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  1. Social distancing line at Central Market. There is a line out in the parking lot with a police officer keeping order. This is to keep social distancing inside the store. Love CM’s professionalism. Never seen anything like this. Unreal
  2. With new site identified, fundraising efforts for Levitt Pavilion at Willow Waterhole are underway https://communityimpact.com/houston/bellaire-meyerland-west-university/development/2020/03/23/with-new-site-identified-fundraising-efforts-for-levitt-pavilion-at-willow-waterhole-are-underway/ The Friends of Levitt Pavilion Houston organization has raised 40% of a $100,000 goal toward preconstruction work for a new community performance space that could begin construction in 2022. The targeted land is an approximate 28-acre plot adjacent to a network of detention basins known collectively as the Willow Waterhole, just southwest of Loop 610, at 5300 Dryad Drive, Houston. The city of Houston purchased the land—a former Shell Oil Co. facility—in October 2019 for $3.4 million to serve as the site for a new detention basin. Levitt Pavilion Houston would take up 15 acres of that plot, which includes 3 acres for the pavilion space and bowl for 5,000 attendees to congregate, plus parking, according to preliminary plans, though those could change as the project moves forward. The group is coordinating with the Levitt Foundation, which encourages the creation of large public performance venues throughout the US by repurposing obsolete or neglected outdoor spaces. Friends of Levitt Pavilion Houston has started a Founder’s Circle for pre-construction work, which includes rendering, formulating a budget, master planning and for marketing and consultant costs, with a $1,200 minimum commitment, according to chairman Howard Sacks.
  3. Or possibly Medistar as well. Very lucrative land. I don't think someone would tear it down. Probably a rebranding project.
  4. Merging Shriners Hospitals in Houston and Galveston: An update https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/03/merging-shriners-hospitals-in-houston-and-galveston-an-update/ When two hospitals merge into one location, divvying up space for existing and incoming staff rises to the top of the to-do list. Department heads from both sites confer with planners, hospital administrators and architects to make sure everyone is properly equipped to treat patients. In early January, Shriners Hospitals for Children – Houston confirmed that it would close in 2021 and consolidate with Shriners – Galveston. Shriners aims to complete the merger by the fourth quarter of 2020, but the full remodel in Galveston could seep into the following year. “We have the space in our facility,” said Gary Martin, chairman of the Board of Governors for Shriners Hospitals for Children – Galveston. “We are now in the process of stage-planning the different phases we are going through to remodel, because we still have to be open while we’re remodeling. … I was just on a teleconference call for an hour- and-a-half with architects.” The merger aims to create a stronger facility with a bigger footprint. “It’s going to be Shriners Hospitals for Children – Texas,” Ashley said. When asked what will happen to the Houston building, which the Shriners own, Bower said: “We’re looking at a timeline so elongated that the building conversation is secondary. … Part of it is using our Galveston facility more efficiently.”
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