$15 Million Project Aims To Improve Accessibility Along Houston’s Busiest Transit Route
The Westchase District is working on a multi-million dollar project that aims to make it easier for walkers and cyclists to access bus stops in West Houston. The $15 million project runs along a three-mile stretch of Westheimer Road, from Kirkwood Road to Westerland Drive. Most of the project’s funding comes from a $10 million grant from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.
Prison Entrepreneurship Program signs 11K-SF lease in East End Maker Hub
Prison Entrepreneurship Program, a Houston-based nonprofit that connects executives, entrepreneurs and MBA students with convicted felons to prevent recidivism, has signed a lease in the Houston area's largest coworking makerspace.
Texas Gulf Coast Project to Create Hundreds of Jobs
S&B Engineers and Contractors recently revealed that it has won a contract to engineer and build Chevron Phillips Chemical’s new 1-hexene production unit in Old Ocean, Texas.
Hwy. 288 frontage road construction to end this fall
The Texas Department of Transportation is on track to finish construction on the Highway 288 frontage road this fall. The road will run alongside Hwy. 288 from Magnolia Parkway to Broadway Street.