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COUNTY Harris County Precinct 4 to open George H.W. Bush Community Center by 2021
is currently the only dedicated community center serving Harris County Precinct ’s nearly . million residents, said Joe Stinebaker, Harris County Precinct director of commu- nications. “The [new] center ... will oer an array of educational and recreational programming for all ages as well as meeting space for local and civic orga- nizations,” Stinebaker said. Stinebaker said Harris County Pre- cinct plans to remediate the center, which will be in compliance with all updated Harris County Flood Control District development regulations. Harris County Commissioners Court named the facility the George H.W. Bush Community Center during its April meeting. Construction is slated to begin in November and is expected to take one year to complete, o cials said. FULL STORY BY HANNAH ZEDAKER
DEVELOPMENT SPRING Harris County Precinct will soon be home to a second community center in the Cypress Creek Cultural District along Cypresswood Drive. Precinct o cials plan to open a new , -square-foot community center by early , according to an April news release. The center will be located in the former Cypress Creek Christian Church Community Center, which ooded during Hurri- cane Harvey in August . Precinct purchased the property at Cypresswood Drive, Spring, in for . million. “The community center stands in a densely populated area near Precinct ’s Collins and Meyer parks,” Precinct Commissioner Jack Cagle said in a statement. “The facility’s large size ensures we can accommodate Pre- cinct ’s growing population.” The Mangum-Howell Center, located at Frick Road, Houston, Conroe’s Carter Building slated for 1.5 million revitalization project CONROE An iconic local building is slated for renovations in historic down- town Conroe. The Woodlands-based MHW Real Estate announced plans for its acqui- sition of the Carter Building, located at N. Main St., Conroe, on May . The building, originally constructed by H.C. Addison, was famously known for housing the Carter Drug Store since . The ,-square-foot Carter Building is MHW’s rst investment in Conroe and its rst acquisition of an existing building—usually, the company buys and develops raw land. Jody Czajkoski, founder and principal of investment with MHW, is also seated on Conroe City Council. “We’re looking to revitalize the building and keep its historical nature at the same time,” Czajkoski said. “There’s a demand down here for nice o ce space.” MHW Vice President of Construc- tion Mark Windell said the company is investing . million into the Carter Building project. FULL STORY BY JULES ROGERS
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The George H.W. Bush Community Center will be located in the Cypress Creek Cultural District.
DEVELOPMENT
Greater Houston-area homelessness declines 5% Tracking homelessness The Houston Coalition for the Homeless conducts a point-in-time count, which is a method of collecting data by tallying people in shelters, in transitional housing and living unsheltered on a single night.
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6.11% decrease from 2018
7.58% increase from 2018
SOURCE:HOUSTONCOALITIONFORTHEHOMELESS/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
in a report to Houston City Council on May . The Houston Coalition for the Homeless evaluates the area’s homeless population by conducting a point-in-time count by tallying people in shelters, in transitional housing and living unsheltered on a single night. The count conducted May included , people in Harris County. At the time of the count, % were residing in a shelter, and % were unsheltered. FULL STORY BY EMMAWHALEN
HOUSTON New data from the Houston Coalition for the Homeless shows the number of people experiencing homelessness in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties dropped % year over year in . Except for an uptick in following Hurricane Harvey, the count has decreased by % since . “Even though it shows a decrease of %, until we can transition all of the people on our streets to permanent or temporary supportive housing, our work is not done,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said
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