Greater Baytown NEWCOMERS GUIDE
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Welcome to Greater Baytown NEWCOMERS GUIDE A special publication by The Baytown Sun | Section C | ursday, July 25, 2019 Thursday, July 25, 2019 The Baytown Sun 3 6051 GARTH RD. STE 300 281-839-7949 Baytown • Mont Belvieu • Dayton WELCOME TO BAYTOWN, WHERE WORLD CLASS CARDIAC CARE IS AVA ILABLE RIGHT AT YOUR DOORSTEP! Shehzad Sami, MD, FACC, FSCAI DrD . 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It has to be, to carry all the love for our family and friends, our hopes and dreams.” - Shehzad Sami, MD FACC FSCAI Thursday, July 25, 2019 The Baytown Sun 3 Welcome to the City of Baytown! A City on the Move Baytown is a great place to live. You’ve 16. For more in-depth coverage of current Baytown is an excellent place to live. We a dog park, disc golf course and more. Lit- made an excellent choice in relocating affairs, look for “The Bridge” – an eight always brag that our biggest asset is our peo- tle League, Optimist and City sports teams here. With a booming economy, smart page newsletter which can be found on ple, but it is a true statement. Baytown boasts abound. Clubs and service organizations growth, and a thriving com- our website. a diverse population of some meet almost any interest one munity, Baytown has a lot City Council meetings are 80,000 (estimated). Baytonians might have. Baytown is liv- to offer. held on the second and fourth believe that Baytown is the best ing proof that civic involve- The City of Baytown Thursdays of the month at 6:30 place to come home to. ment and caring about others provides its residents with p.m., in City Hall (2401 Mar- Baytown’s skyline reflects the is a quality still alive in today’s services and programs that ket St.) They are televised live life-blood of a community as no fast-paced world. encourage participation on Channel 16 and are avail- picture-perfect postcard could. Commercial development is and support a high quali- able live and “on demand” at It is industry that brought life booming with announcements ty of life. I encourage you www.baytown.org. to the community that is one of coming daily. We will be wel- to become involved in our Whether you’re here for the jewels in the crown of the coming San Jacinto Market- programs, government and just a bit, or planning on mak- oil and petrochemical-rich Gulf place, a new retail center to community activities. ing Baytown your permanent Coast. With major employers replace the San Jacinto Mall in To learn more about your address, we want you to feel such as ExxonMobil, Covestro, the very near future, and there new home, including a list at home. We’re proud of our Chevron Phillips, Enterprise are new stores and eateries MAYOR Products and more, we provide TRACEY WHEELER opening daily. of restaurants, local enter- community and encourage you Baytown Chamber of BRANDON CAPETILLO extensive employment opportu- Homes in Baytown offer a tainment, and hot spots be to feel the same. nities. A company might cite the Commerce President & CEO wide variety of styles rang- sure to visit www.visitbay- Welcome to Baytown. Togeth- fact that Baytown is receptive to industry, has ing from Tudor, Colonial, Victorian, Ranch, town.com. To learn more about City ser- er we enrich lives and build community. accessible and helpful officials, is growing Spanish and more contemporary styles. vices, programs, or projects visit www. We’re excited to have you here. and progressive and is an excellent place for Many subdivisions are nestled in natural for- Baytown.org. employees to live. est settings surrounded by towering pines. A The City of Baytown also engages resi- Baytown is a family-oriented commu- number of homes in various waterfront areas dents and visitors on Facebook and Twit- nity with many amenities for outdoor park have their own docks and spectacular views. ter under “cityofBaytown." We also offer Mayor Brandon Capetillo activities to include Pirate’s Bay Water 24-hour programing on Comcast Channel Park, Baytown Nature Center, skate parks, SEE WELCOME TO BAYTOWN • PAGE 9 a community rich in history, industry A bustling community on the Texas Gulf Coast, Baytown is a growing city with a rich history. Known as a hard-working industrial town, it is moving toward a promising fu- ture that balances industry and development with environmental resources that help make Baytown a unique place to live. Baytown’s business leaders cite advantag- es such as an abundant labor force, varied transportation opportunities (rail, highway, The Fred Hartman Bridge serves as the gateway to the city. It spans the Houston Ship Channel from La Porte to Baytown. The 2,475-foot water and close proximity to airports), indus- bridge, which opened Sept. 27, 1995, replacing the long overburdened Baytown-La Porte Tunnel. 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The Northwest of Baytown, Highlands is not located at the busy junction of Crosby-Lynch- Several miles east of McNair down Inter- city serves as business center for the smaller the sleepy community on the banks of the San burg Road and FM 1942, just south of Hwy. 90. state 10 and across Cedar Bayou in Cham- unincorporated communities of Wallisville, Jacinto River it once was. With a population bers County is the fast-growing city of Mont Hankamer, Double Bayou, Oak Island and of about 7,000, the community is still a small Crosby Belvieu. Like Baytown, Mont Belvieu is Smith Point. town, though it is attracting more and more brimming with industry. Named, some believe, after the ancient val- people. North of Barrett Station is the lively town of Mont Belvieu’s first permanent settlers ley in Mexico which served as the capital of Highlands’ Goose Creek CISD schools, B.P. Crosby. Once a sleepy lumber and farming vil- were Henry Griffith and his wife, Amelia the Aztecs, Anahuac’s earliest inhabitants were Hopper, Highlands Elementary and Highlands lage, Crosby is rapidly breaking its boundaries Barrow Moody, who settled there in 1826 af- Atakapan Indians. In 1721 French explorer Junior School, are high performers. Students and becoming a modern suburb. ter moving from Louisiana. Jean Baptiste de La Harpe recorded a visit to a living in Highlands attend Goose Creek Me- The host of businesses that have grown up The couple built their first home, a log cabin, village of some 200 Atakapans located between morial High School in Baytown. Chinquapin and spread down Crosby-Lynchburg Road, the on the banks of Old River. Griffith also gave the the future site of Anahuac and Round Point. Prep School, also located in Highlands, is a pri- town’s main drag, out past the Newport subdivi- town its name, referring to his property as, “that In 1830, the infamous Col.