Houston Ranked #1 Mega-Market of the Year

Houston Texas Ranked the #1 Mega-Market of the Year

Right on the heels of Site Selection naming Houston as the #1 metro in the nation for corporate relocations and expansions, Southern Business & Development has lauded the region as the Mega-Market of the Year. The region’s point total of 205 actually topped the point totals of 10 Southern states in the 2009 SB&D 100.

Rice Ranks #1 in Quality of Life

The Princeton Review recently cited Rice University as the top-ranked school in the country for quality of life. Rice also ranked 8th for “happiest students,” 11th for “lots of race/class interaction” and 19th for “great financial aid.

Houston's Skyline One of the Most Stunning in the World

ForbesTraveler.com recently cited Houston as having one of the greatest urban silhouettes in the world. It joins such “instantly recognizable” landscapes as Sydney, Dubai, Paris and Hong Kong

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Lowest Mortgage Rates Are Brilliant.

Lowest Mortgage Rates Are Brilliant

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Houston: America’s Most Enthusiastically Cosmopolitan City

Houston: America’s Most Enthusiastically Cosmopolitan City

The following is an excerpt from a special report on Texas as published in The Economist July 9, 2009.

Joel Kotkin, an urbanologist based in California, recently compiled a list for Forbes magazine of the best cities for job creation over the past decade…Mr Kotkin particularly admires Houston, which he calls a perfect example of an “opportunity city”—a place with lots of jobs, lots of cheap housing and a welcoming attitude to newcomers.

The article goes on to read…He is certainly right about the last point: not too many other cities could have absorbed 100,000 refugees, bigheartedly and fairly painlessly, as Houston did after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. With vibrant Asian communities alongside its balanced Hispanic, white and black mix, with no discernible racial tensions, and with more foreign consulates than any American city except New York and Los Angeles, Houston is arguably America’s most enthusiastically cosmopolitan city, a place where the future has already arrived.

Next year’s national census is expected to show that flourishing Houston has replaced struggling Chicago as America’s third largest city.

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Harris Country Texas Energy Corridor News

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus Celebrates “Topping Out” With Dream Tree
Brightly colored ribbons, each representing the dream of a Houston-area child, decorated a tree raised to the top of the Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus building last week celebrating the hospital’s “topping out.” The hospital collected more than 300 dreams that area children wished for themselves, their family or friends.
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Girl Scouts Express Appreciation to Fire Station 78
As a thank you to Houston Fire Department Fire Station 78, located near Eldridge and Memorial, four members of Girl Scout Troop 12548 recently delivered a dozen hand-painted coffee mugs and homemade baked goods to the men that help protect the Energy Corridor. Painted during a Girl Scout outing at Glazed Over, each mug was designed to reflect the Energy Corridor and Fire Station 78. Troop 12548 whose members will be high school freshmen in the fall, spent time with the firemen, thanking them for their hard work and dedication and learning about what they do. Read More...

Energy Capital Run Offers Fun for the Family While Supporting a Good Cause

Join us for the 3rd Annual Energy Capital Run benefiting the Joint Association to Stop Spina Bifida on Saturday, October 24. The fun family event includes a 1-mile run for kids and adults, a 5K walk and a 5K competitive run. The scenic course begins at Plazas at the Parkway shopping center and winds through the Energy Corridor. The event culminates with an after-race party with free food, prizes and entertainment. Read More...

Grand Parkway Program P3 Industry Forum Slated for July 21

Harris County, acting as the representative for a seven county coalition of Houston region counties, invites all current and potential participants in the Public Private Partnership (P3) Industry to an Industry Forum on the Grand Parkway Program. The Industry Forum will be held on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. at the JW Marriott Hotel, located at 5150 Westheimer.Read More...

Tailoring Expertise at Elias Tailor Comes to Energy Corridor
With over 48 years of experience tailoring, Elias Moubark, owner of Elias Tailor, can work magic with whatever your alteration needs may be. Elias also specializes in tailoring custom clothing for both men and women. After 23 years at his Woodway and Voss location, he has moved to the District at 1140 Eldridge Parkway, Suite 110. Elias Tailor is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information about Elias Tailor, call 281-556-0206.
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Property Owners Petition to Join the District

Energy Corridor District staff and SWA Group recently met with property owners to discuss plans for the Grisby Square “Letitia Village” area, also known as Grasshopper Square. The plan includes a parking management plan, street improvements, streetscape enhancements and tree protection.Read More...

Sidewalk Enhancements Ensure Greater Mobility Throughout Energy Corridor

The Energy Corridor District continues to improve alternative transportation opportunities in the District by adding 5 foot wide sidewalks and 8 foot wide shared-use trails along various vehicular corridors to advance safe pedestrian and cyclist mobility.

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Texas Energy Corridor News

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus Celebrates “Topping Out” With Dream Tree
Brightly colored ribbons, each representing the dream of a Houston-area child, decorated a tree raised to the top of the Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus building last week celebrating the hospital’s “topping out.” The hospital collected more than 300 dreams that area children wished for themselves, their family or friends.
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Cinco Ranch No. 1 Community in Houston Texas

Cinco Ranch is nation’s #2 for new-home sales: study
Community also #1 in Houston and Texas

Cinco Ranch is the No. 1 community for new-home sales in Houston and Texas, and ranks second nationwide, according to a new study just released by RCLCO, a leading independent real estate advisory firm which has compiled the annual list since 1994.

With 775 new-home sales in 2008, Cinco Ranch was one of only three communities on the RCLCO list to report positive sales gains for 2008 over 2007. New-home sales in this 7,600-acre community, a development of Newland Communities, increased 7 percent in 2008 compared to the previous year.

The only other communities on the RLCO list with positive sales gains – Telfair in Sugar Land and Eagle Springs in northeast Houston – are also located in Houston, and are also developments of Newland Communities. Overall, Houston was home to five of the top 10 communities on the RLCO list.

“Another highly positive trend for Houston – not reflected on the RCLCO report – is the fact that 2009 new-home sales for the three Newland communities on the top 10 list are on par with, or even ahead of, 2008,” said Ted Nelson, President of Newland's Central Region, which includes Texas.For 2009, Cinco Ranch reported a total of 254 new-home sales through April 19 – a 4.5% increase over the same period in 2008.

"Continued strong new-home sales in Cinco Ranch, Telfair and Eagle Springs prove that during uncertain economic times, homebuyers are choosing quality homes in well-planned, well-located communities with great amenities and lifestyle built in," Nelson said. “Homebuyers seem to be viewing large-scale master-planned communities as strong investments, especially those communities with strong track records, such as Cinco Ranch, now in its 18th year of development.”

Nelson added that Cinco Ranch had an eventful year in 2008, with the mid-year opening of a new 2,400-acre phase that will ultimately contain 5,000 new households. Newland Communities has also worked to expand new-home offerings throughout Cinco Ranch, ranging from neighborhoods appealing to first-time buyers with homes from the $160,000s, to custom estate homes priced in the $1 million range. All three Newland Communities developments on the list also posted increases in the average sales price of new homes in 2008. The average sales price was up 11% in Cinco Ranch, 6% in Eagle Springs and 3% in Telfair. About Newland CommunitiesNewland Communities is the largest private developer of planned communities in the United States. With a legacy that began in 1968, Newland specializes in comprehensive residential and urban mixed-use master planning with expertise in leading large-scale single- and multi-family new-home communities. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Newland and its affiliated companies are currently developing and managing nearly 40 projects in 14 states. www.newlandcommunities.com

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