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BY RACHEL LELAND

Pearland water plant to pump in summer Pearland’s new water treatment plant won’t be operational until the summer due to city ocials waiting to receive state authorization. The backstory City ocials are waiting for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize pumping water at the plant, which should happen in either late June or July, Pearland Communications Director Josh Lee said. Ocials originally expected the facility to be operational by January, Lee said. Community Impact previously reported the $175 million surface water treatment plant will eventually pump 10 million gallons of water per day for Pearland.

Pearland chamber to manage Innovation Hub Pearland City Council voted 5-2 on May 13 to provide the Pearland Chamber of Commerce with funds to manage the Pearland Innovation Hub, which supports small businesses in the city. The gist Council approved $467,600 to go to the Pearland Chamber of Commerce as part of a 16-month contract for the chamber to manage the Pearland Innovation Hub. As part of that, the chamber will hire someone full-time to lead the Innovation Hub. Community Impact previously reported the hub, which launched in May 2022, supports local entrepreneurs through local and regional entre- preneurship assistance programs, events, service providers and funding sources. The idea is for the chamber to use its connec- tions in Pearland’s business community to bolster

“This gives us an opportunity to really dig in and

provide some support for small businesses in our community.” KEVIN COLE, PEARLAND MAYOR

the hub, which allows them to help smaller startup companies the chamber wouldn’t usually serve, chamber President Jim Johnson said. What they said Council members Rushi Patel and Layni Cade voted against awarding the contract to the cham- ber. Patel said he felt it was unlikely the chamber would nd someone to lead the Innovation Hub. “I think this is a money grab,” Patel said. Mayor Kevin Cole stressed that the hub is for all small businesses in town and isn’t exclusive to higher prole businesses.

Friendswood rezones residential area near FM 528 Friendswood City Council voted at its May 6 meeting in favor of rezoning a parcel of land near FM 528 from residential to commercial—a move that aligns with the city’s goal of increasing commercially zoned property in Friendswood. The gist FM 528. The area includes single-family residential and neighborhood commercial zoning. The zoning change would comply with Friend- swood’s future land use map, which includes a goal of increasing the percentage of commercially

Area rezoned

528

FRIENDSWOOD LAKES BLVD.

zoned property in the city, documents show. The Friendswood Planning and Zoning Com- mission recommended approval at its April 11 meeting.

The land in question covers nearly 6 acres of land in the Burgess subdivision, which borders

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