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PUBLISHERS AND FOUNDERS John and Jennifer Garrett PUBLISHER HOUSTONMETRO Jason Culpepper GENERAL MANAGER Kelli Ray, kray@communityimpact.com EDITORIAL EXECUTIVE EDITOR Joe Lanane MANAGING EDITOR Matt Stephens SENIOR EDITOR Shawn Arrajj SENIOR REPORTER Danica Smithwick COPY CHIEF Andy Comer
FROMKELLI: The March edition of Community Impact Newspaper includes our annual Higher Education Guide. Find out more about new programs and facilities coming to our area, including a new bachelor’s degree at Lone Star College-CyFair, starting on Page 25.
Kelli Ray, GENERALMANAGER
FROMSHAWN: The population continues to grow in the Cy-Fair area, which added more than 55,000 people between 2014 and 2018. Read about how o cials in Harris County’s government are trying to cater to growth in unincorporated areas on Page 38.
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Local events and things to know TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES 17 Updates on Cy-Fair road projects WATER 20 North Harris County water rates to rise in April CITY& COUNTY 23 Jersey Village hires new police chief
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