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    Noticed they're putting up those portable remote video security trailers that they use in Bridgelands and other communities where they're building new homes.
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    They ought to give them a taste of their own medicine and post up hundreds of mugs of the perps with the word "LOSER" prominently displayed underneath their pic.
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    Noticed it too. There's a bit of irony there with the graffitti artists hitting the strip centers. Locals should put both the strip center developers and the grafitti artists in the town stockade and pummel them with tomatoes.
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    Shaw Rd? Ok, so that's right up next to the CFISD border near Grant Rd. & Telge. It's good that they're building a HS up this way, because it takes a while nowadays to get all the way to Tomball from the HP Corridor neighborhoods.
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    Where's the new High School going to be located?
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    Agreed, the actual stats for Willowbrook are impressive, to polish, they should simply describe as above, stick an asterisk on it with supporting reference data in the fine print. With that said, the old girl is getting a bit long in the tooth and in need of a makeover.
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    They're talking about the MSA, the entire Metropolitan Statistical Area. First, should be no surprise is the Houston Galleria, your guess is as good as mine as to who the second is, but I think it is noteworthy to say that it Willowbrook is and has always been (for over 20 years) one of the top-performing malls in Houston and in the State of Texas.
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    People who aren't from NW Harris County don't seem to realize that most of the great neighborhoods aren't located right off the freeways, so it's always funny to hear their "view from the highway" opinions. The best neighborhoods in Spring, Klein, Champions and Cypress (for the most part) are located off the beaten path (if you're not familiar with the area.) Of course that hasn't hurt growth as this area has outpaced all other areas of town in growth over the past 10-15 years with no signs of stopping. They're still coming, traffic and all. While there are a lot of people who suffer the commute to Downtown and the Galleria, these neighborhoods are filled with people who live and work in the area at places like the HP Corridor, 290 Corridor, Beltway, Greenspoint, FM 1960, The Woodlands or the Energy Corridor. Many people I know who work in the EC, simply do not want to live in Katy. Aside from the Memorial area, this is about as close as you get to the energy corridor to still have great schools, big tall trees (North of 290), newer homes and low low crime. I'm not a big fan of treeless, sun-scorched, master-planned communities like you find South of 290, Katy, Sugar Land or Pearland, however I'd live in Bridgeland. They're creating the new template for landscape planning and have done an awesome job sculpting that landscape and accentuating the natural features like Cypress Creek. Lastly, I think in coming years there will be an office boom on the 290 corridor, especially in the area in/around Bridgeland, Towne Lake and the planned Grand Parkway. All that frontage on 290 from Fry Rd. to Becker is becoming a whole lot more valuable. Once the 2010 census is complete you're going to see an explosion in retail and Class A office space in these areas. So characteristic of how many of the other communities in NW Harris county have developed (off the beaten path), the path will be beaten to Bridgeland and beyond.
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    Looking forward to the Apple store.
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    Agree. I also prefer outdoor malls as well as retail I can pull my car right up to. I like Shopping villages. I also think it keeps the rif-raff down as wherever you go in this town, they seem to like to loiter around in the Malls.
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    I don't like going there anymore. It's one of the highest grossing malls in the Houston area, they need to invest some money in that place. Better yet, we need a Mall in Cypress.
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    That is one way to look at it, but rationally speaking they have to relieve overcrowding at KF and the only way to do it is to take those residents on the nearest side to the next school and send them there. The departure of those neighborhoods won't have any effect on KFHS other than allowing immediate enrollment relief, enabling a higher student-teacher ratio and more individual instruction and attention for kids that desparately need it.
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    They SHOULD do everything they can to keep residents happy and ensure safe, productive learning environments for students that want to learn. Spring ISD could learn a thing or two. I think Klein residents and school board members have learned from Spring ISD's downfall. They've seen what happens when residents want to revolt. (Spring ISD should rezone all of their North FM 1960 residents to Spring High so they can at least have one good remaining school feeder zone rather than 3 bad ones).
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    I think it makes a lot of sense. KF may sit next to GF, but it might as well be a world away. Having grown up there and having a fondness for that neighborhood and the ones around it, I hope they do it. It'll be a great thing for that area and the district overall.
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    Is there a chance that rezone will include Greenwood Forest? Any discussion surrounding that?
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    Are they still planning on shifting enrollment Westward to alleviate overcrowding and future growth in the KF zone? I had read in the PASA report that neighborhoods on the North side of FM 1960 (and some right on the South side) would be rezoned to Klein in order to make room for additional growth in that Southern part of the District that stretches all the way to Inwood Forest.
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    Klein Memorial Fightin' Meerkats
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    The Klein Klink Colonels
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    One things for sure, do not name it Klein Cypress. While historically appropriate (the whole NW area was once called "Big Cypress"), it would lead to some major confusion for non-Northwesties.
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    Those guys are helpless. You can show them all of the evidence in the world and they won't connect the dots. In Rick they trust.
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    My vote goes for Kleinloch Farms or E.A. "Squatty" Lyons High OR Lyle Lovett HS Interesting to hear about Klein HS demolition. Looks like they're forecasting the same HS costs as Cy-Fair ISD at $100M per. I wonder why they aren't just doing a major renovation like CFISD is doing for Cy-Creek HS?
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    I wouldn't be surprised, but I think much of that growth I believe is growth. These areas are exlpoding with new homes.
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    http://www.universitycoop.com/ePOS/form=ca...7&store=108 Houston UT Co-Op Grand Opening Event: Friday, September 14, 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. Location of Event: Houston Uptown Champps Restaurant An evening with Earl Campbell to benefit The Texas Exes Houston Scholarship Fund. $30 per person. -Dinner Buffet -Autographs / Photos with Earl Campbell* -Cash Bar -Drawings for Co-op prizes Event is limited to 200 attendees, under 10, no charge. *No personal items can be brought in for this event. Items for autograph must be purchased from the Co-op. Please bring receipt for entry into event. Saturday, September 15th Events 11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Register for hourly door prizes (Need not be present to win) In Store Appearances: 12:00 - 6:00 P.M. Kirk Root, Designer of licensed UT men's and women's jewelry. 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Bobby Hawthorne, Author of the just published book, Longhorn Football. 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Earl Campbell Autograph Hour. No personal items can be brought in, must make a Co-op purchase for autograph.
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    More on this deal: http://www.cityfeet.com/News/NewsArticle.a...mp;PartnerPath= "We are buying it to reposition it and bring it back in its original class A setting," Jenkins tells GlobeSt.com. "It's an infill setting that has not been available to the market for 20 years. Northwest Houston has just taken off. Demand for office space is extremely strong." Hewlett-Packard last year sold the complex to Houston developer Don Hand. Brenda Pennington, principal of locally based Brenda Pennington Commercial Real Estate, who listed the property, says the seller "had too many other irons in the fire" to devote attention to the complex after seizing an unexpected opportunity to buy it. "It was not part of his annual projection so he decided to put it back on the market," she explains. According to Pennington, the offering drew attention from investors and users. "There was great interest from large users, including educational groups, energy companies and technology companies," she says. "But there were also many investors who wanted upside potential." Jenkins says the project offers the largest available block of contiguous class A office space in the Houston area. He says redesigning of the manufacturing building into office space will begin in four to six months. Macfarlan has contracted with locally based Transwestern to lease and manage the complex. According to Transwestern senior vice president Michelle Wogan, the existing office space will be ready for delivery in about 90 days.
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    That whole corridor is booming, too.
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