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COMPILED BY SHAWN ARRAJJ, VANESSA HOLT AND EVA VIGH
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office releases new strategic plan On Oct. , the Montgomery County Sheri’s Oce released its updated strategic plan, a multiyear blueprint rst unveiled in , which shapes law-enforcement response and community oce and partner agencies with , tasks. A precinct model map will be implemented in , Spencer said.
THE PASSING OF PROP. 8 Texas voters approved Proposition 8 onNov. 5, which created the first-ever statewide Flood Infrastructure Fund. What is Proposition 8? Proposition 8 is a constitutional amendment that created a Flood Infrastructure Fund, which will be used to help finance flood and drainage projects across Texas. • The fund will be
The sheri’s oce will also establish a commu- nity satisfaction survey in to obtain feedback on its services and performance.
relationships, according to the sheri’s oce. The updated plan identies the progress the sheri’s oce made in meeting its goals identied in and identies new benchmarks. To reduce the rates of burglaries in Montgomery County, the sheri’s oce began applying COM- PSTAT, or computer statistics for data analysis, in the second half of . Patrol supervisors began deploying personnel to known problem areas as a result of this implementation, according to the sheri’s oce. The Real Time Crime Center facility, which became operational in February , is used in conjunction with COMPSTAT. From February to December , the RTCC assisted the sheri’s
REDUCING CRIME
The Real Time Crime Center became fully operational in February 2018 and has assisted with 5,700 tasks between then and December 2018.
• An injection of $793 million was made
managed by the Texas Water Development Board .
into the fund from the state’s Rainy Day Fund.
BURGLARY NUMBERS
2017 2018
BUILDINGS
RESIDENCES
Election results
For
Against
506 483
373 307
13.99%
86.01%
22.17%
77.83%
VEHICLES
1,106 1,006
Harris County
Texas
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Lone Star College System announces annual small-business awards The Lone Star College-Small Business Develop- ment Center presented its annual Small Business spoke in his opening remarks at the event about the importance of small businesses in the economy and plans for new facilities within the college system to support future growth such as opening a transporta-
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Voters approve proposition to start state’s first flood fund Aer garnering the approval of voters, Texas has been given the go-ahead to create the state’s rst ooding infrastructure fund. The fund is being established with a one-time injection of million in funding from the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund—more com- monly known as the Rainy Day Fund—aer voters approved Proposition on Nov. . However, state lawmakers can choose to add more money to the fund in the future, ocials said. The new fund, which is being called the Flood Infrastructure Fund, will be managed by the Texas Water Development Board, which hosted a series of workshops around the state in to solicit feed- back on how to prioritize projects. With Proposition ’s success, TWDB Director Kathleen Jackson said funds should become available in and will be used to meet immediate needs.
of the Year awards to six north Houston-area businesses at a Nov. luncheon at the Lone Star Community Building in The Woodlands. SBDC Executive Director Miguel Lopez said small businesses make up the majority of businesses located in Texas. “In the state of Texas, .% of the business in our state comes from small business. ... We use the [U.S. Small Business Administration] denition of small business, which is a business with or less employees,” Lopez said. Lone Star College Chancellor Stephen C. Head
tion and logistics center in Spring in . Among this year’s winners were The Young Learners, a Woodlands-based company providing preschool and early learning programs. The com- pany won the best small-business award. “We are very conscientious about the role of small business. ... We’ve lowered our tax rate three times in ve years. We like to do business with small busi- ness. ... We want people to have an education here and stay in the community,” Head said.
SMALL-BUSINESSOWNER The Young Learners (TheWoodlands) WOMAN-OWNED Spinal Care Chiropractic Center (Spring) YOUNGENTREPRENEUR SerenityMassage (Kingwood)
FAMILY-OWNED Boatman Construction LLC (Tomball) MINORITY-OWNED Sergio’s Landscaping (Conroe) VETERAN-OWNED Abundant Health &Wellness Center (Humble)
Winners for the 2019 Small Business of the Year awards
SOURCE:LONESTARCOLLEGESYSTEM/COMMUNITYIMPACTNEWSPAPER
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