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Today’s sponsor is the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition, a political action committee supporting the passage of the November 8th ballot proposition to legalize the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in the Heights.

Swamplot is nonpartisan and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns. But we do run political advertising and Sponsor of the Day content.

The Houston Heights Beverage Coalition encourages Heights residents to vote “For” the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition. Election day is tomorrow, November 8th.

“It has been 104 years since the off-premise sale of alcohol has been legal in the Houston Heights area,” says Steve Reilley, the chair of the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition. “Prohibition ended 83 years ago. We think voters are ready to repeal these archaic laws and allow our grocery and convenience stores to once again be able to sell beer and wine to their customers.”

Who else wants this proposition to be approved? Houston president of the H-E-B Grocery Company Scott McClelland. “We look forward to voter feedback and are committed to building an H-E-B store that adds to the culture, pride and quality of life of the Heights and surrounding neighborhoods,” he says in a flyer put out by the coalition. “H-E-B looks forward to the possibility of expanding our offerings to the Houston Heights and are hopeful voters will support us at the polls.”

Also in favor of the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition: Houston city council member and Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Cohen. “H-E-B is a proven community partner with a history of creating stores that are uniquely tailored to the neighborhoods they serve,” she writes. “I encourage the residents of the historic Houston Heights to vote FOR the beer and wine proposition so H-E-B can proceed with their plans to come to the Heights.”

Got questions about the proposition? On the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition website, you’ll find an FAQ that includes the coalition’s answers to such questions as Is H-E-B really behind this effort? and Will there be a rush for convenience stores coming to the Heights? Will this affect the character of the Heights?

Here’s a special notice for straight-ticket voters: If you vote Straight Party Ticket, you will not have voted on the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition (or any other propositions that appear on your ballot). So be sure to finish the ballot by finding the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition and voting on it separately.

If you need to reach Swamplot readers, you’ll do well with Sponsor of the Day posts. Here’s how to set one up.

A big thank you to today’s sponsor — Houston’s own Central Bank — for its continuing support of Swamplot!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376; Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

Your business can become a standout supporter of Swamplot — and reach the precise local customers you’re looking for — by becoming a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day. 

Swamplot’s sponsor today is the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition, a political action committee supporting the passage of the November 8th ballot proposition to legalize the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in the Heights.

Swamplot is nonpartisan and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns. But we do run political advertising and Sponsor of the Day content.

The Houston Heights Beverage Coalition encourages Heights residents to vote “For” the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition. Election day is November 8th. Today and tomorrow are your last chances to vote early.

Got questions about the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition? On the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition website, you’ll find an FAQ that includes the coalition’s answers to such questions as Is H-E-B really behind this effort? and Will there be a rush for convenience stores coming to the Heights? Will this affect the character of the Heights?

This past summer, more than 1,750 registered voters within the boundaries of the former City of Houston Heights signed a petition calling for the election. Officials verified there were more than the 1,511 signatures needed to call an election, so the Houston City Council placed the item on the November ballot. If you live in the area shown on the map above, this proposition will appear on your ballot.

Here’s a special notice for straight-ticket voters: If you vote Straight Party Ticket, you will not have voted on the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition (or any other propositions that appear on your ballot). So be sure to finish the ballot by finding the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition and voting on it separately.

Important messages go out to Swamplot readers in our Sponsor of the Day posts. Here’s how to set one up.

Today’s sponsor is Keep the Heights Dry, a political action committee hoping to defeat Proposition 1, which most Houston Heights residents will find on their ballot this election.

Swamplot is nonpartisan and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns. But we do run political advertising and Sponsor of the Day content.

Keep the Heights Dry (which sometimes also refers to itself as Keep the Heights Weird and Dry) argues that the longstanding restrictions on alcohol sales in the portion of the Heights that was once an independent city has over the years served as an important tool to protect the character of the neighborhood, creating a land-use environment that favors small, local business and a residential feel — despite the lack of blanket deed restrictions.

The ballot measure, if passed, would allow the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only in this neighborhood — where it’s currently not allowed. Only voters who live in this area, sometimes known as the “dry Heights,” will vote on the measure.

Keep the Heights Dry urges Houston Heights voters to vote against Proposition 1, it says, “to send the strong message to H-E-B that as much as we may want a shiny new grocery store, we don’t feel that it’s a fair deal to give up this important neighborhood protection tool simply because doing so would be easier on that company’s bottom line.”

Just added to the home page of the Keep the Heights Dry website: a list of what the organization terms “myths” about the ballot proposition. If you’re carefully considering the pros and cons of Proposition 1, you’ll want to look it over and see what this side has to say. The organization also publishes updates and opinions on its Facebook page.

Election day is this Tuesday, November 8. Early voting is possible through Friday, November 4.

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Today’s sponsor is Jamestown Estate Homes, offering the new home at 11926 Broken Bough Dr. in the Memorial Shadows neighborhood of Bunker Hill Village. Thanks for supporting Swamplot!

The first floor of this 2-story, 5-bedroom home features 2 distinct indoor living areas. The great room pictured at top, which connects to the breakfast area and kitchen; and a separate flex space that could serve as a more formal living room, gym, or music room. It opens to the outdoor living area pictured above.

The home’s front entry, through a pair of custom iron doors, is visible in the background of the top photo. The formal dining room is to your right as you enter, across from a study with a view of the tall oak on the front lawn. Tucked above the entry is a loft balcony connected to the fifth bedroom upstairs.

A secret pathway leads from the study to one of the walk-in closets in the downstairs master bedroom suite. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms (each with its own bath), plus a game room with bar that opens to the media room — through custom barn-style doors fashioned from reclaimed wood by ReCoop Designs.

The home was designed by Todd Rice and recently completed by Jamestown Estate Homes, a family business founded by Greg Hawes in 2010. All told, the home measures 6,657 sq. ft., with both a 1-car and 2-car garage attached. The 20,155-sq.-ft. lot — which has room for a pool — is walking distance from Bunker Hill Elementary and sits a little more than a mile south of Memorial City Mall and the Katy Fwy.

To learn more about the home or its energy features — or to make a private appointment to see it — contact Victoria Hawes at (832) 296-1663 or victoria.hawes@jamestownestatehomes.com. Or check out the listing for more photographs of the property. A PDF showing complete floor plans is available here. The home is also open Sundays from 2 to 4 pm.

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Our sponsor again today is the 2016 Annual Home Tour from the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, which takes place this weekend. Thanks for sponsoring Swamplot!

Each year, the AIA Houston Home Tour attracts about 3,000 people eager to view the finest in new (5 years old or younger) residences by local architects. This year’s tour takes place from noon to 6 pm this Saturday and Sunday, October 29th and 30th, and features 9 area homes selected by an AIA jury. The 2-day, self-guided tour is open to the public.

The homes on this year’s tour are:

• Pavilion Haus, 1914 Ebony Ln., by studioMET
• Marmo-Vaikhman House, 705 Merrill St., by McIntyre+Robinowitz Architects
• West Eleventh Place Residence, 5 W. 11th Pl., by Dillon Kyle Architects
• The Wroxton, 2332 Wroxton Rd., by MaRS (Mayfield and Ragni Studio)
• Hammer Residence, 2304 Goldsmith St., by m + a architecture studio
• Merrick House, 3614 Merrick St., by studioMET
• Oberlin, 4153 Oberlin St., by Natalye Appel + Associates Architects
• Winslow House | Perched, 517 Winslow Ln., by JT ARC STUDIO
• Soothing Santa Barbara, 4810 Braesvalley Dr., by MASA Studio Architects

Tickets for the tour are $25 each — or $20 for bike riders — and can be purchased in advance online or at the AIA Houston office (Downtown, at 315 Capitol St. Suite 120). They let you into all 9 houses, on both days of the tour. You can also purchase tickets at any of the participating houses during tour hours. Single-house tickets are also available, for $10 each, but only during tour hours at the homes themselves.

For more information, check out the tour website, where you’ll also find more photos of each of the featured homes. This press release provides a lot more detail about each property. There’s a map to the homes here. To purchase tickets online, click here.

Need to get the word out about important local events? Find out more about becoming a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day!

Our sponsor today is the 2016 Annual Home Tour from the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, which takes place this weekend. Thanks for sponsoring Swamplot!

Each year, the AIA Houston Home Tour attracts about 3,000 people eager to view the finest in new (5 years old or younger) residences by local architects. This year’s tour takes place from noon to 6 pm this Saturday and Sunday, October 29th and 30th, and features 9 area homes selected by an AIA jury. The 2-day, self-guided tour is open to the public.

The homes on this year’s tour are:

• Pavilion Haus, 1914 Ebony Ln., by studioMET
• Marmo-Vaikhman House, 705 Merrill St., by McIntyre+Robinowitz Architects
• West Eleventh Place Residence, 5 W. 11th Pl., by Dillon Kyle Architects
• The Wroxton, 2332 Wroxton Rd., by MaRS (Mayfield and Ragni Studio)
• Hammer Residence, 2304 Goldsmith St., by m + a architecture studio
• Merrick House, 3614 Merrick St., by studioMET
• Oberlin, 4153 Oberlin St., by Natalye Appel + Associates Architects
• Winslow House | Perched, 517 Winslow Ln., by JT ARC STUDIO
• Soothing Santa Barbara, 4810 Braesvalley Dr., by MASA Studio Architects

Tickets for the tour are $25 each — or $20 for bike riders — and can be purchased in advance online or at the AIA Houston office (Downtown, at 315 Capitol St. Suite 120). They let you into all 9 houses, on both days of the tour. You can also purchase tickets at any of the participating houses during tour hours. Single-house tickets are also available, for $10 each, but only during tour hours at the homes themselves.

For more information, check out the tour website, where you’ll also find more photos of each of the featured homes. This press release provides a lot more detail about each property. There’s a map to the homes here. To purchase tickets online, click here.

Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day posts are an easy way to reach the people you need to reach. Just contact us here.

Today’s sponsor is the 2016 Annual Home Tour from the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, which takes place this weekend. Thanks for sponsoring Swamplot!

Each year, the AIA Houston Home Tour attracts about 3,000 people eager to view the finest in new (5 years old or younger) residences by local architects. This year’s tour takes place from noon to 6 pm this Saturday and Sunday, October 29th and 30th, and features 9 area homes selected by an AIA jury. The 2-day, self-guided tour is open to the public.

The homes on this year’s tour are:

• Pavilion Haus, 1914 Ebony Ln., by studioMET
• Marmo-Vaikhman House, 705 Merrill St., by McIntyre+Robinowitz Architects
• West Eleventh Place Residence, 5 W. 11th Pl., by Dillon Kyle Architects
• The Wroxton, 2332 Wroxton Rd., by MaRS (Mayfield and Ragni Studio)
• Hammer Residence, 2304 Goldsmith St., by m + a architecture studio
• Merrick House, 3614 Merrick St., by studioMET
• Oberlin, 4153 Oberlin St., by Natalye Appel + Associates Architects
• Winslow House | Perched, 517 Winslow Ln., by JT ARC STUDIO
• Soothing Santa Barbara, 4810 Braesvalley Dr., by MASA Studio Architects

Tickets for the tour are $25 each — or $20 for bike riders — and can be purchased in advance online or at the AIA Houston office (Downtown, at 315 Capitol St. Suite 120). They let you into all 9 houses, on both days of the tour. You can also purchase tickets at any of the participating houses during tour hours. Single-house tickets are also available, for $10 each, but only during tour hours at the homes themselves.

For more information, check out the tour website, where you’ll also find more photos of each of the featured homes. This press release provides a lot more detail about each property. There’s a map to the homes here. To purchase tickets online, click here.

Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day posts reach the people you want to reach — and they’re easy to set up. Just ping us here.

Swamplot’s sponsor today is the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition, a political action committee supporting the passage of the November 8th ballot proposition to legalize the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in the Heights.

Swamplot is nonpartisan and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns. But we do run political advertising and Sponsor of the Day content.

The photo above shows just a few supporters of Proposition 1 (from left to right): Council Member Jack Christie, Council Member and Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Cohen, Houston Heights Beverage Coalition Chair Steve Reilley, Council Member David Robinson, and Houston H-E-B President Scott McLelland. More supporters appear in an expanded version of the photo, which you can find at the top of the main page of the the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition website.

On that website you’ll also find links to recent news reports about the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition; a map showing the boundaries of the Heights’ “dry zone”; and an FAQ that summarizes the history of the Heights’ alcohol restrictions and explains who’s behind the effort to get them changed.

The Houston Heights Beverage Coalition encourages Heights residents to vote “For” the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition. Election day is November 8th; early voting begins today.

And here’s a special notice for straight-ticket voters: If you vote Straight Party Ticket, you will not have voted on the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition (or any other propositions that appear on your ballot). So be sure to finish the ballot by finding the Heights Beer-Wine Proposition and voting on it separately.

If you’ve got an important message for Swamplot readers, you’ll want to become a Swamplot sponsor. Here’s how.

Today’s sponsor is Houston’s own Central Bank. Swamplot appreciates the continued support!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376; Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

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Swamplot today is sponsored by Keep the Heights Dry, a political action committee that opposes City of Houston Proposition No. 1.

If you live in or near the Houston Heights, you’ve probably heard about City of Houston Proposition No. 1 on the ballot this November (or already, for early voters). If it passes, Proposition 1 would allow the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only in an area where it’s currently not allowed — the “dry Heights.” Proposition 1 will only appear on the ballots of voters who live within the former boundaries of the City of Houston Heights.

Keep the Heights Dry — or Keep the Heights Weird and Dry, as the campaign alternately refers to itself — encourages voters to vote against Proposition 1. The group’s biggest concern about the prospect of allowing the sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption — spelled out in more detail on its website — is that it “would make it easier for large regional or national operators to come in and apply a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model that is currently anomalous in the Heights dry area.” Keep the Heights Dry claims that defeating the ballot measure will help the Heights keep its character intact.

The group notes on its website that it believes that changing a 104-year-old law so that one commercial project (a proposed H-E-B) can enter the market “is short-sighted and will have very logical consequences that will irreversibly change the character and commercial development of The Heights.” Real estate broker and local business owner Bill Baldwin, one of the organization’s backers, says “It’s not just about an H-E-B next year, it’s about a Costco that then shows up at 24th St. and Ashland or a Sam’s Club at 4th & Yale. . . . Of course we’d love an H-E-B — they’re great community partners — but there’s just no way it would end there.”

If you’d like to learn more about Proposition 1 or read more of Keep Heights Dry’s arguments opposing it, visit the Keep the Heights Dry website, where you’ll find a map that shows the boundaries of the dry Heights, some detail on the history of the area, and a thought-provoking FAQ. Whatever you decide, do make sure to vote on (or before) November 8th.

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Today on Swamplot our sponsor is the 2-story home at 844 E. 25th St. in Sunset Heights. Thank you for supporting this site!

In this recently completed home by Design 3, all 3 bedrooms are downstairs. That leaves the open living space you see above in command of the second floor. The main living area opens up to the front porch (visible through the open French doors in the top photo). The front door is the single-light door at the right of the top photo; it’s at the top of a set of stairs rising from street level at the front of the home. Beyond the open island kitchen (above, with marble countertops) is a study-flex space that could serve as a fourth bedroom. It opens to a balcony overlooking the back yard.

Upstairs the floors are pine; downstairs they are mostly stained concrete. The first-floor master bedroom opens directly to a deck jutting into the back yard.

If you’d like more info about this home or want to see additional pix of it, check out the property website. There’s also an open house this Sunday, October 23rd, from noon to 2 pm.

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Today on Swamplot our sponsor is Jamestown Estate Homes. Thanks for the support!

Jamestown Estate Homes is a luxury custom homebuilder that’s been serving Houston since 2010. Founder Greg Hawes’s first building in Bunker Hill Village was the treehouse he built in his backyard as a child in 1957. After graduating from UT, he worked at US Home (then the largest homebuilder in the nation), where he was soon offered a corporate position. Instead, he left to found Partners in Building, where he served as president for 18 years. When he sold his interest in Partners, it was ranked as one of Houston’s 10 largest homebuilders by the Houston Business Journal.

In 2010 Greg started Jamestown Estate Homes to get into what he calls “true custom homebuilding” — focusing on every detail and getting back to working one-on-one with buyers. His love for homebuilding is shared by his 3 daughters, and Jamestown has allowed him to fulfill his dream of working with his kids. (Elizabeth, the oldest, worked for Jamestown until her husband was transferred to the Hague. The “commute is just too far,” she explained when she resigned.)

Named valedictorian at Klein High School in 1999, Katy Hawes earned a degree in molecular biology from UT and an MBA with a concentration in accounting from Rice. This makes her a great fit for the role of controller at Jamestown. Katy’s construction budgets take into account every element, no matter how tiny — and have often come within $10 of actual construction expenditures.

After a brief stint in Los Angeles pursuing film (she worked as Britney Spears’s body-double in 2 music videos), youngest daughter Victoria Hawes graduated first in her class from UH with a degree in corporate communications before getting a master’s in communication from Purdue. She joined Jamestown Estate Homes as a superintendent and was named Houston’s Best Custom Home Superintendent for 2013 by the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) and Project Manager of the Year in 2014 by the Texas Association of Home Builders. A skiing accident in 2014 helped her transition from construction to sales, marketing, and design.

Jamestown Estate Homes was named Custom Builder of the Year by the GHBA in 2013. The company has active projects in the Memorial Villages, Oak Forest, and the Heights, and is looking to expand into Meyerland, Bellaire, and Tanglewood. (Jamestown Estate Homes will also build on a client’s land in surrounding areas.) The company completes 6 to 12 homes a year, with projects starting around $500,000 (for the house only).

For more information, contact Victoria Hawes (832) 296-1663 or victoria.hawes@jamestownestatehomes.com, or check out the company’s website. To find details about the home pictured above, click here.

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Our thanks go to Mosaic Clinic Dermatology for being our Sponsor of the Day today. Swamplot appreciates the support!

The roughest part of heavy-sweating season may be officially over for most of us in Houston, but if you’re still exhibiting the signs — and smells — of excessive perspiration, you may want to know about MiraDry. MiraDry is a lasting, FDA-approved treatment for armpit sweat and odor that’s so effective it allows you to go without deodorant. The treatment, which takes about an hour, destroys sweat and odor glands in your underarms. Because your body doesn’t produce new sweat glands, the results are permanent.

MiraDry is just one of the treatments offered at Mosaic Clinic Dermatology, a general dermatology practice with 3 Houston locations: in the Heights at 2401 Yale St. Suite 1; in the Tanglewood area at 5757 Woodway Dr. Suite 185a; and in Midtown at 902 Fairview St. Suite 1 (pictured above).

Same-day and Saturday appointments are available for a range of dermatological conditions including rashes, miles, skin cancer, and acne. To find out more about MiraDry or other available treatments, check out the Mosaic Clinic Dermatology website — or call (281) 941-5556 for immediate assistance.

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Today on Swamplot our sponsor is Houston’s own Central Bank. Swamplot appreciates the continued support!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376; Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

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