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Wet’n’Wild SplashTown in Spring rebrands to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Wet’n’Wild SplashTown, located at 21300 I-45, Spring, will be rebranded as Six Flags Hurricane also feature a new mar- quee and new, Caribbe- an-inspired theming and
custom signage throughout. Improvements also include reimagined ride entrances along with dining and retail locations, according to the release. The park currently fea- tures more than 40 slides and attractions. The park has operated on I-45 for 34 years and most recently rebranded in 2014. FULL STORY BY EVA VIGH
Harbor Splashtown when the park opens for the 2019 season May 4, the company announced Feb. 12. The park will also debut its newest attraction, Wahoo Wave, this summer. The ride is six stories tall and includes a 30-foot drop, according to the news release. The 48-acre park will
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Montgomery County Food Bank to launch Produce Pod to transport fruits, vegetables to residents The Montgomery County Food Bank launched its new Produce Pod mobile food unit for fresh produce Feb. 12.
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produce because many of them don’t have refrigeration units, so we can only distribute so much [produce] because they have no way to keep it cold,” DeGeorgio said. DeGeorgio said the Produce Pod can store 210 boxes of produce, thus allowing the food bank and partners to distribute fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables to 735 additional individ- uals per day and more than 700,000 additional pounds of fresh produce annually. While the mobile unit will officially launch this summer, DeGeorgio said the MCFB hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Pro- duce Pod on Feb. 12 at the Montgom- ery County Food Bank, located at
Montgomery County families may soon have better access to healthy produce with the help of Montgom- ery County Food Bank’s new mobile unit, which makes it easier for the food bank to store and transport fresh fruits and vegetables to its 50 local partner agencies—which include Montgomery County food pantries, churches and schools. Lauren DeGeorgio, director of mar- keting and communications at the MCFB, said the food bank received a $73,000 grant in July from Kroger Houston to create the Produce Pod, a refrigerated mobile unit built by manufacturing company Huntsman Corp. “The issue with our partner agen- cies or food pantries is they don’t have the capacity to hold the fresh
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