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  1. texan
    Did you even read the document? The portions of the meeting packet related to NHHIP are part of a letter sent by Central Houston to an investigator with the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Civil Rights. This isn't a news release "counting old news as a new win" or "part of a campaign to sway public opinion", it's the fact finding process as part of the investigation instigated by the county. The reason it seems like news to some is because these are details conveniently left out by leaders looking to cash in on political clout at TxDOT's expense. What this document provides that is new is the side by side of how specifically TxDOT has responded to community needs and what further Central Houston wishes to secure from TxDOT.
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    Your first point was the most important thing I saw in there. It significantly reduces the financial obligation of the city and partners to build the park. Can we go ahead and start digging yesterday?
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    http://www.downtowntirz.com/downtownhouston/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Board-Book-FINAL-3.8.22.pdf Plenty of red meat here for y'all to argue about. For what it's worth, I did genuinely find this informative and very fair in terms of how well TxDOT is working with Central Houston and how they are actually open to negotiation/changes. Very different from the story given in the media.
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    Isn't one of their pictures on the website from Plan Downtown near the north canal?
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    I believe it's temp space just because they're growing insanely fast and haven't started construction on their campus at the spaceport yet EDIT: I wonder if they'll make use of the ISS model inside 🤔
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    https://powderkeghouston.com Well this ended up being very different from the originally proposed rendering. Sad the rest of this project has gone nowhere. Could've been something great!
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    They have an incredible menu of matcha lattes which I'm most excited for 😋
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    Venus Aerospace has raised an additional $20 million to advance their technology. No mention of their new facility though. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/space/article/Houston-company-developing-a-hypersonic-plane-17058471.php
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    And another from yesterday...
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    Finally more progress... Photos from their Facebook page posted over the last week or so.
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    Officially permitted. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/augustine-verrengia_austin-texas-engineering-activity-6913483838102884352-XJZ-?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
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    And to an extent Austin has already (albeit temporarily) happened with their SXSW exhibit.
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    This is so exciting! Meow Wolf began in Santa Fe with a donation by George R R Martin (of Game of Thrones fame) and now includes exhibits in Las Vegas and Denver as well. Houston is a perfect expansion spot for them, especially considering Martin has pledged his entire life's work to Texas A&M and spends some time in College Station. I'm going to the Santa Fe location next month and cannot wait to check this out when it opens!
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    I first interpreted this as saying you wished Midway would've skipped over Town and Country to build CityCentre downtown (didn't see the article at first) but then realized what you were actually saying. I agree with both my first interpretation and what you actually meant. I'm glad Midway went inner loop with East River and just wish they'd quickly start on the next phase of Buffalo Heights. The north side of the Bayou is going to start looking very short compared to the south side!
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    One new project by Parallel Co. is in the works and another property will likely soon be redeveloped as high-rise student housing. The block bounded by Wellborn, First, Louise, and Maple Streets will become a 10 story student housing complex replacing multiple very old duplexes and fourplexes. https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=18348854 (Page 3) 509 University Dr, the former FedEx, is for ground lease for high density student housing. https://d3k1yame0apvip.cloudfront.net/website-5285/f9e236c05ef7f86/509_university_drive_om_red.pdf Development of these two sites will do wonders for Northgate!
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    Exciting updates! Venus Aerospace is planning a 250,000 sf facility. Two additional projects are being pursued will be over 600,000 sf and provide 1800 new jobs. Excluding Venus (numbers not provided), in the next few years there could be 3300 people working at the Houston Spaceport! https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/development/2022/02/23/2-new-major-developments-coming-to-houston-spaceport/ Discussions have begun between Houston Spaceport, the airport system, San Jacinto College, Rice, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, and UHCL on the establishment of a Houston Spaceport Center for Research Education and Workforce development (HS-CREW). https://bayareahouston.com/business-briefs/
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    A few smaller updates have occurred since early December. With Intuitive Machines' and Collins' facilities under construction, Axiom's site is moving ahead in the planning stages and they expect to move their headquarters to the facility next year. Recently, Axiom awarded Jacobs a design contract for their assembly, integration, and testing facility's construction. The first pieces of the Axiom Station are expected to arrive in Houston from Italy in early 2023, according to Axiom's website. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/01/07/has-iah-spaceport-construction.html https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-station https://executivegov.com/2022/01/axiom-space-selects-jacobs-to-construct-facility-at-houston-spaceport/ The spaceport was awarded a $5 million grant from the state out of the Spaceport Trust Fund for infrastructure development (SpaceX's spaceport in South Texas was also awarded the same amount). https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/space/article/Abbott-grants-10-million-to-spaceports-in-16773595.php
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    I don't necessarily hate this idea although I would much prefer the entirety of it be greenspace like the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston with high-rise development encouraged right up to the edge. I really like the city's vision shown in the following presentation. http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/east/public-meeting-east-side.pdf
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    To my non-architect eye the buildings between Industry Building 1 and the hotel seem to have grown in the new rendering as have the buildings flanking the Collaborative Building (which I believe are marked as industry buildings in the master plan). If A&M and UH are putting their buildings on a shared base it'll likely require approval by the boards of regents so we'll hopefully get better indication in the next couple of months when those meetings take place.
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    Harris County will pause its lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation over the proposed Interstate 45 widening in hopes that it leads to a consensus that has eluded them for more than four years. The pause, approved unanimously by the Commissioners Court at a special meeting Monday, instructs County Attorney Christian Menefee to seek a stay on the lawsuit in federal court as he negotiates with TxDOT to resolve differences between the changes the county seeks to the project and the current plan. The project, estimated to cost at least $9 billion, would rebuild and widen I-45 from downtown Houston north to Beltway 8, including the freeway’s interchanges with I-69, I-10 and Loop 610 in Independence Heights. The stay and pause, officials said, would give an opening to county officials to work out details of the planned freeway widening without backing off their opposition to what TxDOT is proposing. “I am willing to consider a pause,” Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia said. “Not a dismissal, but I hope that will demonstrate our commitment.” Menefee said he will ask the court for a stay of 30 days and then potentially extend that for an additional 30 days if the discussions are “fruitful.” “The pause is a show of good faith by the county to remind TxDOT that we’re in this to find solutions and address community concerns,” Menefee said in a statement. “We expect TxDOT to work alongside us to achieve the same. If that does not happen, the county will resume the suit and we’ll let the courts decide.” State officials said the delay allows for more discussion, but that the county’s vote is merely the first step. “TxDOT will reserve any further comments about today’s action until after it is clear what steps the Harris County Attorney’s Office takes next,” agency spokesman Bob Kaufman said in a statement.
  21. texan
    The downtown segment is literally the only part there is any consensus on (see Mayor Turner's letter to TxDOT and the city and county's joint vision plan)
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    Board of Regents approval is next week for the first phase of the next phase of athletics upgrades. This will include $205 million for suite construction in Kyle Field, new football practice facilities (replacing the marshmallows), a student athlete academic center, and a new indoor track and field arena. Hopefully within the next few years we see the construction start for Blue Bell Park expansion, Soccer Upgrades, and the major renovation of Reed we've been waiting for. https://www.tamus.edu/regents/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/11/Nov2021RegularBinder-1.pdf
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    A few new projects for the RELLIS Campus will be approved by the regents next week! https://www.tamus.edu/regents/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/11/Nov2021RegularBinder-1.pdf 1.) Runway 35R Rehab - $5,372,000 2.) Industrial Distribution Building No. 1 - $20,020,000 As recently as a few years ago there were plans for a second Industrial Distribution Building, the naming convention makes me think this is still the current plan. 3.) Texas Division of Emergency Management Warehouse and Regional Operations Center at RELLIS - $29,350,000
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    I like it!
  25. texan
    This is an extremely exciting project although to be clear it is at the Johnson Space Center, not the Houston Spaceport.
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