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Tacos Communications Manager Marisa Patterson said. The popular Austin-based taco chain has more than 100 loca- tions across 14 states. Torchy’s o ers a variety of tacos, alcoholic beverages, and side items, such as chips and queso. www.torchystacos.com ANNIVERSARIES 8 Celaya Mexican Restaurant at 3234 E. Broadway St., Pearland, celebrated its 20th anniversary Feb. 17, according to a Facebook post from the restaurant’s o - cial page. The restaurant serves breakfast and dinner every day with lunch specials served on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Menu items include various classic Tex- Mex entrees. Celaya also has a bar serving alcoholic beverages, such as margaritas and mixed drinks, and it hosts happy hour events, according to its Facebook. 281-485-2778. www.celayasmexican.com IN THE NEWS 9 Partners Real Estate arranged a 11,250-square-foot lease located at 18500 Pearland Sites Road, Pearland. The space was arranged for a new prospective D-Bat location, according to a Partners news release. D-Bat is a baseball and softball training facility company that has sev- eral locations, including Webster, Sugar Land and West Houston. 713-275-9641. www.partnersrealestate.com 10 The Pearland Economic Devel- opment Corporation at 3519 Liberty Drive, Ste. 350, is partnering with the Pearland Chamber of Commerce to launch www.workinpearland.com, which is de-
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FEATURED IMPACT IN THE NEWS In late February, downtown Houston was the site of a temporary memorial honoring the victims of COVID-19. The Greater Houston Rose River Memorial was displayed at Tranquility Park, 400 Rusk St., Houston, from Feb. 24-26. The memorial included more than 12,000 handmade red felt roses, one for each Greater Houston area resident who died of COVID-19, said Mohammed Nasrullah, a Clear Lake resident who helped organize the memorial. Nasrullah owns the COVID-19 Wall of Memories nonpro t website with his wife, Ruth Nasrullah. The website, launched in January 2021, allows visitors from around the nation to submit entries of those who died from COVID-19 for display on the virtual wall. The opening ceremony for the memorial at 1 p.m. Feb. 24 included local elected o cials, leaders and family members who lost loved ones to COVID-19, according to a news release. Los Angeles artist Marcos Lutyens created the concept for the memorial and has helped install it in di erent designs throughout the country. Now that the memorial has been taken down, the roses will be used in a di erent memorial in the next city interested in displaying them, the release reads.
More than 60 volunteers worked on the project by making roses and connecting them with shing lines, designing and building the memorial’s structure, assembling the memorial at the park, and then taking it down and preparing it to be shipped, according to the release. “From the design to the installation, local volunteers have worked hard to honor those lost in the Greater Houston area,” Lutyens said in the release. Opening ceremony speakers included Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer; Edward Rios, community liaison for Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia; Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones; and local family members of those who died of COVID-19. Several hundred visitors viewed the memorial during its weekend display. www.covid19wallofmemories.org
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scribed as a “virtual job fair” and workforce development resource. The aim of the platform is to promote companies and job listings as well as allow local job seekers to nd locally focused jobs and training pro- grams. WorkInPearland will be available year-round and allow potential employees to connect and interview with employers. Elementary school students with disabili- ties will be able to swing into a new school year next fall as Clear Creek ISD plans to install new adaptive playground equip- ment this summer. CCISD plans to install 13 swing sets at elementary schools using 2017 bond funding, according to a news release. Sets will be installed at Armand Bayou, Bauerschlag, Bay, Campbell, Ferguson, Greene, McWhirter, Mossman, Parr, Stewart and Wedgewood elementary schools. Furthermore, Ross and Whitcomb elementary schools will also receive the new swings as part of major ongoing reno- vations from the bond program, according to the release. CCISD is open to installing more adaptive playground equipment at other elementary schools, according to the release. www.ccisd.net
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