Jordan Raffoul Ghawi

Making Texas more resilient thru healthcare & disaster response | Chronic civic engager | Vol. firefighter/paramedic | Here to entertain, engage, & educate

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Honored to be included on the Texas Business Journals' annual Texas 100 list of influential Texans. Immensely proud of the work our @STRAC team and its members do across the region. Looking forward to building upon our accomplishments from last year.

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[Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF) @TXEMTF]

The Texas EMTF continues to support the response to historic flooding with 6 severe weather packages activated across the state.

Currently, 162 #TXEMTF personnel and 79 assets are deployed.

Pictured below: deployed assets in Kerrville, TX.

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Mayor ⁦@Ron_Nirenberg⁩: What Texas Monthly Got Wrong About San Antonio https://t.co/dulGXhbUS3

[STRAC @STRAC]

We’re excited to share our law enforcement navigation (LE NAV) video!

This STCC-led behavioral health program, part of @STRAC, has transformed how we care for patients in crisis, ensuring timely, specialized treatment and easing pressure on ERs and EMS.

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[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

How local rules fuel high housing costs in Texas | The Texas Tribune https://t.co/kwp17kyfqL

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Check out my latest commentary in the @SAReport with Jaime Wesolowski & Dr. Ramachandran on the impact of social determinants of health in San Antonio’s South Side.

A healthier, more equitable community needs cross-sector collaboration.

👉 Read more: https://t.co/DPHOSpYgnB

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

City plans to buy vacant lots along proposed VIA Green Line for affordable housing.

#TransitOrientedDevelopment https://t.co/PkdHYpswrc

[Joshua Fechter @JoshuaFechter]

Today in Texas' housing crisis:

A developer pitched 85 low-income apartments & a pre-K facility in San Antonio. Neighbors used a Jim Crow-era law to force the project to get a supermajority of the City Council in order to go through

4 members voted "no," killing the project

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

If Texas wants to rein in its high housing costs, it needs more homes, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office said Tuesday — the latest sign that the state’s high home prices and rents have become a growing concern for the state’s top officials. Texas needs 306,000 more homes than it currently has, according to a new report.

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[Ron Nirenberg @Ron_Nirenberg]

✅ Address the housing affordability crisis
✅ Provide permanent supportive housing services to combat homelessness
✅ Provide residents direct access to @VIA_Transit's planned Advanced Rapid Transit Green Line

Four25 San Pedro Apartments have officially broken ground.

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Proud to play a small part in this incredible team of Texans helping Texans.

[Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF) @TXEMTF]

Yesterday, the #TXEMTF updated Acting Gov. @LtGovTX Dan Patrick & @TDEM Chief Nim Kidd on our response to Hurricane #Beryl.

To date, our disaster medical teams have treated over 600 patients & transported more than 500.

350+ dedicated personnel deployed with 200+ assets.

[Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick @LtGovTX]

Texas also set up a base camp with 650 rooms in trailers, equipped with bathrooms, showers, and dining facilities for our first responders who came from across Texas and other states to help. Most are firemen and women and EMT teams.

In addition, we have sent state troopers and police from across Texas to counties in the damaged areas. We supply generators. @TxDOT helps clear roads. @TXEMTF and various other agencies take on multiple tasks and provide support. This is just a part of the assistance Texas is providing in Houston and other counties affected by Beryl.

Statewide, Texas has distributed over:
1.9 million bottles of water
230k ready-to-eat meals
56k bags of ice

And we are not done yet. #txlege #HurricaneBeryl

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

San Pedro apartments for low-income renters nears completion https://t.co/E1xAflH785

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

More Texans struggling with housing costs than ever before | The Texas Tribune https://t.co/Fzd3dd12wR

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

@NicholasTyrone America: “hold my beer!”

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[San Antonio International Airport @SATairport]

WE MADE HISTORY! 👏 We're beyond excited to have welcomed the first @Condor nonstop flight from Frankfurt to San Antonio. Welcome to the Lone Star State!

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Example $600 fare.

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

Last night, @SATairport launched its first transatlantic flight on a brand new A330-900neo to Frankfurt on @condor.

A huge thanks to @Greater_SATX & @COSAGOV for making this a reality.

Flights can be found for as low as $600 roundtrip. Book yours now @ https://t.co/BPqCN5VdrQ

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

San Antonio is once again the fastest growing city in America.

San Antonio welcomed just shy of 22,000 new residents in 2023.

[Jordan Raffoul Ghawi @JordanGhawi]

The ⁦@sahousingtrust⁩ Paves the Way for Innovative Universal Design Multi-Family Housing Development in VIDA Community. https://t.co/fV6MqCFpw9

[STRAC @STRAC]

STRAC is back in Washington, D.C., presenting the latest updates on our site’s @NCDMPH NDMS Pilot Consortium.

We are showcasing our progress and discussing the future of disaster medical response in support of our Nation’s military.