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Rob Ray’s Taproom
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Galveston Island State Park reopened in late March after a $10.6 million renovation project.
COURTESY GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK
FEATURED IMPACT NOW OPEN Following a major $10.6 million, three-year redevelopment project needed after Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island State Park , 14901 FM 3005, Galveston, held a grand reopening event March 31 and April 1 as part of the Texas State Parks Centennial program, according to a release from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The grand reopening festivities featured speeches, refreshments, prairie hikes, beach walks and shing. Improvements to the park include 95 new campsites, 20 new shade shelters, two new restrooms, two new changing areas with rinse-o showers, new roads, a new headquarters and renovations to safeguard the park from severe weather events. “The new headquarters, campsites and day-use area are more elevated now,” Park Superintendent Steven Kimbley said in the news release. “Structures are built to ex with the landscape and be more resistant to future extreme weather.” Furthermore, the park also features a newly remodeled nature center in the bay section of the park, a new vendor
area as well as three new group-use pavilions in the beach section of the park. “If it wasn’t for our sel ess Texans and the countless volunteers over the years, we couldn’t have done it,” Kimbley said in the release. “We all seek to connect. It’s important to all of us. We have seen that connection here through friends, families and the community. Thank you all for gifting us with a park that we can share with pride.” Guests to the park can swim, sh, picnic, bird watch, hike, mountain bike, paddle, camp, geocache and study nature. 409-737-1222 www.tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/ galveston-island
Fusion Oasis
Origen Artesania Unica
COURTESY FUSION OASIS
COURTESY ORIGEN ARTESANIA UNICA
ANNIVERSARIES 13 On June 2, Senior Helper ,
debut at 3422 Business Center Drive, Ste. 140, Pearland, in late July. A spokesper- son for CrunCheese also said the restau- rant would announce grand opening deals closer to the opening date. Menu items include a mozzarella hot dog and a potato hot dog. www.cruncheeseusa.com NAME CHANGES 11 On May 22, Fusion Oasis —a count- er-service snack shop serving bubble tea, horchata, smoothies and light bites—ocially rebranded. Located at 11401 Broadway St., Ste. 101, Pearland, the restaurant was formerly known as Zero Degrees. The business doesn’t have a website. 281-741-9709 12 NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care, 2803 Business Center Drive, Ste. 118, Pearland, rebranded in June to Pediatrix , the brand name of the clinic’s national medical group. As part of the rebrand, the Pediatrix clinics will o er primary care in addition to urgent care. 281-990-3030. www.pediatrix.com/puctexas
12280 Broadway St., Ste. 1119, Pearland, celebrated its one-year anniversary. Senior Helper provides nonmedical in-home and respite senior care including Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Nine out of 10 Amer- icans 65 and older want to stay at home as long as possible, and 80% think their current home is where they will always live, according to Senior Helper’s website. 346-501-4357. www.seniorhelpers.com/ tx/southwest-houston CLOSINGS 14 Origen Artesania Unica , a textile and craft shop selling goods made by Mexican artists, closed its 11200 Broad- way St., Ste. 1380, Pearland location on July 15. Opened on April 2, the store sold jewelry, hats and accessories. Customers will still be able to purchase merchandise through the boutique’s social media. www.instagram.com/ origenartesaniaunica
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