Muralpainter

Thought the topic was worthy of it's own thread. The BSA announced the sale of the camp in September. Curious to see what “develops” in the future of Camp Strake.

The Courier article: http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/conroe-mayor-excited-about-camp-strake-development/article_8d1a921b-d2d7-59d9-be7c-728cf6f72276.html

One would think this is an ideal location with access to shopping and the I-45 construction nearing completion. The commercial rent in The Woodlands is becoming oppressive so this would be a convenient and cost-effective alternative.

Found the building: http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15251902/2507-North-Frazier-Conroe-TX/

While waiting for my wife at the Mall on Teas Nursery I saw a vacant office building just to the east. It looked like interesting architecture, had a really nice site. There is no signage, however they are building a new roadway to building. Curious of its history.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Conroe,+TX&hl=en&ll=30.345891,-95.477991&spn=0.002632,0.00468&sll=31.168934,-100.076842&sspn=15.088478,29.992676&oq=conroe&t=h&hnear=Conroe,+Montgomery,+Texas°=180&z=19&source=gplus-ogsb

There is substantial clearing and site prep on the north side of FM1488 just west of the Valero gas station and south of the motocross park.

Have not seen signs indicating the project. Anyone have an idea of what will be built there? 

While doing some research on Astroworld I found this Wikipedia listing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_AstroWorld of where some of the rides were moved to:

The Looping Starship has been relocated to Mammoth Lake in Clute, Texas along with pieces of the Mayan Mindbender.”

Have never heard of an amusement park in Clute, and found no remains by looking on Google maps. Is the Wikipedia article correct?

Was looking at the water level chart for Lake Conroe. Seems very odd how the level is maintained consistent at 198 feet. The heavy rain in early April briefly increased the level and quickly subsided back to 198 feet.

http://conroe.uslakes.info/Level.asp

Curious if the level is kept artificially low to enable the water plant construction, or to get the public used to the low levels when they draw surface water off for treatment.

If we have another drought this summer the low lake level will have dire consequences.

You mean they actually expected me to expend my energy looking? That’s why the internet was invented. (Thanks!)

Why was it deleted?

Technically the website is “not up” and has been that way for years. If you go to the home page http://www.grandtexas.net/ you are not allowed access to the site. They are not smart enough to know that search engines easily jump the barrier.

Look at the location: “As part of the development process, Grand Texas has determined three different desired sites. Two are in Montgomery County, while the other is in Fort Bend County. We can assure you, this information will be provided as soon as readily available.”

I’m in Montgomery county and one day drove my Dad to the Houston medical complex. I was looking out the windows totally amazed at the amount of trees in a major city. You won’t find this in NYC other than Central Park.

Moderator: it’s officially time to move this thread into “The Woodlands and Northern Pines”

Grand Texas Theme park continues plans to move into East Montgomery County

Scheduled to open tentatively on April 31^st.  First building will be 1-bedrooms and they are currently reserving them. 

Research Forest extension is now open.

Store has opened as a Burlington Coat Factory.

Found additional information on the new San Jacinto River Authority surface water plant. This explains why the foreclosures in White Oak Ranch, the lakefront properties will have full view of the treatment plant.

http://www.yourhoust...1c070e2b0d.html

Finally a sign. No mention of low-income on the Landmark website.

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The north half of the building has a few dozen cars in the parking lot and the lights are on inside. I assume it is being used as temporary office space.

Purely conjecture on my part….I wonder if there is a connection? Why else the secrecy?

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/26132-low-income-apartments-planned-in-east-magnolia-westwood/

http://main.montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=52642

According to Montgomery Central Appraisal District records, Bryan D. Poage, of Enid, Oklahoma purchased the land on FM 3083 which is directly behind the proposed TEXCON injection well site. Lori Ferris was the owner of the land and sold it on April 9, 2012. Poage has not returned phone calls this morning. It has not been determined as of yet if this land will tie into the TXCOM but county officials say it is too much of a coincidence that someone from outside the state buy this land directly behind the site.

After the TCEQ three member panel decided against not just the county governments not wanting the site but the hundreds of residents the site was approved. That approval allows TEXCOM to inject up to 12,000 barrels of hazardous wastewater from outside the Montgomery County area every day for the next 30 years. That equates into over sixty trucks a day.

TXDOT then became involved by not granting access to FM 3083 as the entrance to the site was not wide enough. They also stated TEXCOM’s access management plan was insufficient to handle the heavy traffic. With the sale of this land and if this is used for an entrance it will be almost four times as wide as the original entrance.

As of this morning crews have moved onto the property and started to clear it. Signs have been placed along FM 3083 warning of roadwork ahead and culvert pipes are being installed along FM 3083.

According to TXDOT the permit for the culvert pipes was issued as the land owner requested he needed access to his business.

I found it interesting that the land still has a FOR SALE sign, however there is considerable site prep work going on that is specific to a construction project. Evidently the project does not want to have any commercial details known by the public.

This spring Aqua TX laid new water supply piping from the well in Greenfield Forest north to FM1488. We inquired with Aqua for details of why the pipe was being ran, however they denied any knowledge of the work.

It is my understanding an apartment complex will be there. However I have nothing concrete.

There was a nearby house for sale so I went up on the balcony to get a view & pic over the hay bales.

Wonder if the building is a new San Jacinto River Authority maintenance facility?

While in White Oak Ranch I noticed active construction located directly to the east. The area is adjacent to the east end of the Lake Conroe dam. There is no signage indicating what the project is, and I could not tell where the access road connected.

Anyone have knowledge of the project?