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  1. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/12/houston-venture-capital-activity-q3-2023.html "There were 30 deals in the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the lowest number of deals since the third quarter of 2020, according to the Q3 2023 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report, which was released Oct. 12. However, those deals were worth an aggregate of $596.23 million in Q3. That’s the largest amount of capital invested in the region since the same quarter of last year https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/11/14/houston-innovation-technology-sba-deputy-admin.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s "Houston is one of the fastest-growing startup cities in the world, according to PitchBook’s Global VC Ecosystems ranking. The region came in at No. 5 based on one-, three- and five-year growth rates for VC deal, exit and fundraising activity.
  2. Given that the proposed expansion of I-14 would pass through the edge of the metro, and that neither Huntsville or B/CS are as far from the area as they used to be, I figured it was time to start a thread on this roadway. https://www.kbtx.com/2023/10/25/study-released-txdot-asks-resident-feedback-i-14-project/ " The new interstate is expected to go through Bryan and College Station and potentially alleviate some traffic in areas like Highway 21 and Highway 6. The entire Bryan District of the plan would stretch from Bell to Walker Counties, with goals of providing safe and reliable east-west connectivity, improving traffic mobility including freight, relieving congestion caused by increasing traffic demand, and supporting deployment from our military bases to strategic ports. Plans being presented Wednesday night also include a potential loop system for the BCS area. This would be I-214 intended to pass over I-14."
  3. Saw a profile of this idea in Texas Monthly. The person heading this is working on commissioning a study for development to be funded through a kickstarter page. They have surpassed their goal of $71k and are now at almost $82k. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/texasland-theme-park-houston/ “I realized that Texas broadly, and Houston specifically, has all the metrics that my team look[ed] for: a massive and burgeoning population, a business-friendly environment, and, from the content side of things, a unique identity.” Houston hasn’t had a theme park since Astroworld closed in 2005, a decision McGee reminded me was made because the park sat on Six Flags’ most valuable land, which the company chose to sell, not because Astroworld wasn’t profitable. Here's a broad overview of what they want to do from their kickstarter.
  4. The recent actions from the Texas government has made it increasingly clear that the state has it out for Harris County. Not only with the suspicious state takeoever of HISD (despite an overall decent "B" grade, with plenty of worse off elsehwere in the state), but also the recent laws that have been coming out of state legislature: SB1993 grants the Secretary of State (SoS) the authority to rerun elections "under certain circumstances" for counties with at least 2.7 million people. This bill passed Senate, and is currently in House limbo. Unfortunately, two other bills have made it past House, with only the Governor's pen awaiting... SB1750 abolishes the election administrator position for "counties with 3.5 million or more," returning duties to elected county clerk and tax asscessor. Both positions are currently (D) in Houston, so not a big deal (overreach aside), right .... https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-bill-abolishing-harris-county-election-position-heads-to-governor/ Not so fast! Here's the particularly egregious doozy: SB1933, which grants the SoS the power to seize election authority (administration, voter registration) from local officials, and even suspend and replace them, with nothing more than "good causes to believe in 'problems'". The dooziest part? The bill had a last minute amendment right on the spot in House just to increase the population threshhold way up 4 million... https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1661106078518476810 So, why such specific threshholds, hmm? Want to take a guess which is the ONLY county in Texas to fulfill said population thresholds (at least, at time of bill creations)? Moreover, are the purported "election problems" in question not possible STATEWIDE, regardless of population? Oh, and the Secratery of State is actually one of the few Texas positions that is non-elected (instead, appointed by governor) ... and there is NO BURDEN OF PROOF regarding the so-called "causes to believe" in question: clearly not a conflict of interest, right? 🙄 No matter how it is sliced, this is straight up targeting baked into legislature. Way worse than the uproar concerning the "Tennessee Three". The "F-word" not only came out of hiding, it is blatant and blaring its foghorns loud and clear... Note: this thread has political relations, but I posted it here since this forum was more active/livelier, as well as the fact that the particular forum in question (Local, State, Federal politics offtopic) was missing the option to "create a thread."
  5. Thought it might be time to start a thread for things that are happening in Texoma. Well, the not Wichita Falls-area Texoma. Given that the TI and Globalwafers projects are both underway and expected to be large population drivers, there will likely be a fair amount of development following them sooner than later. The trend was already heading in that direction as the metroplex pushes further north. https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2023/03/01/centurion-american-walton-dorcheser-cottonwood.html "The Cottonwood site on FM 902 just off U.S. Highway 75 is south of the city of Sherman, where large semiconductor plants that will employ a combined 5,000 or more workers are under construction by Dallas-based Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TI) and Taiwanese company GlobalWafers Co. “We know that Cottonwood will be a community which will bring pride to the town of Dorchester, Grayson County and Howe ISD,” Mehrdad Moayedi, CEO and president of Centurion American Development Group, said in a prepared statement. A Municipal Utility District has been established on the property, which allows the development to offer increased amenities and a range of affordable housing, enabling the property to be competitive within the market, Moayedi said. The concept plan includes a mixed-use community including residential, commercial and office use. The overall project is expected to consist of roughly 4,000 single-family lots, 1,400 rental units and 250,000 square feet of commercial and retail space."
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