It started with Westbury High School’s track and field team wanting to practice cross country running in a safe place. Now the Willow Waterhole Greenway is a premier site for southwest Houston’s many school cross country teams and invitational meets, boasting several beautiful courses. Willow Waterhole Greenway Conservancy President Bill Burhans calls this Houston’s “best [...]
It began as a dream and a wish for a humble immigrant to own a restaurant where he could serve up his native country’s specialty dishes in Houston. Carlos Sorto, who worked in the food and restaurant industry for 30 years in the U.S., visualized the dream for many years but deferred it for secure [...]
The Brays Oaks Management District is seeking public feedback on the final concepts that have been prepared and presented at the latest workshop for the Brays Oaks Management District’s Livable Centers Project. The Livable Centers Project is being funded by the Houston-Galveston Area Council in partnership with the District and is designed to work with local [...]
The floodwater detention basin and recreational complex at the Willow Waterhole Greenway in the Brays Oaks Management District covers 291 acres divided into six “compartments.” But compartment #3, called the Prairie Management Area, is exciting for the protection of a flower along with protection from flooding. It’s where an endangered plant species, with the technical [...]
Sprawled across seven acres in southwest Houston, the Westbury Community Garden—one of the city’s largest community gardens— continues to offer new programming and features to help cultivate a love of nature and gardening in Houstonians. Most recently, the garden received a grant to plant a Magical Sunflower Maze on site. Children and adults wove their way [...]
With Hurricane Harvey, the COVID-19 pandemic and this year’s historic winter storm, it’s been a rough time for Texas, and small businesses have suffered. However, there are plenty of available financial resources to help business owners who might benefit from guaranteed loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The traditional SBA loan guarantee program helps [...]
With a mix of families, culture and commercial businesses, Brays Oaks is one of Houston’s most vibrant communities. Its more than 73,000 residents in southwest Houston have top-rated restaurants and cultural institutions at their fingertips. They also have excellent educational offerings. The Brays Oaks campus of Houston Community College has an array of programs for younger and older students. [...]
Donors and dignitaries were among the 250 or so people who witnessed the historic groundbreaking on July 3 of the $12.5 million Eternal Gandhi Museum in Brays Oaks. The museum and inspirational learning center, slated to open in 2022 at 12379 Riceville Rd., will be the first of its kind in North America. But it will not [...]
Since March 2019, the Bhandara Atash Kadeh has been the pride of Houston Zoroastrians, serving as the fire temple in all of North America for adherents of one of the earliest monotheistic religions — a faith once practiced across the entirety of the Persian Empire. Past the dignified columns and through the temple doors at [...]
One of the best developments in our area from the Houston ISD’s bond-financed rebuilding program is the beautiful new performing and fine arts facility at Westbury High School. The $6.2 million modern wing, at 11911 Chimney Rock in the Brays Oaks Management District, houses the Westbury Magnet Program in the Performing and Visual Arts. It has [...]
