- Bulldozers Already Humming at Grand Texas Theme Park Site in New Caney [Houston Business Journal;Â previously on Swamplot]
- Harris County Exploring Ways To Fund Astrodome Redevelopment Plan [KUHF; previously on Swamplot]
- Montgomery County Home Sales Could Slow as Inventory, Interest Rates Rise [The Woodlands Villager]
- Galveston Historical Foundation $200K Short of $3M Bishop’s Palace — But Plans To Close Soon Anyway [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Tierra del Fuego Restaurant Opening This Fall in Sugar Land Town Square [Houston Business Journal]
- Water Usage Has Increased in Galveston Area Despite Serious Drought Alerts [Houston Chronicle ($)]
Photo of ISKCON Temple on W. 34th St. near Ella Blvd.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Glad to hear it about the Bishop’s Palace. I figured if they got close enough the diocese would go ahead with the deal to avoid the negative publicity.
“The budget management office is looking at it, determing exactly what the cost would be and looking at financial options, and then they’ll come back to us with a recommendation”
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Wait, I thought that any proposal for the Astrodome had to have funding attached to it? Oh, that’s unless the County is making the proposal, then it writes the rules for this taxpayer-funded albatross.