Pearland - Friendswood Edition | June 2022

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10 Thaicoon Restaurant and Pub is expected to open in December at 11940 Broadway St., Ste. 110, Pearland. Thaicoon Restaurant and Pub offers vari- ous appetizers; salads; and different meals, including curry dishes, traditional fried rice, Thaicoon Bangin’ Noodles and chef specialties. The Asian fusion restaurant has another location at 1223 Grand West Blvd., Ste. 102, Katy. www.thaicoonpub.com RELOCATIONS 11 The House of Goth opened its doors May 7 at 19014 Gulf Freeway, Friendswood. The location offers a variety of products, including clothing selections, leather harnesses, chokers, garters, belts, cuffs, stockings, fingerless gloves, jewelry, accessories and home decor. The business originally was located inside of Baybrook Mall at 500 Baybrook Mall, Friend- swood, and was known as A Charmed Life Jewelry Designs. 832-224-4273. www.acharmedlifejewelrydesigns.com ANNIVERSARIES 12 Kalon Skin Studio celebrated its one-year anniversary at 2743 Smith Ranch Road, Pearland. The skin care’s acne spe- cialists help clients get clear skin and offer a skin care quiz, facials, an acne boot camp and virtual consultations. 713-703-5413. www.facebook.com/kalonskinstudio IN THE NEWS 13 Keep Pearland Beautiful , located at 5800 Magnolia Parkway, Pearland, in

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FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON On May 11, the Houston Spaceport reached a new milestone with the groundbreaking of the largest company so far to join the spaceport. Axiom Space broke ground on its new 400,000-square-foot headquarters on 22 acres at 13200 Space Center Blvd., Houston. At the facility, Axiom will manufacture the world’s rst commercial space station and train private astronauts. “This groundbreaking will pave the way to the world’s rst commercial space station,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. Dan Seal, executive director of special initiatives for the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, said at a May 11 meeting that Axiom will build space station modules that will eventually latch onto the International Space Station. When the ISS is decommissioned around 2030, the Axiom modules will separate from the ISS and link up with each other to remain in orbit as a commercial space station, Seal said. In addition, Axiom made history with its own private astronauts in April. The rst all-private astronaut mission to the ISS launched April 8 and splashed down April 25.

Axiom President and CEO Michael Suredini said he moved to Houston 39 years ago to join NASA working in human spaceight, eventually becoming program manager of the ISS. During his time there, Suredini realized Houston has engineers that design spacecrafts, astronauts who go to space and mission planners who oversee operations but no manufacturing of space vehicles, he said. Surendini started Axiom Space in 2016 to ll that gap in Houston, he said. “We’re not really exploring anymore; we’re pioneering. That’s a huge, huge thing to go do,” Surendini said. The facility will bring hundreds of jobs to Clear Lake. The company employs 450 people, but that will increase to about 1,300 by next year. www.axiomspace.com

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April was given a gold star affiliate by Keep Texas Beautiful, a nonprofit organization. To achieve gold star status, organizations must meet criteria, including answering questions about their economic develop- ment and diversity and inclusion practices. Keep Texas Beautiful will formally recog- nize gold star communities in June during its 55th annual conference. 281-489-2795. www.pearlandrecycles.com 14 Memorial Hermann Health System broke ground on the Memorial Hermann Sports Park-Pearland on May 12. The sports medicine and human performance facility will be located on the Memorial Hermann Pearland campus at 16100 South Freeway and offer a range of medical care and athletic training for professional athletes, youth athletes and active adults. The goal is for it to open in fall 2023. 713-222-2273. www.memorialhermann. org/locations/pearland

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