Houston Chronicle Article - Housing outlook remains strong

"Just because you have an economy that struggles doesn't mean the housing market everywhere is going to struggle. You have varying reactions in the Houston submarket," said Sam Yager III, developer of newly completed Harper's Preserve in The Woodlands.

This summer, Yager had a grand opening for the 800-acre development.

Grand Opening iPad Drawing Winner

Ruth Sanchez of Humble won the Grand Prize drawing of an iPad 2 for attending the Harper's Preserve Grand Opening event held in August.

Ruth and her family come to The Woodlands area nearly every weekend and enjoy the natural atmosphere of the area. While attending a movie at The Woodlands Cinemark theatre, the family saw an ad for the Harper's Preserve grand opening and decided to check it out.

Grand Opening Kicks Off with a VIP/Realtor Preview Party in Harper's Preserve

Thank you to everyone who attended the Harper's Preserve August 4th Realtor VIP Preview and Grand Opening! Over 200 people enjoyed fabulous food by Melange Catering while they toured four new furnished model homes by Highland Homes, Darling Homes, and Plantation Homes. Valet parking, cool summer cocktails, and live entertainment topped off this elegant event.

Laura Austin with Keller Williams Realty Conroe/Lake Conroe was the lucky Grand Prize drawing winner of a $1,000 Tiffany & Company gift card.

Darling Homes New Model Home Now Open!

Darling Homes new model home is now open! Darling Homes offers a collection of home designs with distinctive architectural details sure to impress! Priced from the $220s, floor plans range from 2,300 to 3,400 square feet. Traditional brick single-family home designs will include both one and two-story floor plan options each with generously sized living areas, gourmet kitchens with granite countertops, walk-in pantries, optional media rooms, game rooms and study.

YMCA launching Jeff Galloway Marathon Training Program

The South Montgomery County YMCA is launching the well-known and very successful Jeff Galloway Marathon Training Program, a Run-Walk-Run training that focuses on injury prevention, on August 13.

Jeff Galloway, founder of the Jeff Galloway Training Program, is a world class athlete, U.S. Olympian and author of North America’s best selling running book: Galloway’s Book on Running. His training program has a 98 percent success rate with over 200,000 people successfully using the Galloway method: run-walk, low mileage, three-day training schedules.