Government
BY VANESSA HOLT & LIZZY SPANGLER
Construction on regional park to begin in 2024 Construction on the infrastructure for Mont- gomery County’s Fish Creek Regional Park is estimated to begin in the rst quarter of 2024, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley said Nov. 8. Riley said the infrastructure construction would include work on the roads, driveways and sites for things in the park. In a nutshell The park will span 391 acres and be located o Fish Creek Thoroughfare near the Woodforest community, according to Precinct 2’s website. The park is estimated to cost between $30 million to $75 million using a combination of public and pri- vate funds, Precinct 2 Chief of Sta Bruce Berger said in a Nov. 9 email. Riley said the park will include around four sports elds, a community and nature center, soccer elds, and pickleball and tennis courts.
SJRA names new general manager
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The San Jacinto River Authority named Aubrey Spear as its new general manager Nov. 15. He will assume the role in January. The SJRA monitors water quality in the San Jacinto basin, provides water to munic- ipal utility districts and other entities, and operates the Lake Conroe Dam. Ed Shackelford has been the acting gen- eral manager since June, following former General Manager Jace Houston’s resignation. Career history According to a news release, Spear was previously director of water utilities for the city of Lubbock for 16 years where he led more than 200 employees. He also served on the executive committee of the Upper Brazos Regional Flood Planning Group.
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According to information presented at an open house Nov. 28, the nature center will contain a multipurpose hall, an exhibit hall, classroom spaces, pop-up shop centers and covered porch areas as well as shower spaces and kitchen areas for events and other uses. “This was a perfect piece of property for us to work with Johnson [Development] to build some- thing that’s not only a park—it’s got almost every other amenity that someone would be looking for,” Riley said. “And it’s needed. There’s no place like this over there.”
Veterans commission breaks ground on Freedom Hall During a Veterans Day event Nov. 11, the Mont- gomery County Veterans Memorial Commission broke ground on Freedom Hall, its education and visitors center. The event was held at Montgomery County Veterans Memorial Park, located at 1776 Freedom Blvd., Conroe. In a nutshell Freedom Hall is set to be an education and visitor center, museum, event center, meeting hall, and conference center, MCVMC Executive Director Elizabeth Woods said in a Nov. 13 email. The estimated completion date is summer 2024. In 2021, state Rep. Will Metcalf, R Conroe, announced $7 million in state funding will be used for the project, Community Impact reported. Learn more about the MCVMC by visiting www.honoredmission.org.
Around 1,400 people attended the Montgomery County Veterans Memorial Commission’s Veterans Day event.
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