- CBRE: Houston Commercial Real Estate Market ‘Slower But Not Sluggish’ [Houston Public Media]
- Warehouses the Hottest Niche in Houston’s Recovering Real Estate Market [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Whitestone REIT Plans To Buy Uptown-Area Mixed-Use Development Blvd Place, Build Additional Phase [Realty News Report]
- PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans To Add 9 Locations to Houston Area [HBJ]
- Agu Ramen Coming to Sugar Land Town Square in Next Few Months [Houston Chronicle]
- Katz’s Deli and Bar To Replace Katz’s Express in The Woodlands [Eater Houston]
- Metro Looks at How To Provide Buses Outside Its Service Area [Houston Public Media]
- The Woodlands the 6th Best City To Live in America in 2017, According to Data Site Niche [Houston Chronicle]
- American Lung Association Ranks Houston Among the Most Polluted Cities in the United States [Click2Houston]
- Residents Frustrated with Illegal Dumping in Northeast Houston Neighborhood [KHOU]
- Why Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Becoming More Common in Texas [New York Times; previously on Swamplot]
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I think we all know where those mosquitoes are coming from, and it isn’t from fake Chinese global warming. #BuildThatNet
Residents, frustrated by exorbitant fees and stringent landfill requirements, explore low cost solutions in urban reef creation. “It ain’t much ta’look’at now, but once the ecosystem takes off it’ll’be sumptin look at” explains local resident Carl Johnson. Over the years urban reefs have been havens for unique life forms exploring the material substance of items past in what J.R. Tompson describes in his new essay: “The Trash We Throw 2.0 – How Urban Reefs Grow†Tompson opines “The splendors of urban renewal coalesce in the form of these organisms by allowing new life to form rich and vibrant ecosystems that contribute to the cultural fabric surrounding the foundations of neo-gentrification.†Asked whether or not the city plans to provide a road map for urban reef renewal, chief deputy of something Bob Tumey IV explained “Yes, we are actively looking at ways to promote these organisms which contribute immensely to the values of our sustainable urban ecosystem. We all agree at city hall that something must be done about something. We are working hard to figure out what that something is and will have something more on that once we have time to appropriately do something about it.†Long time resident Pamela Boggins moved to the area from Florida recently. “They used to always tell me when growin’ up not to feed them gators. Well it ain’t no gator so I just keep feeding it.â€
Another pollution article. Your bias is showing again, Swamplot staff…
Note to Swamplot: linking to articles about pollution is a violation of Pffft’s rules of political correctness. Keep up the good work.