 seconds about what you heard. That’s the whole job, and it lets the rest of Deer Park know what’s coming.
The facts behind these rooms (who runs them, their tax returns, public money in) are on the record at the Council on Local Relations. The week’s best three meetings go out in the Herald.