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DEFENDING THE GULF COAST

The federal government signed an authorization bill Dec. 23, which allows for construction of the coastal barrier to begin at Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, pictured below.

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BARRIER BREAKDOWN

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ESTIMATED TIMELINE AFTER CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL 2-5 years for design 50+ years of protection 10-15 years for construction based on funding

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

IN COSTS $34B 77% reduction in damaged structures 64% reduction in ooded critical infrastructure points

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Landmark Bay Area projects seek federal support Expansive Bay Area construction projects, one aiming to protect the Gulf Coast from storm surge and the other widening the Port of Houston, are looking to the federal govern- ment for nancial support to stay on schedule. project’s construction was rolled into the National Defense Autho- rization Act, a bill that is passed nearly every year by the govern- ment, said Nicole Sunstrum, exec- utive director of the Gulf Coast Protection District. The $858 billion spending package was signed by President Joe Biden on Dec. 23. BY SAAB SAHI & DANIEL WEEKS

Community snapshot

2 Seabrook projects to make headway in 2023

done. We will continue to work to secure funding for this imperative project as soon as possible since it’s a question of when—not if—another big storm barrels up the upper Texas Gulf Coast.” The bill’s passage opened the door for the federal government to pro- vide up to 65% of funding and may initiate environmental review design for the project this year. Meanwhile, Project 11, or the $1 billion widening of the Houston Ship Channel, is almost completely funded by the port and federal and state gov- ernments. Charlie Jenkins, senior director of strategic programs at Port Houston, said the nal portion of funds will come in two packages, one being an omnibus bill passed by the CONTINUED ON 18

Development

The Coastal Texas Program reached a breakthrough in the U.S. Congress, where a bill containing the authorization for the construction of its various projects successfully passed. The $34.4 billion program aims to protect the Gulf Coast and parts of Harris and Galveston coun- ties from catastrophic storm surge caused by natural disaster events, such as hurricanes, through the con- struction of a coastal barrier. The authorization for the

The Texas Coastal Spine Autho- rization Act was introduced July 26 by U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, RFriendswood. Weber called the Coastal Texas Program a matter of national security in a statement after the bill was signed into law. “After years of work, I am proud that we have received the authori- zation for the Coastal Spine,” Weber said in a release. “But the work isn’t

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Businesses that have recently opened or are coming soon, relocating or expanding

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7 Gelato Spot opened at 243 E. NASA Parkway, Webster, on Dec. 10. The business offers sorbets and a variety of gelato flavors ranging from vanilla to banana Nutella and cereal milk. Owners Charles Nguyen and Andy Nguyen also own the Hyde Park Kitchen + Bar pizze- ria and Vietnamese fusion eatery Nobi Public House. No phone number listed. https://bit.ly/3GDBQFL 8 Houston-based retailer Violet K-pop opened a new location at 575 W. Bay Area Blvd., Webster, on Nov. 19. The location offers a variety of K-pop and anime-themed merchandise, including albums and figures. The retailer has two other locations at the Willowbrook and Deerbrook malls. 832-438-4112. https://bit.ly/3IGxdO0 9 Agility Physical Therapy opened its third location at 2047 W. Main St., Ste. A10, League City, on Dec. 6, co-owner Kami Guertin said. The business offers physical therapy services and sports rehabilitation. The business has two other locations in Friendswood and on Space Center Boulevard. 281-998-0901. www.agilityphysicaltherapy.net COMING SOON 10 Pinch a Penny , a swimming pool service and retailer franchise, will open a new location this spring at 3729 E. League City Parkway, Ste. 150, League City, said Libby Lang, one of the loca- tion’s owners. The location is offering pool service but will also offer a selection of pool supplies and recreation items. Pinch a Penny has over 200 locations in the U.S. 832-226-6397. www.pinchapen- ny.com/stores/leaguecity-tx-280

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NOW OPEN 1 Money Market Tax Co. held its grand opening Jan. 14 for its location at 2600 South Shore Blvd., Ste. 300, League City, location owner Genesis Dominguez said. The company offers tax preparation services for individ- uals and businesses as well as notary services. The company has another location in Las Vegas. 346-396-3773. https://bit.ly/3WWfd6x 2 Rock’s Discount Vitamins ‘N More opened its first Houston-area location at 831 W. Main St., League City, on Dec. 26, according to location manager Aaron Rodriguez. The store offers vitamins and fitness supplements. The Texas-based retailer has over 20 locations across Central and South Texas. 281-724-1911. www.rocksdiscountvitamins.com

3 Petbar opened a new location at 2800 Marina Bay Drive, League City, on Nov. 22, location owner Mara Booth Miller said. The business offers full-service washing, professional grooming and self-service washing stations. The Dallas-based dog grooming franchise was founded in 2015 and has locations across multiple states. 281-549-4194. www.petbarinc.com/ locations/league-city 4 Tiff’s Treats , an Austin-based cookie delivery shop, opened a new location at 201 S. FM 270, League City, on Jan. 16. Tiff’s Treats offers a pleth- ora of different desserts, including brownies, warm cookies and ice cream. The shop also offers birthday bun- dles, drinks and delivery for all kinds of special occasions. 832-850-3550. www.cookiedelivery.com

5 Chicago-based clothing retailer Akira opened a location at 500 Baybrook Mall, Friendswood, on Nov. 18, according to customer service specialist Anija W. The retailer offers a variety of clothing for sale, including shoes, jackets, dresses and accessories. The brand has stores in various states, including Illinois, Maryland and Texas. 281-205-4090. www.shopakira.com 6 Torrid, a plus-size women’s cloth- ing retailer, opened a new store under the name Curv at 500 Baybrook Mall, Ste. 1360, Friendswood, on Nov. 16, ac- cording to manager Sam L. The Curv store focuses on a variety of clothing, includ- ing sleepwear, loungewear, lingerie and activewear. The retailer also has a Torrid location in Webster at 1531 W. Bay Area Blvd. alongside others in the Houston area. 281-203-5792. www.torrid.com

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RELOCATIONS 11 Local brewery Galveston Bay Brew- ing plans to relocate to a new location at 902 Marina Bay Drive, Clear Lake Shores, in early 2023. The craft brewery makes a variety of beer, including ales and lagers. The brewery moved out of its original Dickinson location, where it offered a vari- ety of beer on tap, food and merchandise, in the first week of January. 281-339-3210. www.galvestonbaybrewing.com EXPANSIONS 12 Kelsey-Seybold broke ground on the expansion of its Clear Lake clinic at 1010 S. Ponds Drive, Webster, on Jan. 12, according to a release from Kelsey-Seybold. The construction will expand the building and add two new

ones on adjacent properties. The two new buildings will be a 116,000-square-foot facility with an ambulatory surgery center and a 32,000-square-foot cancer center, according to the release. The expanded clinic and new buildings will be renamed the Bay Area Campus upon completion. 713-442-4300. www.kelsey-seybold.com ANNIVERSARIES 13 The local Dream Dinners franchise location at 2312 Calder Drive, Ste. B, League City, celebrated its first anniver- sary Jan. 7. The location provides pre- pared meal kits available at the store or through delivery for local residents. The Washington-based company has locations in over a dozen states. 281-525-4199. www.dreamdinners.com

$74 million for Houston Airports. The new management team is expected to begin its transition into the airport’s concessions program in April. Houston City Council will review a second concessions contract for the airport in the coming months. 713-640-3000. www.y2houston.com

Houston City Council approved a food and beverage concessions contract with LaTrelle’s Galley LP for 10 new restaurants at the Hobby Airport . New concession locations will include Common Bond Bakery and Bistro, Dish Society, Pink’s Pizza, Jersey Mike’s Subs, The Rustic and Wendy’s, according to a Jan. 4 news release. The agreement is expected to create nearly 300 jobs across the new facilities. The release stated the 10-year agreement with LaTrelle’s Galley is projected to generate as much as

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LEAGUE CITY League City is a fast-growing city located in Galveston County. The city saw a substantial population increase of 17.76% from 2016-21, which was signicantly higher than the increase in Texas and Galveston County.

SEABROOK Seabrook is a small city located primarily within Harris County. The city saw a slight population growth of 3.44% from 2016-21, which was lower than the Texas and Galveston County change in population.

CLEAR LAKE SHORES Clear Lake Shores is a very small city located on an island in Galveston County. Residents in the community can often be seen driving around on golf carts. The city saw a large population decline of 20.71% from 2016-21.

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DINING & SHOPPING

Retailers, restaurants that opened in 2022 or are coming in 2023

8 Purple 500 Baybrook Mall Drive, Friendswood 8888480248 • www.purple.com JEWELRY 9 Clean Origin 500 Baybrook Mall Drive, Ste. D05A, Friendswood 8884872145 www.cleanorigin.com 10 Diamonds Direct 18610 Gulf Freeway, Friendswood 2816123632 www.diamondsdirect.com 11 Flawless Diamonds 201 S. Egret Bay Blvd., League City 7137030044 www.awlessdiamondstx.com LIQUOR 12 Burton’s Liquor 205 E. NASA Parkway, Webster 8326322374 www.burtonsliquor.com 13 Sitta Brew Hub 618 Dixie Farm Road, Houston 2815008804 www.sittabrewhub.com

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14 Blue Lagoon Bar and Grill 12930 Crystal View Blvd., Texas City 8327303778 www.bluelagoonbargrill.com $$$ B H K 15 Fat Shack 1020 W. NASA Parkway, Webster 2815254138 • www.fatshack.com $$ 16 Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers 2473 Bay Area Blvd., Houston 2817169892 • www.raisingcanes.com $ K ASIAN 17 Fuji Sushi Asian Cuisine 212 FM 518, Kemah 2815494006

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CLOTHING 2 Dirt Poor Couture 240 Park Ave., League City 8329054137 www.dirtpoorcouture.com 3 Earthbound Trading Co. 500 Baybrook Mall, Ste. 1366, Friendswood 2813775619 www.earthboundtrading.com 4 Graeson Bee Boutique 3020 Marina Bay Drive, Ste. A, League City 2819579664 www.graesonbee.com

5 The Rustic Chair 935 Lawrence Road, Kemah 2815494712 www.therusticchair.com 6 Tillys 500 Baybrook Mall Drive, Friendswood 2815573099 www.tillys.com FURNITURE 7 La-Z-Boy 18973 Gulf Freeway, Webster 2818174974 • www.la-z-boy.com

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21 Koop’s BBQ Kitchen & Catering 4501 Broadway St., Galveston 4095390059 www.facebook.com/koopsbbq $$ BEVERAGES 22 Fiiz Drinks 241 S. Egret Bay Blvd., League City 2817249408 • www.izdrinks.com $ K 23 Shhh Coee & Boba Lounge 4004 E. NASA Parkway, El Lago 2815494368 https://bit.ly/3X0e7XI $ BRAZILIAN 24 Fogo De Chao 700 Baybrook Mall Drive, Ste. G100, Friendswood

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2819821116 www.fogodechao.com $$$ B H ITALIAN 25 Pomodoro’s Cucina Italiana 1001 Pineloch Drive, Houston 2819546278 www.pomodorosonline.com $$ 26 Urban Bricks Kitchen 2456 Marina Bay Drive, League City www.urbanbrickskitchen.com $$ MEXICAN 27 Barcenas Mexican Kitchen 2508 S. Gulf Freeway, Ste. 102, League City 2819677142

18 Noodles & Dumplings 16630 El Camino Real, Houston 2819847014 www.noodlesanddumplings.com $$ BARBECUE 19 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 1850 E. NASA Parkway, Nassau Bay 8328643748 www.dickeys.com $$ K 20 Gen Korean BBQ House 18299 Egret Bay Blvd., Webster 3465122122 www.genkoreanbbq.com $$$

SEAFOOD 29 Crafty Crab 112 Gulf Freeway N., League City 2818499000 www.craftycrabrestaurant.com $$ 30 Sunny Seafood 2320 NASA Road 1, Seabrook 2819169888 www.sunnyseafoodtx.com $$ K

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Top transportation stories to watch in 2023 TRANSPORTATION Progress underway on League City bond transportation projects Bidding, construction and design work will

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Meanwhile, the $67 million North Landing Bou- levard extension project will be bid this summer, Bavarian said. Following the bid, construction on the project is expected to begin in late 2023 or early 2024. The project aims to extend North Landing Boulevard north from where it ends at Main Street. The road will extend with a proposed bridge over Clear Creek then east where it would intersect with an extended NASA Road 1 at a roundabout as a four- lane roadway, according to the project study. The city will acquire 18 land parcels for the project, City Manager John Baumgartner said. “We have agreement on 10 of the 18 [parcels],” Baumgartner said. In December, League City City Council autho- rized the use of eminent domain proceedings to acquire three parcels for the North Landing Boulevard extension project, Community Impact previously reported. “[The extension] will provide tremendous relief to that portion of FM 518 from I-45 to Landing Boulevard,” Baumgartner said.

MOVING THROUGH THE BOND League City will make headway this year on two signicant transportation projects from its 2019 $72 million bond package.

continue on various League City bond transporta- tion projects this year, including the Grissom Road widening and North Landing Boulevard extension. The bond was passed in May 2019, and the city set aside $72 million for streets, roadways and mobility improvements as part of Proposition B. Ten projects were a part of the original bond, two of which have been fully completed; one is partially completed; one was canceled; and the remaining six are ongoing. The Grissom Road reconstruction project costs about $9.3 million and includes widening the road from two to four lanes with a pedestrian sidewalk, drainage mitigation and the installation of a 12-inch water line stretching from the city’s north service area booster station to West NASA Road. Construction on the roadway began in April and is expected to be complete by this summer, Executive Director of Project Management Ron Bavarian said. “Grissom is now about 40%-50% completed,” Bavarian said.

Grissom Road widening: Construction is expected to nish on the Grissom Road widening project by this summer. 2023 or early 2024 after a bid process this summer. North Landing Boulevard extension: Construction on the North Landing Boulevard extension project will not begin until late

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Hwy. 146 set to nish in late 2023 As of January, Hwy. 146 is scheduled to nish in fall 2023, said Danny Perez, Texas Department of Transportation public information ocer. Hwy. 146 has been under construc- tion since 2019. The $214 million project will widen the highway from six to 12 lanes from Red Blu Road to League City Parkway, per the TxDOT project study. Other improvements include add- ing express lanes over Clear Creek, access roads and grade separations at major intersections.

45 FM 646 widening design continues; work to begin in 2024 The FM 646 widening project will continue to undergo design work through 2023 and is sched- uled to bid for construction in May 2024, said Danny Perez, Texas Department of Transportation 146 96 3436 646 1266 Segment 1 Segment 2

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public information ocer. The estimated cost for the segment of FM 646 from Edmund Way to FM 1266 was originally about $34 million but as of January is estimated at $44 million. The estimated cost for the segment from FM 1266 to FM 3436 was originally $22 million but as of January is estimated at

The project aims to increase the road’s capacity by widening it from two to four lanes as well as improving mobility and safety, Perez said. Sidewalks for pedestri- ans are also planned to be added in the segment from Edmund Way to FM 1266.

$25 million, Perez said. “Costs have increased due to ination but are still within budget,” Perez said. The project also includes a proposed overpass at the Union Pacic Corp. railroad that inter- sects with FM 646 east of Hwy. 3.

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CCISD to hold elections for trustees Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees plans to hold a general election for two trustee positions May 6, according to a release from the district. The positions are for District 2 and District 3, which are held by Michelle Davis and Arturo Sanchez, respectively. Trustee duties include policy adoption and annual budget approval, according to the release. CCISD’s single-member district election boundaries were redrawn and approved Dec. 13, 2021, as a result of 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data. The boundaries can be viewed online at www.ccisd.net/ elections/2023boundaries. The district will contract election services with Harris County for both the district 2 and 3 elections alongside Galveston County for District 2. Any citizen interested in ling for a place on the ballot can do so until 5 p.m. Feb. 17. For more information on the elections, visit www.ccisd.net/elections.

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2019,” CCISD Superintendent Karen Engle said. “We would like for this legislative session to consider how ination impacts that.” The district expects that 40,540 students will be enrolled in 2023-24 versus 40,781 students for 2022-23, which is a decline of 241. The district will earn $1.48 million less in 2023-24 than 2022-23 at the current rate that districts earn per student. House Bill 31, led by Rep. Gina Hinojosa, DAustin, would require schools to be funded based on the average number of students enrolled during the academic year. This would protect districts from losing money when students miss school. An identical bill, Senate Bill 263, was led by Sen. Nathan Johnson, DDallas. Two bills in favor of enroll- ment-based funding—HB 1246 and SB 728—were led during the 2021 leg- islative session. Even with bipartisan support, neither bill received a hearing or reached the chamber oors. For this session, Johnson also led SB 88, which would increase the state’s per-pupil basic allotment to $7,075. Prioritizing safety The Galveston County Schools Consortium and CCISD held a joint meeting Dec. 14 to discuss legislative priorities with local legislators. Priorities discussed by local school districts other than school funding included safety, teacher retention and increased local control, Engle said. Safety at schools in CCISD will continually evolve in the coming

SESSION TO ADDRESS SCHOOL FUNDING

CLEAR CREEK ISD & TEXAS Education is expected to be a key topic of focus of many prospective bills from public school funding to the student assessment model as lawmakers returned to Austin for the 88th Texas legislative session that began Jan. 10. Subjects such as public school funding and the student assessment model remain top priorities for lawmakers, educators and advocates. Because schools receive funding based on attendance, some administrators said their districts lost funding during the 2021-22 school year. The state nances schools through the basic allotment, which is the amount of money schools receive per student. Funding is based on average daily attendance, or the number of students at school on average. Average daily attendance is the sum of students present throughout the school year divided by the number of days schools must be open, per the Texas Education Agency. Schools then earn $6,160 per student who meets the average daily attendance threshold. But when a stu- dent is frequently absent, their school loses money, even if the school’s day- to-day operations do not change. Local district assesses shortfall Clear Creek ISD’s estimates predict a $15 million shortfall for the scal year 2023-24 budget based on Texas nance laws, CCISD Chief Financial Ocer Alice Benzaia said. “We are concerned about the basic allotment that we receive per student, which hasn’t had an adjustment since

Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, led Senate Bill 88 to increase the state’s per-pupil funding in Texas public schools, which trails the national average by over $4,000.

$8K

$7,075

$6,106

Up by $969 (16%)

$6K

$4K

$2K

SOURCES: EDUCATION WEEK, TEXAS, CLEAR CREEK ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT $1.48M The expected decrease in CCISD’s allotment from the state THE LOCAL IMPACT Clear Creek ISD ocials said they hope the legislative session will help oset a projected budget shortfall. $15M The budget shortfall CCISD expects in scal year 2023-24 241 The expected decrease in student enrollment from 2022-23 to 2023-24 year, CCISD board President Jay Cunningham said. Changes could include stadium call boxes since some school areas are utilized after hours. Texas began to conduct random intruder safety audits of schools in September, which Cunningham said has already happened in CCISD.

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Multiple League City park projects set to nish in late January

Bond drainage projects under design, construction

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OTHER STORIES TO FOLLOW IN 2023 THE 2022 BOND PACKAGE All three propositions were approved Nov. 8.

FLOOD MAPS: FROM MODELING TO ADOPTION The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Harris County Flood Control District have been working on concurrent ood mapping projects for Harris County. MAAPNEXT PROJECT (completed) Work on HCFCD's Modeling, Assessment and Awareness Project begins. 2019 The HCFCD reports being 70% done with ood plain maps, projecting FEMA will release preliminary maps in spring or summer 2022. May 2021 Jan. 25, 2022 The HCFCD reports being 96% done with its work and shifts its projection for FEMA’s map release to summer or fall 2022. Feb. 22, 2022 The HCFCD says it has sent mapping data to FEMA. FEMA expects to release preliminary ood insurance rate maps, or FIRMs, in 2023, at which point the MAAPnext dashboard goes live. HCFCD and FEMA will hold open houses. 2023 RELEASE OF PRELIMINARY MAPS 18-24-month period after release: • Residents have 90 days to provide feedback on the FIRMs, which may be revised before being nalized. • Communities have six months to adopt or amend ood plain ordinances based on the new FIRMs. SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Design and construction progress continues on a variety of dierent League City park projects into 2023.

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BY SAAB SAHI

HARRIS COUNTY The Federal Emergency Management Agency will release Harris County’s preliminary ood insurance rate maps sometime in 2023, according to Harris County Flood Control District ocials. The HCFCD projected in a May 2021 update that FEMA would release the maps in the spring or summer of 2022, but has continually pushed back its estimate. FEMA ocials could not conrm a specic release date. Local ood control entities partner with FEMA to provide information for those maps, which show ood risk and mandate ood insurance in high-risk areas. HCFCD Planning Division Director Ataul Hannan said FEMA’s maps have not been updated countywide since 2007. Work on the countywide update began in 2019 with the advent of the Modeling, Assessment and Awareness Project, or MAAPnext, which uses updated rainfall and topographic data to create comprehensive maps and ood risk tools that residents will be able to access with an online dashboard. Ocials said MAAPnext’s dashboard will complement the release of FEMA’s maps. A process will then begin to revise the maps before they become ocial in late 2024 or 2025. Early in that process, residents will have 90 days to comment on the maps, and communities will have to adopt or amend their ood plain management ordinances.

“Really, it’s a complete recon- struction of what was there [at Bayridge Park],” City Manager John Baumgartner said. The 1.8-acre neighborhood park will have a new playground, a 5-foot-wide concrete perimeter, a walking/jogging trail, a small picnic pavilion, baseball eld improve- ments, basketball court resurfacing and landscaping. The project, which cost about $500,000, was funded with park dedication fees. Meanwhile, design work will continue in 2023 for the city’s Bay Colony Park project. Bay Colony Park, which will be located west of Calder Road and south of Ervin Street, will feature ve baseball elds, four softball elds, soccer elds, pickleball courts, concession stands, a pavilion, playgrounds and other amenities, Community Impact previously reported.

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LEAGUE CITY Multiple League City park projects will be completed or continue their progress in Jan- uary, said Sarah Greer Osborne, the city’s executive director of communications. East Side Dog Park, which is located in the Hometown Heroes Park, will open Jan. 28. It is the last part of several improvements at Hometown Heroes Park as a 5K loop encircling the park and a tness and obstacle course were completed last summer, Community Impact reported. Meanwhile, Bayridge Park improvements will nish in January, as the playground equipment was installed in the second week of January. Construction was delayed by a wait for the playground equip- ment, Executive Director of Project Management Ron Bavarian said.

LEAGUE CITY Progress continues on most of the 21 drainage projects included in League City’s $145 million bond from May 2019. About $73 million of the bond was dedicated to drainage projects, and the cost has been supplemented by grants, City Manager John Baumgartner said. “Our goal was to have all the projects completed within ve years,” he said. “I think we’ve made good progress.” Phase 3 of Bay Ridge has been completed, which improved drain- age and capacity in the neighbor- hood next to Gum Bayou. Phases 1 and 2 are under construction and are expected to nish in 2023. Oaks at Clear Creek is nearly done with construction and is expected to nish in 2023.

$100M for public safety facilities

$1.2B TOTAL

$200M for parks

HOMETOWN HEROES PARK

for roads, drainage and multimodal transportation $900M

SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Harris County to initiate work on projects for $1.2B bond package Carl Apple, director of communications for Harris County’s engineering department, said his department is working with the county’s Oce of County Administration to develop a strategy and process for bond projects from the $1.2 billion in bonds approved by voters Nov. 8. Some projects will be bid and assigned in 2023.

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Flyway development will see rst business opening in 2023 Webster’s 80-acre Flyway development along I-45 will see the opening of its rst business in 2023. Chicken N Pickle was announced in October as the rst business at the development. The indoor and outdoor casual restaurant and sports bar will open in late 2023. Great Wolf Lodge, which broke ground in September, is adjacent to the Flyway development. The lodge will bring a resort, an indoor waterpark and a conference center to the development by mid- to late 2024. No additional businesses have been announced at this time, but Webster’s Economic Development Director Betsy Giusto said there is still activity.

1 Axiom Space is building a 106,000-square-foot facility that is expected to be completed in May. It will build the rst commercial space station. 2 Collins Aerospace began operations in September and has begun manufacturing spacesuits to be used in low Earth orbits. Its 125,000-square-foot facility will also contain 10,000 square feet of incubator space for startup companies to use. 3 Intuitive Machines Spaceport will build a lunar lander. Its 130,000-square-foot facility is estimated to nish this summer. Three tenants continue their construction at the Houston Spaceport, and ocials said more could be announced this year.

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130,000-square-foot facility at the spaceport. Construction is 50% complete, and it is estimated to nish this summer. “These anchor tenants are helping us attract other smaller companies ... looking at potentially setting up their facilities at the Spaceport so they can serve the needs of these larger companies,” Machuca said. Additionally, Machuca said the Spaceport has two large prospects looking to join the Spaceport as well as a number of ongoing conversa- tions with service providers looking at the Spaceport as a potential site. Building relationships and negoti- ating to get tenants takes months and even years, Mitchell said, but it has signicant economic benets for the region. “There’s very easily north of $4 billion of contracts for these com- panies,” Machuca said. “So that’s really good for our community.” Phase 2 of the Spaceport’s con- struction includes a couple of large additions to its infrastructure, Machuca said. Most signicantly, a full-length taxiway at over 8,000 feet long will be constructed along Runway 4-22, which is located immediately northwest of the Spaceport. This will open up over 120 acres on the air side for develop- ment and connect the Spaceport to the airport operationally. The Spaceport plans to select a contractor for the $150 million project by March. After an estimated 18 months of construction, it hopes

The Houston Spaceport plans to take its oerings to the next level in 2023, including adding new tenants and releasing plans for a consumer-focused Phase 2 of development. “Houston is an international city, and we need to be the international hub for hypersonic and supersonic travel,” said Bob Mitchell, president of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership. “And we will be.” Building out the Spaceport The Houston Spaceport is a site for the launching and landing of sub- orbital, reusable launch vehicles as well as oce spaces located on the southeast side of Ellington Airport. The spaceport is anchored by three major tenants. Collins Aerospace began operations in September in a 125,000-square-foot facility. The company received a task order from NASA in December to begin man- ufacturing spacesuits to be used in low Earth orbits, Houston Spaceport Director Arturo Machuca said. In the same building, the space- port will also open 10,000 square feet of incubator space for startup companies to use. Construction on a 106,000-square- foot facility for Axiom Space is 50% complete and expected to be completed in May. Axiom Space is building the rst commercial space station, Mitchell said. Intuitive Machines, which is building a lunar lander, has a

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to nish the new taxiway in 2024. In October 2022, the land use plan for the Spaceport was completed. This includes plans for Phase 2, the devel- opment of the entire site, introducing retail, hotels, education expansion and infrastructure such as roads. “I really feel like within the next three to ve years, all 140 acres that’s currently developed for the Spaceport will be full, and we’ll be working on the next 140 acres,” Mitchell said.

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The Coastal Barrier project’s funds will be divided among the gulf defense, bay defense and ecosystem restoration parts of the project with most of the fund projected to be spent on the main gates protecting from storm surge.

The ve counties that make up the Gulf Coast Protection District are Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jeerson and Orange counties. The coastal barrier project aims to protect these counties from storm surge. COUNTIES TO DEFEND

ORANGE COUNTY

HARRIS COUNTY

SPENDING BREAKDOWN About 65% will be federally funded and 35% locally funded by the Gulf Coast Protection District, which comprises Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jeerson and Orange counties.

LOCAL FUNDING OPTIONS The GCPD will seek state funding during the 88th legislative session, which started Jan. 10, to cover its portion of the cost.

CHAMBERS COUNTY

65% FEDERALLY FUNDED

35% LOCALLY FUNDED

TOTAL COST $34.4 BILLION

JEFFERSON COUNTY

22%

69%

GALVESTON COUNTY

GULF OF MEXICO

Ecological Restoration

Bay Defense System

Gulf Defense System

SOURCES: GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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to take about 15-20 years, and initial steps such as construction contract bidding and nal design could be taken in 2023 now that the NDAA is passed, Braden said. “The scale is unprecedented,” Braden said. “It’s a massive compre- hensive regional mitigation strategy to address catastrophic storm surge.” Paying for the barrier The Gulf Coast Protection District was founded in 2021 by the 87th Texas Legislature for the purpose of acting as the nonfederal sponsor of the Coastal Texas Program. The GCPD covers ve counties by the Gulf Coast: Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jeerson and Orange. Sunstrum said the federal legislation authorizing the construction for the Coastal Texas Program will not include funding; the appropriation of funds is an additional step that Congress would need to approve in another bill. “The more money that we get from the federal government, the faster the construction will be,” she said. “And that obviously will impact costs just because of time passing and … rising cost of materials and all the other fac- tors that go into ination.” The maximum requested cost of the overall project is about $34 billion, Sunstrum said. The orig- inal cost shown in the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibil- ity Study pitched to Congress in 2021 was $28.9 billion, but Sunstrum said this number increased over time due to ination.

Bob Mitchell, president of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership and a member of the GCPD, said the federal government would be respon- sible for providing 65% of the funding for the protective elements of the proj- ect, while the GCPD would be respon- sible for the other 35%. “We’re not asking for all the money at one time; we can’t build all of it at one time,” Mitchell said. GCPD ocials have previously mentioned to Community Impact the possibility of utilizing resilience bonds to produce the local funds to match federal spending. These bonds are a way for large compa- nies along the coast to reimburse the cost for the project: Companies in the area with facilities that could be impacted by storm surge would benet from the project and pay to support it. However, Sunstrum said there are no plans to issue bonds at this time and that the GCPD will seek state funding instead during the leg- islative session. Sunstrum said she doubts Congress will appropriate the entire $34 billion up front, but she is happy to see strong bipartisan support of the issue. “It kind of sells itself,” Sunstrum said. “All of these entities that are involved are really dedicated to see- ing it through and seeing it imple- mented in the right way, and I think that’s a unique thing that’s really important for a project of this size.” Widening the channel The other major construction in

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U.S. Congress in December for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the sec- ond coming from the scal year 2023-24 President’s Budget in February. “If they get the remaining funding that’s needed, they’ll keep on sched- ule. If the project isn’t funded, then the project will start to slow down,” Jenkins said. History of the coastal barrier The Coastal Texas Program con- sists of more than 15 projects out- lined by a six-year study led by the Army Corps of Engineers. The program features a mixture of projects to reect and absorb storm surge as a collective part of a coastal barrier, said Michael Braden, ACE Galveston District mega projects division chief. Projects protecting interior land include the Dickinson and Clear Lake gate systems and pump stations. “The Coastal Texas Program is a series of dune and beach renourish- ment, gates, levees [and] pumps. … It’s a multiple-line-of-defense, multiple-component system that works together,” Sunstrum said. The various projects can be con- structed sequentially as funding becomes available: Some sections of the program could take only a few years to nish, while others might only be completed after over a decade of construction, said Carlos Gomez, ACE deputy public aairs chief. The timeline for the program is expected

$4.4 BILLION Galveston/Bolivar beaches and dunes renourishments $80 MILLION South Padre Beach nourishment

and sediment management

Bay Defense System

$4.2 BILLION Galveston Ring Barrier System and sea wall Improvements $1.9 BILLION Clear Lake Gate System and Pump Station $400 MILLION Nonstructural measures $1.1 BILLION Dickinson Gate System and Pump Station

$140 MILLION Surge mitigation

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Ecological Restoration

$3.1 BILLION Ecosystem Restoration

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