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BY VANESSA HOLT & JESSICA SHORTEN
Hazard mitigation plan updated by county Commissioners Court approved updating Montgomery County’s hazard mitigation plan March 4. What you need to know The county, cities, school districts and emergency service districts use the plan. New procedures for calling disaster decla- rations and handling emergency situations were added to remain in compliance, said Jason Millsaps, executive director of the county’s Oce of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. “We have another ood and now all of a sudden we have new oodways, but we don’t have to come back and go through an entire rewrite of that plan,” Millsaps said. “We can just do an appendix and update it as we see t through the next ve years.”
The Woodlands to expand holiday lights The Woodlands Township board of directors March 21 voted to move forward on a number of holiday light improvements along The Woodlands Waterway to create a new lighting event to attract visitors to local restaurants and businesses. Two-minute impact Chief Operating Ocer Chris Nunes presented the bids for an upgraded holiday lighting system, which included several upgrades and expansions to the current lighting system in Town Center and along The Woodlands Waterway. Nunes said the township is seeking to create a 60-to-90-minute experience with holiday lighting to build an event for residents that will also bring additional tourism and business to the area. Board members voted to approve Shadrack as the vendor for holiday lighting at a rate of $200,000 per year.
Holiday lighting features • Lighted and unlighted art for nighttime and daytime experiences • Walkthrough archways • Ground cover lighting • 3D features
• Trolley kaleidoscope tunnel
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The new lighting would go up around the week before Thanksgiving, Nunes said. The township will lease the lights, and Shadrack will provide full maintenance and operations for the lights, he said. Quote of note “We want to try to get people to stay down on the Waterway,” Nunes said. What’s next Nunes said the new lighting will be operational for the township ahead of the main holiday season in December.
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*This oer is available only to buyers signing a new home sales contract with one of The Woodlands Hills® approved builders from April 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024. The oer provides a $10,000 incentive on new homes on 65-75-foot homesites, a $7,500 incentive on new homes on 50-60-foot homesites and a $5,000 incentive on new homes on up to 45-foot homesites toward the price of the home, design center upgrades or closing costs on eligible new homes purchased in The Woodlands Hills. Some restrictions may apply. No substitutions will be permitted. A registration form must be obtained from the builder’s sales oce prior to signing the new home contract. Sales contracts not written between April 1, 2024 and May 31, 2024 will not qualify. Homes must close on or before December 31, 2025. The incentive will be awarded to the buyer at the time of closing. Homes within The Woodlands Hills are constructed and sold by builders not aliated with Howard Hughes Holdings Inc® (“HHH”) or any of its aliated companies or partnerships. Neither HHH nor any of its aliated companies or partnerships guarantees or warrants the obligations of, or construction by, such builders. Prices and specifications subject to change.
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