2nd Quarter Vol. 2 - 2010

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SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT - WORKING HARD FOR YOU

2nd Quarter Business 2 Business Quarterly Breakfast The recent B2B Breakfast on June 9TH drew a large crowd, with over 50 attendees. Those in attendance received an update on district projects from the Executive Director David Hawes. The breakfast is held quarterly at 7:00AM at the HEB on Bunker Hill. The next breakfast is September 8TH, 2010 so mark your calendars and plan to attend. For more information please contact district staff. We look forward to seeing you there!

HWCOC President Jeannie Bollinger & Bobbie Brittain (l-r):

Winners are judged based upon their community, educational, and personal outreach to different educational entities and efforts in West Houston. Three businesses and one non-profit were selected from organizations that have one to twenty-five employees, 25­ – 5­1 0 employees and over 15­0 employees. Each of these winners is presented with a plaque and a cash grant for the schools that they work in. Newspring received the award for their outstanding work with students and their Annual Student Art Show and Sale which directly benefits the aspiring artists. Newspring Executive Director, Victor Alvarez, accepted the Newspring Receives Educational Partnership Award award on behalf of Newspring At the Houston West Chamber of Commerce 2010 Teacher of and the Board of Directors. the Year Awards, our strategic partner, Newspring, received an Educational Partnership Award. Added as a component to the Teacher of the Year Awards in 2004, the Educational Partnership Awards recognize businesses and non-profits, who give so generously of their time and talent to mentor, provide internships and program support (non-cash support)... Who’s working for you The Houston Fire Department would like to offer our sincerest thanks to all who support the HFD!

Celebration held july 9th

Crew of Station 5 • District Chiefs- Walter Dyer, Roy Moore, Peter Rouse, Michael Throp • Captains- George Holder, Scott Artze, Robert Coker, Grady Childers • Engineer Operators- Wesley Faske, Shawn Huddleston, Timothy Strickland, Craig Cavaness, Joseph Lewandowski, Michael Cruz, Mark Wisnoski, Troy Dornak • Firefighters- Michael Roquemore, Phillip Borski, Howard Farr, Robert Bosse, Daniel Garza, Kyle Thames, Tyra Bolton, Lionel Matthews, Michael Banks, Christopher Havel, Joseph Rickabaugh, Rodney Hudson

Support Your Local Firefighters by Adopting a Fire Station The Adopt-A-Fire Station Program was created to give citizens and civic, professional and business groups a formal vehicle by which they may make tangible donations to the fire stations of their choice. Its purpose is similar to other city programs whereby such groups are permitted to adopt parks and esplanades.

The program, jointly administered by the Houston Fire Department and the General Services Department, involves directing donor materials and services to the fire station the donor desires “to adopt.” The program does not replace the city’s established fire station restoration program currently administered by the General Services Department. Rather, it serves as a supplement.

The program is not set up to receive cash donations; however, some donors may prefer to give money. Therefore, on behalf of the Adopt-A-Fire Station Program, the Fire Department will accept cash donations through the following affiliates: Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association or MediLife of Houston.

To learn more about the Adopt-A-Fire Station Program attend one or both of Council Member Stardig’s upcoming town hall meetings or visit the website at the following link: www.houstontx.gov/fire/community/adoptafirestation.html SM The Heart of Houston! Council Member Stardig to host Town Hall meetings Council Member Stardig will host upcoming town hall meetings to discuss recycling and fire stations in the district. City of Houston Solid Waste Director Harry Hayes will present information on the automated recycling program. The Houston Fire Department will be presenting information the Adopt-a-Fire Station program and fire station locations in the district. The meetings will be held: Wednesday, July 28th, 7:00 pm, Woodhaven Baptist Deaf Church, 9920 Long Point Tuesday, August 10th, 7:00 pm, Oak Forest Elementary School, 1401 West 43rd Street

Spring Branch Family Development Center Hosts 2010 Family Day 2010: “Back to School” Event, Aug.14TH The Spring Branch District is a proud sponsor of the A Day to Eat 2010 Back to School event at the Spring Branch Family Dinner with Development Center www.sbfdc.org located at 8575 your ChildrenTM Pitner Road. The Center serves the immediate 3/4 mile stretch along Pitner. The area has an estimated population of A national initiative to remind families that what your kids want 7,000 individuals of which 3,000 are estimated to be children at the dinner table is YOU! under the age of 19. The Spring Branch Family Development Center serves approximately 16,000 people annually and The Coalition of Behavioral Health Services & attracts community involvement from Partnership for a Drug-Free Spring Branch will this densely populated area. host Family Day 2010.

The event will be held on Monday, September 27th, 2010 from 7pm – 8:30pm at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church located at 165­6 Blalock Rd. Houston, Texas 77080.

For more information please contact Sandy Olson, at [email protected], or call 281-630-8665­. Or contact Kay Crockett at kay. [email protected] or call 713-723-6246.

In Business. For Business.

Star Award nominations Do you want to honor exemplary businesses in the Spring Branch area? If so, you have the power to give a company the recognition they deserve! Nominate a business of your choice for a Houston West Chamber of Commerce Star Award. All nominations are due Wednesday, November 10th, 2010. The awards will be given out at the Economic Development Summit and Star Award Event on February 18th, 2011 so mark your calendars and plan to attend. If you have any questions or need any assistance with nominating a business please feel free to contact district staff.

please visit our website at www.SBMD.org New homes under construction in Spring Branch

A new subdivision is under construction in Spring Branch. Emnora Heights, a City Choice Homes Subdivision, is located on Emnora Lane between Blalock and Hollister and offers upscale living in the heart of Houston. A total of 87 homes will be built is this 12 acre subdivision. Six different floor plans are offered with homes ranging from 1,600 to 2,100 square feet and prices begin at $15­9,900. The homes are conveniently located close to the Marq-E Center and Memorial City Mall and are only seven miles from the Galleria.

Emnora Amenities: Welcoming Foyer Grand living area Hardwood floors in living & formal dining Open Island kitchen Granite counter tops Spacious closets Study/Game room in select floor plans Garden bath and dual sinks in master bath Ceramic tile in all baths Covered patio overlooking backyard

SM The Heart of Houston! Visit the New Home Store at 5023 Washington Avenue - Open 7 Days a Week from 9AM - 8PM For more information please go to UrbanLiving.com or UrbanLending.com

Keeping the District Clean and Green

225­ occurrences of graffiti were removed during the first quarter of 2010. Of these sites 87 were business properties, 133 were on public property, and five were on trash dumpsters. To report graffiti incidences please contact the District staff or visit our website www.SBMD.org to file a report via the “Report a Problem” button located on the website’s home page.

Esplanade enhancements are well underway in the District. The Environmental and Urban Design Committee worked on the plans over the past two years. The plan includes the street sign branding campaign which is almost complete and the enhancement to the esplanades as well as mobility and transportation projects. Catherine Barchfeld, Committee Chair, states “that the committee continues to work on refinement and expansion of the plans and additional esplanades to be enhanced as funds become available”. For more information on any of the plans you see in the District please visit the website at www.sbmd.org or contact Project Manager, Katie Hinkson at [email protected]

please visit our website at www.SBMD.org An agenda item at the Spring Branch Management Developer Frank Liu, who resigned from the Spring District board meeting last Thursday would have Branch Management District Board in February, has authorized consultant Hawes Hill Calderon to proceed owned the property for several years and plans a multi- with the creation of a tax increment reinvestment zone. use development that includes several types of housing, including high-end single-family homes. The board never got that far. Executive Director David Hawes and board chairwoman Patricia Maddox learned Spring Branch ISD bought the northwest corner of the just before the meeting from District A Councilmember property — roughly 15­ acres at the corner of Kempwood Brenda Stardig’s office that the city of Houston would and Hollister — last year to relocate and rebuild soon be bumping up against the statutory limit of 15­ Edgewood Elementary, which along with Cedarbrook percent of tax revenues in TIRZes and the chances of Elementary sits on the eastern edge of the property, the city approving the TIRZ were nil. south of Emnora.

The city’s looming budget problems, coupled with the Stardig, who sat on the TIRZ 17 board in the Memorial creation of two new TIRZes as part of a multi-jurisdictional City area for several years, said her office, the district deal for a stadium for the Houston Dynamo, spelled at and TIRZ 17 were working towards a common goal — a least temporary doom for the Spring Branch TIRZ. better Spring Branch.

One of those options is initiating a Chapter 380 program, “ We’re extremely sensitive to a funding mechanism created by the 76th Legislature in 1999 and modified by the 79th Legislature in 2005­. the city’s budget problems ” — David Hawes Under Chapter 380, developers agree to build Executive Director Spring Branch District infrastructure improvements using their money, with the understanding that they’ll be reimbursed for those Hawes, whose firm Hawes Hill Calderon also provides improvements when property values rise and certain management services for the district, said he was contractual criteria are met. disappointed but he understood the city’s position. “The TIRZ concept for regional drainage and mobility ...the challenge now is to find improvements has been put on hold until the 15 “ percent cap can be dealt with on the state level,” something to attract development ” Hawes said, referring to possible legislative action in the 82nd Legislature, which opens next January. — Brenda Stardig Houston City Councilmember District A The tabled contract would have paid Hawes Hill The city of Houston has yet to use Chapter 380, said Calderon $5­5­,000 for professional services to create a TIRZ to provide mobility and drainage improvements Douglas of the city’s economic development office. near a 100-acre tract of undeveloped property bounded Douglas is studying the concept and how other by Kempwood to the north, Hammerly to the south and Texas cities, including Fort Worth and Austin, have Hollister on the west — known as the horse stables. implemented their programs. “We have no TIRZ capacity left in the near term,” A tax increment reinvestment zone freezes property . “But we have this other tool that can values within its boundaries at a certain level, then collects said Douglas be used.” the difference in tax revenue – the increment – as property He said a TIRZ creates taxable values at values increase. That increment can also be leveraged about twice the rate as the rest of the city. into financing for infrastructure improvements. By RUSTY GRAHAM ...Upcoming Meetings

Monthly Board of Directors Meeting 3rd Thursday @ 12:00 noon District Offices 9610 Long Point, Suite 130 2010 Legislative Update Business & Economic Development Friday, August 27th @ 11AM – 1PM Committee Meeting The Westlake Club – 5­70 Westlake Park Blvd 1st Monday @ 12:00 noon District Offices 9610 Long Point, Suite 100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Public Safety Coalition Luncheon & Panel Super Neighborhood Monthly Meetings Friday, August 27th, 2010 Spring Branch Super Neighborhood Central 11:30AM – 1:00PM 1st Thursday @ 7PM West Houston Medical Center NO MEETING – JULY or AUGUST 12121 Richmond Ave., Ste. 201 Next Meeting – September 2nd VFW Post 8790 Limited to the first 50 registered at hwcoc.org 15­60 Foley Street Speakers: Houston Chief of Police Spring Branch Super Neighborhood West Charles A. McClelland, Jr. 2nd Thursday @ 7PM & Houston Community College – Commons Sheriff Adrian Garcia 1010 W. Sam Houston Parkway North

Spring Branch Super Neighborhood East ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3rd Thursday @ 7PM 1721 Pech Road 2010 One Woman Spring Branch Super Neighborhood North 4th Monday of every odd month @ 6:30PM National Business Conference 2600 N. Gessner Medical Plaza, Suite 209 th th August 6 & 7 Omni Houston Hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Riverway

Houston West Chamber of Commerce Events 1,200+ women and men: small business owners, corporate and governmental representatives, young Spring Branch Quarterly B2B Breakfast professionals, members of academia and the media, motivational sessions, interactive workshops, live September 8th @ 7AM HEB – Bunker Hill entertainment, networking mixer and MORE!

Ask the Experts Business Roundtable For more information visit Wednesday, August 11th www.onewomanconference.com Breakfast 7AM – 7:30AM Seminar 7:30AM – 10AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Houston Community College Spring Branch – Commons Visit the chamber website for exact times 1010 W. Sam Houston Parkway North www.hwcoc.org

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Primary Industries Industrial Machinery Wholesale Housing and Construction Energy and Natural Resources Industrial Supplies Medical Services Retail Career Connections Program Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church Wednesday, July 28th @ 6:30PM– 8PM www.mdpc.org Big Band Night at the Pavilion Friday, August 27th @ 7:30PM 2500 N. Gessner Call 713.460.3938 to make reservations Paper Shredding and Computer Recycling Day DEMOGRAPHICS Memorial Assistance Ministries Est. Population - 115­,000 Age September 25th , 2010 @ 9AM – 1PM Under 21 - 35­% 1625 Blalock Rd, Houston TX 77080 22—49 - 45­% For more information call 5­0 and Over - 20% Anne Pietramale at 713.574.7539

District Board of Directors

• Position 1 – Mr. C. David Schwab Jr. - Schwab Design Builders LLC District Offices • Position 2 – Mr. Thomas Sumner - All Points Services Corp. 9610 Long Point, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 7705­5­ • Position 3 – Ms. Catherine Barchfeld-Alexander 713.5­95­.1219 • Position 4 – vacant • Position 5­ – Mr. Victor Alvarez - Mexalde David Hawes - Executive Director • Position 6 – Mr. Mauricio Valdes - Tu Casa Realty, Inc. • Position 7 – Mr. Dan Silvestri - Silvestri Investments Gretchen Larson - Economic Development Director • Position 8 – Ms. Patricia Maddox - Maddox Investments 713.5­95­.1215­ or [email protected] • Position 9 – Mr. David Gutierrez - Mc Donald’s • Position 10 – vacant Katie Hinkson - Project Manager • Position 11 – Mr. Rino Cassinelli - Big Bend Partnership, LP 713.5­95­.1217 or [email protected] • Position 12 – Ms. Melanie Hoff - Fidelis Realty Partners • Position 13 – Mr. John Chiang - Sueba Investments 309, LP

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