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VOLUME 13, ISSUE 7 MAY 331, 2023

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Tomball’s Main Street reconstruction project is moving forward after City Council chose its preference for the proj- ect at a March 20 meeting, with construc- tion anticipated to begin in 2025-26. Following two public meetings last year and resident feedback, the city selected Alternative 2—preliminary design plans featuring a raised median near the railroad crossing at Elm and Syc- amore streets instead of medians from Pine to Elm streets. The preferred design will also make Oak and Walnut streets CONTINUED ON 20 BY CASSANDRA JENKINS & LIZZY SPANGLER Design selected for FM 2920, pending TxDOT contract

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CORRECTION: Volume 13, Issue 6: Craig Windholz’s name was misspelled as a partner of Paradigm Brewery on Page 24. FROM ANNA: As the school year winds down, Tomball ISD and the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office are making plans to expand the number of school resource officers to 20 for the upcoming 2023-24 school year as TISD’s contract with the city for SRO services ended in March. Read more on Page 23. Anna Lotz, SENIOR EDITOR Volume 13 Issue 5: On Page 27, the article stated the North Harris County Regional Water Authority was required to convert 40% of its groundwater usage. This requirement is to reduce groundwater usage to no more than 40% of its total water supply by 2025.

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English and Spanish. 346-812-7959. www.lightofminespeech.com 6 Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital ’s emergency care center in Magnolia opened Feb. 22. The center, located within the Magnolia Landmark Building at 18230 FM 1488, Ste. 101, Magnolia, offers emergency care services as well as imaging services. Open 24/7, the center has six beds. 281-737-0010. www.houstonmethodist.org 7 Wüd Floors , located at 28944 Hardin Store Road, opened in January in Mag- nolia. Co-Presidents Robert and Tammy Kember said the company specializes in hardwood floors and custom hardwood floors, catering to custom home builders. 346-732-7537. www.wudfloors.com 8 Lemon Y Sal, located at 28303 Dob- bin Huffsmith Road, Ste. D, opened Feb. 14 in Magnolia. Lemon Y Sal serves tradi- tional Tex-Mex with an authentic Mexican twist. The menu includes birria tacos, enchiladas, chicken and beef fajitas, ta- males, and margaritas. 832-521-3102. www.facebook.com/lemonysall 9 Sauced Up opened its full-service restaurant Feb. 16 at 36825 FM 1774, Magnolia, owner Dawn Patterson said. The upscale restaurant includes a sepa- rate lounge, outdoor and indoor seating areas, and a kids play area, Patterson said. Guests can enjoy a variety of craft wood-fired pizzas along with salads, calzones and Italian sandwiches. 281-627-8733. www.sauceduppizza.com 10 Kindred Learning Academy opened Feb. 13 at 20015 FM 2920, Tomball, serving children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. Care is available 6 a.m.

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The menu includes egg rolls, noodle soup, bento boxes and sashimi. 346-301-4117. www.sakurabistro.kwickmenu.com 3 Davam Urgent Care opened at 25245 Kuykendahl Road, Tomball, on March 17. The clinic offers treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses and inju- ries. 713-487-3040. www.davam.com 4 Alford RV Park , a 30-lot RV park at 19574 Alford Road, Magnolia, opened March 18, Alford RV Park President Nancy

Betancourt said. The amenities at the RV park include picnic tables, a barbecue grill and a walking trail. 281-407-3363. www.alfordrvpark.com 5 Light of Mine Speech Therapy , locat- ed at 1002 Village Square Drive, Ste. B4, Tomball, opened March 1, owner Angelica Adame said. The business offers speech therapy services for patients up to 21 years old that focus on articulation, language, fluency and literacy skills. Bilingual ther- apy is also offered for those who speak

13740 Jordan Lewis Way, Ste. 100, Mag- nolia, opened April 4. Owner Van Duong said the restaurant offers a variety of Vietnamese dishes and boba tea. 936-230-5922. www.springrollingtx.com 2 Sakura Bistro , located at 13774 Jordan Lewis Way, Ste. 500, opened March 1 in Magnolia. Manager Amy Ma said the restaurant offers Asian delicacies and sushi.

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14 Zoom Room Dog Training , which of- fers dog training classes and workshops, will open at 26131 Kuykendahl Road, Ste. 202, Tomball, in June, franchisee owner Elisha Ballard said. The business will offer obedience and agility classes, puppy training, private training, and workshops such as therapy dog training, loose leash walking and urban herding. Zoom Room Dog Training will also offer American Kennel Club Canine Good Citi- zen testing. 832-409-0017. https://zoomroom.com/location/tomball RELOCATIONS 15 Sulcata Psychiatry relocated March 1 to 12075 Spring Cypress Road, Ste. D, Tomball. The practice offers psy- chiatric diagnosis, therapy and medication management for patients age 3 and older. Sulcata Psychiatry originally opened in 2021 in Houston. 281-747-8588 ANNIVERSARIES 16 Opening its doors in 1988, Tom- ball’s ICON Martial Arts Academy celebrated its 35th anniversary with an event April 8, owner and grandmaster instructor John Cantu said. Starting out in Prairie View, ICON Martial Arts is located at 27620 Business 249, Ste. A4, Tomball. With around 20 instructors, ICON Martial Arts holds around 40 classes per week for children and adults and holds four self-defense seminars a year. 281-357-4900. www.iconmaa.com 17 MVP Appliance Repair , located at 10038 Taylor Springs Lane, Tomball, is celebrating five years in business this year, owner Oscar Ayala said. The busi-

to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday along with transportation to and from nearby elementary schools, includ- ing Grand Oaks, Rosehill and Rosehill Christian School. Summer camps will be offered for ages 5-12. 346-361-1669. www.kindredlearningacademy.com COMING SOON 11 Spas Unlimited will open in May. The new showroom will be located at 13918 Hirschfield Road, Tomball. Spas Unlimited provides residents with a large selection of American-made hot tubs and swim spas. Its main office is located off 12 Gong Cha will open a new location at 24441 Hwy. 249, Ste. 90, Tomball, in May. Diana Nguyen, co-owner of the Tomball franchise, said the business will serve milk tea with pearls and refreshing fruit teas. The menu will include special mixes including dirty brown sugar milk tea, lychee oolong, slushes, lattes and coffees. Guests can add toppings such as milk foam, pearls and jelly. www.gongchausa.com 13 Journey Justeen’s Boutique , which offers children’s clothing and accesso- ries, is planning to open around June at 18635 N. Eldridge Parkway, Ste. 400, Tomball, owner Amber Latu said via email. Recently moving to Tomball from Florida, Latu said the business is inspired by her late daughter, Journey, who died in 2021. The boutique will offer children’s clothing and accessories in sizes ranging FM 1960. 281-784-1900. www.spasunlimited.com from newborn to 14-16, Latu said. www.journeyjusteensboutique.com

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FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON The Dolly Llama , which oers desserts such as waes and ice cream, will be opening a location in late 2023 at 13370 FM 1488, Ste. 104, Magnolia, franchisee Marc Griggs said. “The brand prides itself on oering authentic European avors and techniques, such as Belgian waes using traditional methods, and the Hong Kong Bubble Wae prepared with a special batter that produces a unique crispy and custard-like texture,” Griggs said. The Dolly Llama’s dessert oerings include wae and ice cream desserts, ice cream wae sandwiches and a “Build Your Own” menu, Griggs said. ness offers residential appliance repair for all major brands of appliances. 346-970-2889. https://mvp- appliance-repair.business.site 18 Knox Tractor , located at 19230 FM 2920, Tomball, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023, co-owner and office manager Melissa Staszesky said. Staszesky’s father, Eddie, started the business 50 years ago when he was 19 years old, she said. Alongside offering new tractors and equipment, Knox Tractor also sells parts and used tractors. 281-445-0090. www.knoxtractor.net

“Customers are encouraged to get creative with unlimited toppings resulting in endless avor possibilities and combinations,” Griggs said. The business also oers ice cream shakes and ice cream by the cup or cone. www.thedollyllamaus.com

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19 Texas Litter Control , a nonprofit or- ganization that offers low-cost veterinary services, is celebrating its 10th anniversa- ry in 2023, Executive Director Deana Love said. Alongside clinics in Humble, Spring and Tomball, the nonprofit’s programs include a pet food pantry, an adoption program, a shelter intervention program, and training programs for veterinari- ans and vet technicians. Love said she estimates Texas Litter Control has helped over 200,000 people and pets. The Tom- ball clinic is located at 28439 Hwy. 249. 281-528-1238. www.texaslittercontrol.org

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Holderrieth Road reconstruction Harris County Precinct 3 began con- struction in March to reconstruct the two-lane roadway and widen it to a four-lane concrete boulevard between Hwy. 249 to west of Hufsmith-Kohr- ville Road in Tomball. The project aims to improve safety and capacity for vehicles, according to Precinct 3 ocials. Timeline: March 2023-second quarter 2024 Cost: $27.1 million Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3

Nichols Sawmill Road in Magnolia is in the process of being widened from Commerce Street to Old Hockley Road. (Anna Lotz/Community Impact)

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on Nichols Sawmill Road, and we’ll be done.” Riley also said some of Precinct 2’s $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds commissioners designated for stormwater projects March 28 could be used. “I didn’t have this $5 million when I started widening Nichols Sawmill Road, and there’s parts of Nichols Sawmill Road that, when we get a 10- or 15-inch rain—right now will go underwater,” Riley said. “So I’m looking at trying to see if I can design and engineer those spots on Nichols Sawmill Road [so] I can keep them from going underwater.”

The widening of Nichols Sawmill Road from Commerce Street to Old Hockley Road, which began in early March, is expected to be completed this summer, Precinct 2 Commis- sioner Charlie Riley said. “We’re in the process of stabiliz- ing the new outside lanes,” Riley said March 30. “So there’s prob- ably another 90 days, and it’ll be complete.” The county nished its widening

of Nichols Sawmill Road from Grand Pines Road to Old Hockley Road last summer, Community Impact previ- ously reported. This project, using funds from the county’s 2015 road bond, is antic- ipated to cost around $1.5 million, Riley said. “I only have about $1.6 [million] or [$1.7 million] left,” Riley said about Precinct 2’s road bond funds. “So we’re xing to use every bit of ours

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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF APRIL 25. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT TOMNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. Magnolia and I-45 as of an April 1 update. The project was awarded to ISI Contracting Inc. Timeline: rst quarter 2023-fourth quarter 2025 Cost: $10.22 million Funding sources: TxDOT, federal FM 1488 raised median construction Construction is 0% complete on a Texas Department of Transportation project to add a raised median along FM 1488 between Mostyn Drive in

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The Texas Department of Transportation is gathering public com- ments through May 5 on proposed improvements to the Grand Parkway from Hwy. 249 to Holz- warth Road. The rst segment from Hwy. 249 to Kuykendahl Road

proposes widening the Grand Parkway from four lanes to six lanes and replacing the grassy median with a concrete trac barrier. The second segment would provide similar improvements to the Grand Parkway between

Kuykendahl and Holz- warth roads. The widening projects are tentatively scheduled to begin in early 2024 and 2025, respectively, and take three years. Project details are available at www.txdot.gov/projects/ hearings-meetings.html.

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DEVELOPMENT Downtown Magnolia market, parking project targets 2024 completion

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THE STROLL

The Market at Commerce—a Magnolia Economic Development 4B Corp. project to turn a parcel of land in downtown Magnolia into a parking and market space—is anticipated to be completed in 2024, Magnolia Economic Development Director Rachel Steele said. “The board had been looking stra- tegically for quite a while to look for that signicant project that we could initiate and get started that would have some impact [in downtown],” Steele said. The project will be located on a 1.5-acre parcel of land on Commerce Street between Classic Collision and the Magnolia United Methodist Church, and add about 100-135 park- ing spaces, Steele said. She said more parking would help provide relief for the businesses along The Stroll, the paved pathway between FM 1488 and

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The Market at Commerce, a Magnolia Economic Development 4B Corp. project, is anticipated to nish in 2024 and add parking space with potential for outdoor market space on the property. (Rendering courtesy Magnolia Economic Development Corp.)

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with the development of the tract,” Steele said. The Market at Commerce project, funded by the 4B corporation, is projected to cost around $700,000, Steele said. Created in the 1990s, the 4B Corp. works to expand commer- cial enterprise in Magnolia while also assisting with quality of life develop- ment, she said. Steele said Venturi Engineering is providing the engineering services, and Studio Avid is the landscape architect for the project. The landscape

architect is working on identifying plants that will help shade the parcel, while the engineer is looking at site development options. “The Stroll is one of several commercial districts in the city, and it was time to see what we could do to infuse interest in the area,” Steele said. “Is it a nal x? No, I think things are always a work in progress. … But we hope that this will be a very large step toward getting some sustainable development down there in quite some time.”

Sanders Street. “We’re very excited because not only will it provide parking, but it will also [allow] us to facilitate local market drives, local farmers markets or pop- ups that may be able to come in and [be] legally permitted through the city, building an organic entrepreneurial system here in town,” Steele said. She said the corporation is also looking to create an established farmers market policy and program as part of its 2024 goals. “Hopefully [we will] coincide that

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Harris County OKs $7M Swift Water Training Facility

The number of city-provided officers that serve Tomball ISD as school resource officers that are set to move into vacancies within the Tomball Police Department after the 2022-23 school year. City Manager David Esquivel said as there are vacancies, there will be no effect on the city’s budget by absorbing the cost of the officers. The city and TISD’s SRO contract ended in March. HIGHLIGHTS MAGNOLIA New development in Magnolia is still paused after City Council unanimously approved extending its development moratorium April 11 for 120 days due to not having enough water capacity. The moratorium was first enacted in December. MONTGOMERY COUNTY Homes within Magnolia ISD’s boundaries saw a 10%-15% appraisal increase in 2023 with the median average home at $390,000, according to a county tax presentation. Property owners have until May 15 to protest appraisal values with the respective appraisal district in Harris and Montgomery counties. Tomball City Council will meet at 6 p.m. May 15 at 401 Market St., Tomball. 281-351-5484. www.tomballtx.gov Magnolia City Council will meet at 7 p.m. May 9 at 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd., Magnolia. 281-356-2266. www.cityofmagnolia.com MEETINGS WE COVER will meet at 9:30 a.m. May 9 and 23 at 501 N. Thompson St., Ste. 402, Conroe. 936-756-0571. www.mctx.org Harris County Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m. May 16. Meetings are held virtually and at 1001 Preston St., Ste. 934, Houston. www.harriscountytx.gov Montgomery County Commissioners Court

BY EMILY LINCKE

Court meeting. “It doesn’t take a hur- ricane or tropical storm to produce [a high water] environment.” “I think it’ll help save lives and in the long run, save money, and hopefully we can be training people from around the country,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones said. Dig deeper: According to the Harris County Engineering Department, the Swift Water Training Facility will: • Take about 36 months to build; • Include about 7,200 square feet for the training area and 2,500 square feet for classrooms, facility equipment and locker rooms; • Have a five-year return on invest- ment; and • Be located at the intersection of TC Jester Boulevard and Hugh Road in Houston. What’s next: The design for the facility has not been finalized, according to the county’s engineering department,

HIGH WATER TRAINING Upon completion, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Training Facility will be used to train emergency responders for high water rescue situations.

HARRIS COUNTY On April 4, Harris County commissioners unanimously initiated the design and construction of a $7 million high water rescue training facility to be funded by the county’s $100 million public safety bond approved by voters in 2022. The impact: The 9,500-square- foot facility will be used to train emergency personnel for high water rescue situations, said Sean Williams, program manager of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s Flood Res- cue Group. About 1,600 emergency personnel would be trained annually at the space, which is dubbed the HCSO Swift Water Training Facility. What they’re saying: “With the calls of service over the last eight years, we’ve seen a high response rate for high water rescues,” Williams said during the April 4 Commissioners

$7M is the estimated cost of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Training Facility. 36 months of construction is the planned timeline. 9,500 square feet is the size of the facility.

SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT/ COMMUNITY IMPACT

and a construction start date has not yet been set. Did you know? This facility will be the second of its kind in the U.S., according to the county’s engineering department, with a similar facility located in Georgetown.

Property tax exemption increased for area residents age 65 and older

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Residents of Montgomery County can apply for an age 65 and over exemption via their homestead exemption , which will see an increase after a March 28 vote. A homestead exemption reduces the home value on which taxpayers pay property tax.

BY LIZZY SPANGLER

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Montgomery County residents age 65 and older who already have a homestead exemption will now be able to claim a $50,000 exemption after the Montgomery County Commissioners Court approved raising it from $35,000 during its March 28 meeting. This is expected to save taxpayers a total of approximately $2.7 million based on 2022 figures. Tax Assessor-Collector Tammy McRae said the county has just over 49,500 accounts for residents over age 65.

Montgomery County residents 65 and over:

$2.7 MILLION raised to

$35,000 EXEMPTION

$50,000 EXEMPTION

A total savings of

SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT

Residents can apply for the age 65 and over exemption by way of their homestead exemption.

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BUSINESS FEATURE Buttercup Bakery Tomball business brings baked goods to Old Town S elf-taught by way of YouTube videos, baker Kristina Guil- beau started her business if [there are] any places in this world where you can nd that anymore.” On opening day, Buttercup Bakery sold out of everything within an hour, Guilbeau said. BY LIZZY SPANGLER

Buttercup Bakery from home in 2014. “I always say I went to the culinary school of YouTube,” Guilbeau said. “I was trying to make my kids’ birthday cakes, and I was failing miserably. And I just started gobbling up videos, and trying and trying and trying.” Being a home baker for around ve years, primarily making cakes for weddings and other events, Guilbeau then took a two-year hiatus from baking after her sister Mandy died. “Right after I started Buttercup, my sister was in a car accident, and she suered a traumatic brain injury,” Guilbeau said. “We cared for her at my parent’s house for four and a half years. ... After she passed away, we moved to Tomball.

“It was madness,” Guilbeau said. “It was crazy. The line was wrapped around the block. … [My family] han- dled the front; I was greeting people. There was such an outpouring.” At Buttercup Bakery, customers can visit four days a week to buy baked goods, such as cookies and cupcakes, and sourdough bread is a recent addition. “There’s zero shortcuts, no mixes, no nothing,” Guilbeau said. “Everything starts from nothing and becomes something.” When not manning the front counter, Guilbeau and her two

Self-taught baker Kristina Guilbeau opened her storefront, Buttercup Bakery, in 2021. (Lizzy Spangler/Community Impact)

BEHIND THE BAKERY Buttercup Bakery will celebrate two years of its storefront being open in June.

600-square-foot bakery with around 150 square feet of baking space

2 employees

employees work to make special orders and cakes for occasions, such as weddings. “So all week we’re working to get those special orders out on the weekends,”

2 The bakery caters

“THERE’S ZERO SHORTCUTS, NO MIXES. ... EVERYTHING STARTS FROM NOTHING AND BECOMES SOMETHING.” KRISTINA GUILBEAU, BUTTERCUP BAKERY OWNER

And that’s when I took a two-year break just to kind of reset, because it had been all hands on deck.” Deciding to get back into baking, Guilbeau and

weddings a month

During wedding-free weekends, Buttercup Bakery makes:

Up to 12 cakes made specically for the weekend

Alongside its storefront, the bakery makes cakes for weddings and weekend orders. (Courtesy Buttercup Bakery)

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her husband signed a lease on her storefront on Tomball’s Main Street in November 2020, calling its opening in June 2021 her and her parents’ “jump back into life.” “We had gone through so much with her injury and then after her passing,” Guilbeau said. “And the fact that Tomball and this community just scooped us up and gave us such a big hug was so special. And I don’t know

Guilbeau said. “And the bakery front [counter] is like the cherry on top. It is oshoots of special orders; it’s things we see or we dream up.” Through it all, Guilbeau said her sister—for whom they throw a benet every September to raise money for patients with brain injuries—is part of Buttercup Bakery’s inspiration. “She is a running thread through everything,” Guilbeau said.

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3 ITEMS TO TRY Juicepop & More oers salads, juices, sandwiches and other fresh items.

THE IDEA IS TO CREATE SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING HEALTHY.” LINH TRAN, OWNER

Blended fruit juices ($5.95-$7.95) are available with names that include Sunshine and Rosie.

PHOTO COURTESY JUICEPOP & MORE

DINING FEATURE

Owner and Pinehurst resident Linh Tran opened Juicepop & More with the desire to bring a healthier option to the community.

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Juicepop & More Local eatery brings healthy dishes, juices to FM 2978

The La Clementine ($12.95) features romaine lettuce, mandarin oranges, carrot, avocado and crispy ramen.

PHOTO COURTESY JUICEPOP & MORE

W hen she decided to open her restau- rant Juicepop & More on FM 2978, Pinehurst resident Linh Tran said she wanted to bring a healthier option to the community as she follows a gluten-free and plant-based diet. “The idea is to create something for the com- munity, something healthy,” Tran said. Juicepop & More, true to its namesake, sells juices with names such as Sunshine and Rosie. “We not only sell juice, but we oer a com- plement of healthy foods like spring rolls, salads—something that goes well with the juice,” Tran said. With regard to the restaurant’s name, Tran said the “pop” in Juicepop & More refers to the pop of color from her juices. “All my food, my juice is a pop of color,” Tran said. BY LIZZY SPANGLER

When it comes to the restaurant’s menu, all of the dishes are recipes Tran developed herself, she said. Juicepop & More serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with menu items that include acai bowls, toast, sandwiches and spring rolls. Tran’s creativity also extends itself to Juicepop & More’s decor. The restaurant’s interior is lled with plants and shades of pink, brown and gold. Celebrating Juicepop & More’s rst anniversary Feb. 15, Tran said the restaurant has developed a base of regular customers. “You build a community with them,” Tran said. “[It’s touching] how they appreciate your work, how they appreciate your creativity.” Besides oering spring roll catering trays, Tran also said Juicepop & More is starting to rent out its space on Sundays for events, such as baby showers and bachelorette parties. “To see people happy and eat healthy, I think my mission is accomplished,” Tran said.

The Croque-Madame ($13.50) includes an egg, ham, gruyere cheese, mozzarella and bechamel sauce.

PHOTO COURTESY JUICEPOP & MORE

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