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The project extends some 37-miles (and then some counting side trails and offshoots), stretching from the upcoming Bridgeland community, Riata Ranch area on the other side of 290 through Cole's Crossing, through Longwood, through Lakewood, through the HP campus and Vintage Park, through Champions Forest, through Olde Oaks, through Northgate, through Cypresswood and Ponderosa, through Westador, through I-45 through to Spring and so on...all the way to Humble. It will link up with the Spring Creek Greenway Project just past I-45. All in all, this will be a relative wilderness with a city, where you can canoe for miles, hike, bike, etc. It's really quite pretty down by the creek, there are 30 ft overhanging cliffs that drop into the creek, huge trees and some neat topography you don't usually think of in Houston. Precinct 4 is solidly behind it, but we need to get Precinct 3 commissioner to commit more resources so that this will become a reality sooner. We have enough doggie parks in West Houston, Mr. Radack. It'd be nice if you could see to it that your constituents in the NW part of the County (Cypress) have what could become one of the Houston's areas nicest amenities for outdoor activities. It won't take much as most of the land has already been acquired.

The women's urinals of Texas A&M University These women's urinals are found in the Commons building at the College Station, TX campus of Texas A&M

IMO, this is one of the best things to happen to North Houston in decades. Cypress Creek Greenway project proposes to connect a series of new and existing "hub" or "anchor" parks along Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek with linear parks or trail systems, hike & bike, and canoe boat ramps. 33 Miles of continuous parkland greenbelt and recreation a la the Barton Creek greenbelt or Terry Hershey park. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=...id=532252&rfi=6

BJ's by Willowbrook is fantastic. The Deep Dish pizza is superb, but they've got a lot of other good stuff on the menu. The beer is excellent! A great place for watching sports, too. It's got the super big flatscreens on the wall like Champp's Americana.

I've heard its 26 Randall's Stores. The one over here in front of Longwood is a beautiful store with a stone facade. Built not too long ago. It's closing. (I would love to see an HEB move in, but doubt it'll happen) Very sad. What will become of all of these hulking stores (Randall's, Eckerd's, Albertson's, old Wal-Marts)? Are these deep-pocketed companies, simply going to sit on these properties and refuse to allow a competitor to move in? Meanwhile we have huge dead retail (that could flourish) sitting in front of our neigborhoods? Is there some sort of law that can restrict this kind of thing?

Interesting, developers are currently re-developing the area across the street from the Texas Tech University campus along similar lines as described above, with the exception that it was a large chunk (326 acres) of privately owned homes & businesses purchased by the developer. The Overton Park project is the largest privately funded urban redevelopment project in the nation. It includes a mix of residential, street-level retail, entertainment, hotels and major retail anchors, here are some recent pics: The Centre I The Centre II City Bank Bldg Corner @ University & Glenna Goodacre Street