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“I love the carousel,” said Hermann Park Conservatory advisory board member Roz Pactor. “My grandkids, Harley and Harper, do, too. It’s the primary focus for us.” Pactor’s favorite spot is the Lott Family Carousel built[...]
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New Lifestyle App MVEMNT Spotlights 1,000 African-American-Owned Businesses
A recently launched mobile application named MVEMNT showcases roughly 1,000 African-American- owned businesses. While the MVEMNT is a national app, it's currently featuring businesses situated in Houston, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, Charlotte, and New York City. In[...]
Emancipation Park Wins Urban Land Institute Houston Development of Distinction 2019 Award for Open Spaces
2019 Emancipation Park 147th Juneteenth Celebration The Houston District Council of the Urban Land Institute has announced the winners of its 2019 Development of Distinction Awards. The awards recognize developments and open spaces that demonstrate best practices[...]
Pearl Hospitality Announces 7 New Houston Southeast Fast-casual Dining Options to Open in 2020
Pearl Hospitality recently announced seven (7) new tenants for the ground floor of the historic Medical Towers, which is being redeveloped into a 273-room Westin Hotel. The Houston developer has signed lease agreements with MOD[...]
METRO’s Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Begins this Summer in Partnership with TSU
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) is gearing up to test a self-driving vehicle at the Texas Southern University campus. The first phase of the pilot project will kick off June 5. During[...]
University of Houston System Approved for $109 Million in State Funding
As the city’s first new medical school in nearly half a century. The money will help pay for the UH College of Medicine, new facilities for the UH Law Center and Hobby School of Public[...]
Houston Named the No. 2 City for STEM Jobs
Sure, Houston can boast that it's the Energy Capital of the World. That's undisputed. However, Houston also is making strides in the wider range of STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. A new study from[...]
Texas Medical Center Redesigns Massive TMC3 Project
The 37-acre biomedical research campus planned for the Texas Medical Center has been redesigned, a move officials said would better cultivate a “live, work and play” atmosphere combining collaborative research facilities with shops, restaurants, residences,[...]
Houston Crowned Most Diverse City In America By New Report
A new report confirms what we here already know: Houston is, indeed, the most diverse city in the country. To crown the diversity champion, WalletHub compared 501 of the most populated cities in America across five[...]