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The Woodlands Hosting Food Fair August 27th
Two local non-pro organizations will team up for a food fair in The Woodlands on August 27th The event will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on at Woodforest Stadium, 19115 David Memorial Drive, in Shenandoah. No pre-registration or prerequisites are required. Food insecure families will be able to collect 150-200 lbs. of free food at an upcoming event. The Montgomery County Food Bank in partnership with the Junior League of the Woodlands is sponsoring the fair.
Plantation Homes Beat the Heat Sales Event 2016 extended through Labor Day!
The Beat the Heat Sales Event has been EXTENDED through September 5th! 2 years of no electric payments with the purchase of a Plantation home.
Houston Restaurant Weeks returns August 1st through September 5th
Houston Restaurant Weeks, the single largest fundraiser in the United States benefiting the largest food bank in America, returns August. 1 and runs through Labor Day, September. 5. Last year’s event raised a record breaking $1.9 million for the Houston Food Bank. Houston Restaurant Weeks has raised over $7.6 million for the Houston Food Bank. This has enabled the Food Bank to provide almost 23 million meals for Houstonians who are food insecure.
Gymnast Simone Biles Prepares for Rio Olympics
Spring resident Simone Biles said goodbye today to instructors and students at her family’s gymnastics facility as she prepares to head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 26 to compete as part of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team. At least 46 of Biles’ family members from around the country plan to travel to Rio to watch the competition, said Adam Biles, Simone’s brother and general manager of the family-owned World Champions Centre gym on Birnham Woods Drive.
New Conroe Police Department open for business
The Conroe Police Department relocated to its new headquarters July 21. The department and Conroe Municipal Court relocated to a 71,000-square-foot facility at 2300 Plantation Dr., Conroe. The facility offers improved technology for the department’s forensics team, improved dinning area, upgraded gym equipment and a larger space for the SWAT team. he municipal court was also given more space and new office equipment such as computers, printers and fax machines.
