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BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NEISD students send experiment to space This spring or summer, a mission carrying experiments to the International Space Station will include one crafted by students at a North East ISD magnet program. The background NEISD o cials said Jan. 3 that during ISS Mission 18, NEISD Space and Engineering Technologies Academy students Solongel Bass, Tina Tse, Amanda Brake and Bryan Godos will run a controlled experiment on Earth to determine how microgravity a ects chia seed growth, o cials said. Astronauts will test e ects of the experiment, which was chosen following a nationwide search as part of the Student Space ight Experiments Program. NEISD o cials did not provide a denitive time for the mission.
An artist’s rendering shows Hill Country Village’s planned new City Hall.
RENDERING COURTESY LPA DESIGN STUDIO
Hill Country Village OKs City Hall design contract Hill Country Village has committed to work with LPA Design Studio, which will lead designs and other services related to replacing City Hall. What happened City Council on Jan. 18 approved a $4 million construction cost estimate and LPA’s design
proposal to replace the existing 44-year-old municipal complex with a 9,850-square-foot facility. LPA o cials said the new City Hall could open in fall 2025. Digging deeper The city must also consider temporarily relocat- ing City Hall personnel during construction, LPA studio director Sara Flowers said. O cials said the project could be funded by redirecting unused 2019 street bond money and the potential sale of an undeveloped city-owned, 14-acre tract at Bitters Road and Tower Drive.
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