BY RACHEL LELAND & JAMES T. NORMAN
Brazoria County OKs $1.2M to create sheriff’s office plan Brazoria County commissioners at an Oct. 22 meeting awarded a $1.2 million contract using federal funds to a technical services firm that will develop a master plan for the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office. What readers need to know The plan, which will be developed by AECOM Technical Services Inc., will carry the department into the next 30 years and encompass a guide and a needs assessment for the department’s facilities, operations and services, according to county documents. Currently, the department has nine buildings totaling almost 291,000 square feet, 400 employees and a detention center with a capacity of 1,153 inmates, documents show.
Pearland seeks input for Old Town revitalization Pearland officials held the first in-person open house to gather feedback on a plan to revitalize the city’s historic Old Town on Oct 2. The event comes a month after the city launched a survey to collect feedback from residents on the potential plan, which will be developed over the next nine months. The gist Director of Community Development Vance Wyly said open house attendees had voiced a desire for more cultural arts programming and entertainment venues, such as a barbecue cook-off on Grand Boulevard or having the city partner with the local Montessori school to host plays and theater performances. Wyly added residents had also asked for more boutique-style shopping and family-friendly venues, among other attractions.
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Looking ahead The city will host a second public open house in March at a location that has not yet been determined. Residents will also be able to share their thoughts with city planners at the following pop-up events
throughout the remainder of the year: • Nov. 16: Old Pearland Farmer’s Market • Dec. 6: Hometown Christmas Festival • Dec. 7: Hometown Christmas Parade
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