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Multifamily development grows in Cy-Fair’s competitive housingmarket

H I GH DEMAND DR I V I NG H I GHER PR I CES Multifamily housing developments in the area saw rent prices increase with the occupancy percentages, and prices have continued to increase as demand grows.

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“We’ve seen a very large increase in regards to multifamily not only in Bridgeland but also in The Wood- lands,” Bledsoe said. “It hasn’t really been gradual because of the amount of products there so we saw a huge increase in demand.” Single-family homes are being pur- chased as soon as they enter the mar- ket, forcing those who cannot make an oer fast enough to look for some- where to live. According to ApartmentData.com President Bruce McClenny, these peo- ple often turn to multifamily devel- opments in the area to have a place to live in the meantime. CONTINUED ON 26

The average rent in Cy-Fair risen 17% since April 2020. Occupancy has declined since peaking in September, but has risen 4% overall in that time.

Developers in the Cy-Fair area have seen an increase in demand for multifamily housing as single-fam- ily homes are quickly taken o of the market. Real estate experts said apartment complexes have taken advantage of this opportunity and increased rent prices, which is starting to impact the pocketbooks of renters. Crystal Bledsoe, a multifamily asset manager with the Howard Hughes Corp., the developers behind the Cypress master-planned community Bridgeland, said her rm keeps a con- stant watch on the market for trends in development and demand.

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As ground broke on the mas- ter-planned community Dunham Pointe in Cypress, future resi- dents gathered on an unocial community Facebook group in February to meet new neighbors. While most discussed their home closing dates, several Community Impact Newspaper in an email that while the rail- road was a big “what if” during his family’s buying process, ultimately the railroad’s proce- dural hurdles convinced him it was unlikely to succeed. “A high-speed rail will aect CONTINUED ON 28 As high-speed rail development stalls, future uncertain future residents posted about mentions of Texas Central’s high- speed rail project cutting through their homes, with some noting their developers did not oer an opinion on the project’s status. Michael Fang, who moder- ates the Facebook group, told BY JISHNU NAIR

“WE DECIDED THAT WE’VE ALREADY BUILT OUR LIVES IN THE AREA, ANDWEWILL HANDLEWHATEVEROBSTACLES WHEN THE TIME COMES.” MICHAEL FANG, FUTURE DUNHAM POINTE RESIDENT A

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FROMKATHIE: They say that May brings owers (following April showers, of course), and in Texas, those owers are bluebonnets. What a wonderful start to the season of family activities and fun! Make sure you check out our To-Do List (see Page 8) and Live Music Calendar (see Page 11) for great entertainment ideas with your family this month. Kathie Snyder, GENERALMANAGER

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5 Cold Stone Creamery opened its new- est location at 28902 Hwy. 290, Ste. A09, Cypress, on April 22. The shop offers a va- riety of frozen treats from single-scoop ice cream to ice cream cakes. 281-789-4963. www.coldstonecreamery.com 6 Goode Company Barbeque reopened its 20102 Hwy. 290, Houston, location April 1. According to a news release, the barbecue restaurant was on a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic and is now reopening along with the dog- friendly patio. Diners can enjoy Goode Co. classics, including a la carte meat plates, baked potatoes, sandwiches, sides and desserts. 832-678-3562. www.goodecompanybarbeque.com 7 The Caboose Bar & Grill opened this spring at 13300 FM 1960, Houston. Officials said the menu features elevated bar food made from scratch, including fish and chips, burgers and daily specials. Happy hour is weekdays from 11 a.m.- 7 p.m., and dogs are welcome on the outdoor patio. 281-477-7556. www.facebook.com/thecaboose.htx 8 Houston-based Deen’s Cheesesteaks and Pizza opened a new location at the former Jade Garden, 12740 Grant Road, Cypress, on April 5. The restaurant offers Philly cheesesteaks, pizzas and other items, including gluten-free and health-conscious options. Deen’s has three locations in the Houston area. 832-639-8735. www.deenshouston.com 9 InkFamous Tattoo & Piercing opened its third location at 13044 Grant Road, Ste. 2, Cypress, in February. The shop performs tattoo, piercing and tooth gem services and sells body jewelry and

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13 Officials with the Boardwalk at Towne Lake confirmed March 28 a new location of Sweetgreen will open soon. According to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the renova- tion project is slated to be complete by the end of May at 9955 Barker Cypress Road, Ste. 110, Cypress. This is the former location of Breakfast Brunch Cafe, which closed in July 2020. Sweetgreen serves salads, bowls and roasted vegetables with a focus on fresh and healthy dishes. www.sweetgreen.com 14 Bridgeland’s Lakeland Village Center at 10615 Fry Road, Cypress, will welcome Healthy Delights this summer. The Florida-based cafe boasts organically sourced menu items made fresh, includ- ing breakfast items, salads, soups, wraps, bagels, smoothies and dessert crepes. The restaurant offers vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options to fit all diets. 954-906-5407. www.healthydelightscafe.com 15 A new McDonald’s location is nearing completion at 12817 Telge Road, Cypress. The international franchise is known for the Big Mac and other branded items and has locations around the globe www.mcdonalds.com RELOCATIONS 16 General practice doctor’s office Cypress Primary Care moved to 10242 Greenhouse Road, Ste. 1101, Cypress, from its original location in ear- ly April. The clinic offers preventative, acute and chronic care services. 832-674-8609. www.cypress-primarycare.com

10 A new Taco Bell location opened March 24 at 12727 Telge Road, Cypress. The fast-food chain features tacos, burri- tos and other items that are unique to the franchise that can be ordered in store, online or at the takeout window. www.tacobell.com 11 Eagle Remodeling and More opened at 27118 Hwy, 290 Ste. E, Cypress, in mid-February, bringing 15 years of experience and remodeling expertise to the area. The family-owned business offers remodeling services for bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens as well as room additions with design services completed in-house. Appointments can be made online or prospective customers can visit the storefront. 281-213-2442. www.eagleremodelingtx.com Jodi Oliver and Jamie Scholhamer announced the launch of their new hand- bag collection, JJ Olivier , in April. The mother-daughter duo is based in Cypress, and their totes, handbags and wallets are available for purchase online. JJ Olivier focuses on quality, function and fashion, they said, and the five designs available are named after Oliver and Scholhamer’s French ancestors. www.jjolivier.com COMING SOON 12 Cypress will be home to The Nest Diner this spring at 11808 Barker Cypress Road, Ste. K, Cypress. The diner will serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and crawfish, of- fering a variety of options for each meal. 281-304-2219. www.thenestdiner.com

Elementary School No. 57 is nearing completion to host its inaugural class in the Bridgeland community in the 2022-23 school year.

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The board of trustees for Cy-Fair ISD unanimously voted to name Elementary School No. 57 at the April 11 meeting. Sue McGown Elementary School will be located at 21211 Tuckerton Road, Cypress, and will open for the 2022-23 school year in August. McGown spent 26 of her 40 years in education serving CFISD schools, including as the opening principal for Hamilton Middle School, where she was principal for 13 years and brought distinctions to the school. She also opened Cypress Woods High School, where she remained until her resignation in 2011. “Receiving a namesake for a campus is indeed a lifetime achievement award, an educator’s dream and the highest honor bestowed on an educational leader,” McGown said in a statement.

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MAY 01 CELEBRATE CINCODEMAYO Traders Village is starting the month with a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Visitors can listen to local artists perform regional Mexican, Tejano, cumbia, mariachi, salsa and merengue music. Noon-5 p.m. Free (admission), $5 (parking). Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Parkway, Houston. 281-890-5500. www.tradersvillage.com 05 PLAY INA GOLF TOURNAMENT The Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce and Memorial Hermann Hospital Cypress are hosting the annual Adam J. Skinner Memorial Golf Tournament to raise funds for the Adam J. Skinner Memorial Scholarship of the Cy-Fair Educational Foundation. Participants register in groups of four and have breakfast, dinner and drinks included. 10:30 a.m. $150-$5,000. BlackHorse Golf Club, 12205 Fry Road, Cypress. 281-373-1390. www.cyfairchamber.com 05 MAKEMOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS AT THE BACKYARD GRILL The Backyard Grill invites community members to bring their kids to make gifts for Mother’s Day. Children eat free from 4 p.m. to close. The Backyard Grill,

9453 Jones Road, Houston. 281-897-9200. www.thebackyardgrill.com 07 CELEBRATE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY AT DRAGON’S LAIR Dragon’s Lair is one of hundreds of shops nationwide celebrating Free Comic Book Day with several free titles. Members of the Mustafar Temple Saber Guild will be available for photos and light saber performances throughout the event. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Free. Dragon’s Lair, 21155A Hwy. 249, Houston. 832-761-0072. www.facebook.com/dlairhouston 07 AND 24 VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS On May 7, residents can vote to elect Jersey Village City Council and Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 candidates as well as voting on state propositions. On May 24, there will be runo elections for candidates that ran in the March 1 primaries and did not receive the majority of votes. The winners of runo elections will be on the November general election ballot. www.harrisvotes.com 12 PARTICIPATE IN THE B.F. ADAM GOLF CLASSIC The Cy-Fair Educational Foundation will hold its annual B.F. Adam Golf Classic to benet Cy-Fair graduates. The tournament will include lunch, dinner,

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PUTTING FOR A PURPOSE HOUSTON NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

The Jill Smith Team is hosting the second annual Putting for a Purpose charity golf tournament to support Cy-Fair Helping Hands. Players can register individually or in a group of four. Sponsorships are also available. Noon (registration), 1 p.m. (shotgun start). $150-$2,000. 16500 Houston National Blvd., Houston. 281-704-3749. www.jillsmithteam.com/jst-cares (Courtesy The Jill Smith Team)

an awards ceremony and a rae. The four-person scramble event is sold out of team entries, but sponsorships and rae tickets are still available. BlackHorse Golf Club, 12205 Fry Road, Cypress. 281-370-0144. www.thecfef.org 14 TRY AXE THROWING Brew:30 Taphouse is partnering with Epic Axe to hold axe throwing at its

venue. 2-5 p.m. $20 (includes unlimited throws and tournament entry). Brew:30 Taphouse, 15914 Telge Road, Cypress. 281-516-9315. www.brew30taphouse.com 14 THROUGH 15, 2122 TOUR NEWMODEL HOMES IN BRIDGELAND Bridgeland will host the grand opening

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Cy-Fair ISD presents the graduating class of 2022 during the regular graduation ceremonies at the Berry Center. Seniors from each of the CFISD high schools can reserve up to eight tickets for friends and family. A livestream of each ceremony will be available online. Times vary. Free. 8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress. 281-894-3900. www.berrycenter.net (Courtesy Cy-Fair ISD)

The Bridgeland Community Supports Veterans will host an event to honor the fallen on Memorial Day. The event will kick o with the presentation of colors by local students, and attendees are invited to tie ribbons around trees. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 16902 Bridgeland Landing Drive, Cypress. 713-447-7740. www.bridgelandveterans.org (Courtesy Rose Poole/The Bridgeland Community Supports Veterans)

27 THROUGH JUNE 5 CATCHA PLAY AT PLAYHOUSE 1960 Playhouse 1960 will feature

20 THROUGH JUNE 12 WATCH ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, THEMUSICAL’ Stageworks Theatre will be holding performances of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Musical.” The play contains mature content. 7:30 p.m. (Fri.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Sun.). $26-$37. Stageworks Theatre, 10760 Grant Road, Houston. 281-587-6100. www.stageworkshouston.org

Cy-Fair Martial Arts and Fitness hosts a training for individuals and organizations who work with tweens or teens. The session will cover the dangers of social media, best practices to avoid being targeted and basic self-defense techniques. 4-6 p.m. $40. Cypress Martial Arts and Fitness, 11688 Barker Cypress Road, Ste. B-1, Cypress. 713-894-6105. www.silverback-selfdefense.com

of Prairieland Village over two weekends. Visitors can tour the new model homes and enjoy live music, complimentary lunch, an art crawl and children’s activities. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Prairieland Village, 16211 Presa Overlook Trail, Cypress. 281-304-5588. www.bridgeland.com 22 LEARNABOUT SOCIALMEDIA SAFETY

performances of “Footloose” directed by Cash Shipman. 8 p.m. (Thu.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Sun.). $10-$23. Playhouse 1960, 6814 Gant Road, Houston. 281-587-8243. www.playhouse1960.com

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The Texas Department of Trans- portation sent out a press release in March detailing its ndings that are part of a larger issue nationwide: Roadways are becoming increasingly deadly. TxDOT reported there were more than 4,480 deaths on Texas roads in 2021, only a little behind 1981, the deadliest year to date with over 4,701 deaths. Roadway deaths are also on the rise nationwide. Ocials reported an estimated 20,160 people died from vehicular crashes in the rst half of 2021, 18.4% higher than in 2020. Texas saw an increase of almost 15% from 2020-21. TxDOT elaborated on the shared responsibility among Texas drivers, roadway engineers and law enforce- ment to reduce the number of deaths on Texas roads. “Driver behavior is one of the causes but also one of the most important solutions,” Transportation Commissioner Laura Ryan said in a news release. “This is not blame. These are facts. We all have a role. TxDOT can do more, and we accept that responsibility. The driving public can do more. For instance, in 2021, a total of 1,522 people were killed because of speed, and a total of 1,219 were killed because they were not wearing a seat belt. These were decisions made by people that could have potentially saved 2,741 lives.” Art Markman, a psychology professor at The University of Texas, informed TxDOT leaders and trans- portation stakeholders at the annual

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WATER Surfacewater conversion progresses

WATER RATES

BY DANICA LLOYD

joint eort between the WHCRWA and the North Fort Bend Water Authority to distribute surface water and meet groundwater reduction requirements. Ocials said 47 of the 127 utility districts under the WHCRWA have been converted to surface water as of press time. Most of the Cy-Fair area neighborhoods located in the WHCRWA’s boundaries have already been converted to surface water. Because it is more expensive to treat and deliver surface water, the water authorities charge utility districts more than they would for groundwater. Groundwater pumpage fees for the WHCRWA are $3.70 per 1,000 gallons, while the NHCRWA charges $4.60 per 1,000 gallons. Surface water fees for the respective author- ities are $4.10 per 1,000 gallons and $5.05 per 1,000 gallons. New infrastructure Construction is underway on a new NHCRWA pump station on Gessner Road near Beltway 8. The project includes a new transmission line starting at West Lake Houston Parkway and Beltway 8, which will split into two pipes along Beltway 8 to I-45, Rendl said. This project is expected to allow for additional water intake to reach utility districts farther west. “It will have the ability to take the water from the purication plant on Lake Houston; it will be testing it constantly, adding chloramines as necessary and then pushing it out to the utility districts that will be part of the system as we go forward,” Rendl said. Construction will be ongoing until about mid-2024. The pump station and additional piping to reach another 40-50 utility districts is about a $650 million project, according to Rendl. Meanwhile, ocials with the Surface Water Supply Project said the WHCRWA has begun construction on four of the project’s seven primary water line segments with plans to have the remaining water line seg- ments and two pump stations under construction by 2023. One pump station will be at Fry and Clay roads, and the other will be at Fairbanks North Houston and West Little York roads, ocials said.

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As part of a multidecade initiative, the North Harris County Regional Water Authority will be working with ve local utility districts serving neighborhoods south of Hwy. 249 near Mills Road and Cypresswood Drive to convert residents’ water usage from groundwater to surface water in May. This process has been ongoing since the 2000s as underground water sources begin to dry up and the state government sets out to reduce regional subsidence, or the gradual sinking of land. “The bottom line is we had to do the conversion for 2010, 2025 and 2035 because of the subsidence issues,” NHCRWA President Al Rendl said. “But if you talk to most of the utility district operators and directors today, they will tell you that we’re converting because if we don’t, we run out of water in the aquifers, and so it’s a matter of being able to subsist into the future with plenty of potable water.” Why surfacewater? Ocials with the West Harris County Regional Water Authority said as much as 7 feet of subsidence was measured in the northwest Harris County area between 1906 and 2000. The Texas Legislature created the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District in 1975 to help stop subsidence by controlling the use of groundwater. Starting in 2003, the district man- dated the NHCRWA, the WHCRWA and other entities reach at least 30%, 60% and 80% surface water reliance in 2010, 2025 and 2035, respectively. To access groundwater historically, utility districts delivered water to Harris County residents outside the city of Houston through wells tapped into underground aquifers. According to water authority ocials, potable water in the Gulf Coast Aquifer System is in short supply. Both the NHCRWA and the WHCRWA are on track to reach the next deadline of a 60% reliance on surface water by 2025. Community Impact Newspaper previously reported the subsidence district will impose steep penalty fees on water authorities if this deadline is not met. Construction began in early 2020 on the Surface Water Supply Project, a

North Harris County Regional Water Authority boundaries West Harris County Regional Water Authority boundaries

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Groundwater

A home using 10,000 gallons of water per month will pay about...

$4.60/1k gallons

$3.70/1k gallons

$444-$492 to the WHCRWA

$552-$606 to the NHCRWA this year. OR

Surface water

$5.05/1k gallons

Utility district fees are not included.

$4.10/1k gallons

The Harris-Galveston Subsidence District mandated all water suppliers in the North and West Harris County water authorities reduce groundwater pumping over time to decrease the rate of subsidence locally.

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Groundwater

Surface water

At least 30% surface water usage

At least 60% surface water usage

At least 80% surface water usage

by 2010

by 2025

by 2035

The management of groundwater helps reduce the eects of subsidence, or the gradual sinking of land. This map shows subsidence rates from 2016 to 2020.

SUBSIDENCE SITUATION

Subsidence near the intersection of FM 1960 and Jones Road has been among the highest in recent years.

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-1.07 cm/yr

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-1.49 cm/yr

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SOURCES: NORTH HARRIS COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY, WEST HARRIS COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY, HARRISGALVESTON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICTCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

“The costs of the regional projects necessary are estimated to exceed $5 billion, with the WHCRWA share estimated to be $1.6 billion,” WHCRWA board President Eric Hansen said. Ocials said funding for these projects will come from bonds sold to the TWDB through the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas, which are repaid through revenue from groundwater pumpage

and surface water fees. “What we are doing is ensuring that everyone has the potable water that’s necessary for life and that what we are doing not only provides water for the future, but it continues to pro- vide for housing values to increase as demand for housing continues to grow,” Rendl said. “When you put a water rationing sign anywhere in the community, home prices drop.”

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