Sugar Land - Missouri City Edition | February 2023

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The Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land opened a new exhibit Jan. 27.

eatery’s staple Peproni Rolls, which is a hand-tossed roll with pepperoni and smoked provolone cheese. The location will also offer dine-in, delivery, curbside pickup and carryout for customers. www.doubledaves.com 8 Salad and Go , a healthy-living drive-thru, is set to open its Sugar Land location by fall of this year, according to information provided by a Salad and Go spokesperson Jan. 17. Previous reporting showed a construction date as late as Dec. 12. Located at 18830 Noble Seven Lane, Sugar Land, the eatery will offer salads, wraps, soups and breakfasts, as well as cold drinks and cold brew cof- fees, all in a drive-thru exclusive setup. www.saladandgo.com 9 PJ’s Coffee is set to open in late spring at 17211 W. Grand Parkway S., Sugar Land, a PJ’s spokesperson said via email. PJ’s Coffee is a New Orleans-based coffee franchise that serves coffee, cold brew iced coffee, teas, and blended frozen coffee drinks and smoothies. The coffee chain has multiple locations in 14 states across the U.S., according to the website. www.pjscoffee.com 10 Laser cut and interior design space AALVO is opening its first storefront in March. The store opened online in 2018 but is now set for a physical storefront that startup owner Amy Chantra said she hopes will provide a space for Houston creatives and another way for customers to reach her. The space at 10999 Murphy Road in Stafford will feature Chantra’s laser cutting services and interior design skills, while also providing event space for photographers, bakers and other

creatives who Chantra hopes will use the space. www.shopaalvo.com 11 Big Chicken , the fast-casual chicken concept founded by basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, will open a location in Richmond at 3415 FM 762, Ste. 100, in mid-2023. It will be Big Chicken’s second Texas location, as part of a 50-unit agreement across the state, according to a news release. Big Chicken has four locations open across the coun- try. The concept offers chicken entrees, such as crispy chicken sandwiches and tenders, and dessert options, such as shakes and ice cream sandwiches. www.bigchicken.com RELOCATIONS 12 SUNRGY Solar Distribution will relocate its headquarters mid-April from 12763 Capricorn St., Ste. 100, Stafford, to 12411 Citypark Drive, Missouri City. The solar product distribution company works with both solar installation com- panies and manufacturers; the business also offers financing opportunities to small- and medium-sized compa- nies, CEO Neel Desai said in an email. 833-786-7492. www.sunrgy.com ANNIVERSARIES 13 Sugar Land-based real estate com- pany Aneste Properties LLC completed its first year in business in January. Owner and sole broker for the company Norka Jenkins said the business closed homes worth about $8 million. Jenkins said she expects her business, which is located

FEATURED IMPACT IN THE NEWS “Ocean Bound!”, an exhibit designed to tell the story of water conservation, opened Jan. 27 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land , located at 13016 University Blvd. The exhibit will educate visitors on the value of water by demonstrating where it comes from and how to conserve it. It will run through May 14. “Water conservation is crucial in meeting not just Sugar Land’s long-term water supply goals, but our entire region and beyond, and it will take a communitywide eort to achieve,” Brian Butscher, Sugar Land’s public works director, said in a news release. Visitors can interact with displays, including a watershed, a water COURTESY HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE AT SUGAR LAND at 77 Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Sugar Land, to continue growing into the new year. Her biggest lesson has been to put clients first and to be honest. Jenkins has also learned to challenge her clients to find the right home. 346-352-2183. www.har.com/norkajenkins IN THE NEWS 14 The city of Sugar Land has officially completed a $1.9 million drainage im- provement project for the neighborhood

conservation station explaining the present and future of indoor water conservation, and a water utility station that explores utility roles and standards. The exhibit is a $5 fee, in addition to general admission. Tickets and more information can be found at www.hmns.org/oceanbound.

of Greatwood Village . A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the project was held Feb. 1, more than a year after the project was approved in November 2021. The project set out to address critical ponding and structural flooding issues, targeting a series of problematic areas within the subdivision. The project was greenlit in November 2019, six months after what city officials at the time described as more than 13 inches of rain in nine hours. The project was originally slated to be completed in October 2022.

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