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Thursday, 26 November 2009 19:22 |
Sugar Land places baseball stadium, concert venue on fast track
By SESHADRI KUMAR, FB Independent
Sugar Land City Council has blessed a plan to solicit proposals for a minor league baseball stadium and indoor concert venue in the proposed entertainment district near the University of Houston Sugar Land campus.
As efforts to develop the entertainment district slowed down, the city decided to take the lead and accelerate the process.
Latest discussions that the city had with the Astros in April have not yet yielded any results.
Similarly, the discussions that the city had with AEG in May for the concert venue also remained dormant, especially because of the current economic conditions, Joe Esch, executive director for business and intergovernmental relations, told the city council at a workshop last week...
...Along with the entertainment district, the city is planning to establish a tax increment reinvestment zone to expedite commercial development in the area.
The proposed zone comprising 700 acres will include the entertainment district and Telfair commercial reserve.
The TIRZ will provide an additional tool for financing some infrastructure development as well as public facilities, according to Regina Morales, director of economic development.
The city also owns 95 acres that it purchased form Telfair.
Preliminary estimates indicate that the TIRZ would spend $55 million for public infrastructure subject to the participation of the city and the county.
The University of Houston is also included in the TIRZ.
To place the TIRZ on the fast track, the city sought a waiver from the county from the required 60-day notice period and last week, county commissioners approved the waiver.
Commissioner Richard Morrison voted against the waiver and Commissioner Andy Meyers gave a conditional vote.
Meyers has reservations about using county tax dollars for commercial development.
The city was scheduled to make a preliminary presentation on the proposed TIRZ to the commissioners court this week.
The city will hold a public hearing on the creation of the TIRZ on Dec.1.
Source: http://fbindependent.com/defaul...
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 09:46 |
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 The Texana Behavior Treatment and Training Center (BTTC) along with the Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance hosted a Ribbon Cutting celebrating the opening of its new building addition. The $734,000 two story addition has seven treatment rooms, an additional training kitchen with different styles of restaurant seating, a video viewing area for parents, and a fun room complete with a mini rock climbing wall.
Dianne Wilson, Texana Center Board of Trustees Chair, welcomed attendees to the new building addition for Texana’s nationally recognized Behavior Treatment & Training Center’s Day Treatment and Outreach Programs for children with autism spectrum disorder. Since 2004 when the Texana BTTC Day Treatment Program started, it has grown from serving just 2 children to 34 children and has served a total of 97children over the last 51/2 years.
A special presentation was made to Christie Enzinna, BTTC Manager, from Scott Jackson, Co-Founder of Tackling Autism Foundation and parent of a child with autism who graduated from the Texana BTTC Day Treatment Program. Scott presented two framed autism awareness themed posters to decorate the new building addition.
George Patterson, CEO, told attendees about new statistics which were recently updated on the prevalence of autism increasing from 1 in 150 children to 1 in 91 children. In boys is it even more common increasing from 1 in 80 to 1 in 58. “Texana is proud of its success in helping children with autism through Applied Behavior Analysis. This expansion means that we can help more children” said Patterson. For more information regarding the Texana Behavior Treatment and Training Center, contact the Day Treatment Program - 281 239 1497 and Outreach Program - 281 239 1328.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 14:32 |
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 FBN: It's Official, Christus Hospital Pulls Out Of Missouri City Leaving No Hospital Planned For The Area For The First Time In Several Decades!
Missouri City has been without a hospital since 2006, when Herman Memorial left the property on Hwy. 6 that is now home to a Lowe’s home improvement store. Soon after, city representatives were talking about an imminent groundbreaking at Sienna Plantation for a Christus Hospital system facility.
Sienna even has a street named “Sienna Christus Drive” that runs through the property once expected to become a hospital. The land, however, is now for sale, and Missouri City representatives say the hospital has no plans to build.
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