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BY LIZZY SPANGLER
Conroe retains Sam Houston Elementary after sale stopped
How we got here Conroe City Council approved the contract to sell the property during its Dec. 14 regular meeting. Conroe local arts o cials expressed surprise at the sale and spoke about the need for a new performing arts venue in an interview with Community Impact . What else? During the Feb. 27 special meeting, council mem- ber Harry Hardman said getting the Sam Houston Elementary School operational is going to be an “extremely sizeable investment.” “We’re talking ... a couple million dollars to get it up to code,” Hardman said. “If everyone could walk in and use it, it would be ideal. But unfortunately, once somebody steps in and uses it, we have to do everything to get it up to the current codes.” No discussion or action regarding the property is expected to take place until budget season later this summer.
After setting up a sale for the former Sam Houston Elementary School—property originally purchased to develop a performing arts center—the city of Con- roe will retain the property after developer Overland Property Group backed out. During a Feb. 27 special council meeting, Interim City Attorney Mike Garner read a letter from the company’s Director of Development April Engstrom announcing the company rescinded its request for a resolution of support from council. “We wish the community the best of luck in the uphill battle that repurposing and preserving vacant historic schools entail,” Engstrom said in her letter. Overland Property Group was set to build income-based housing at the property, which was planned to be a performing arts venue, Community Impact previously reported. With the rescindment, the sale process has stopped, and the Sam Hous- ton Elementary School building will remain owned by the city of Conroe.
The Sam Houston Elementary School building will remain owned by the city of Conroe.
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