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EDITION
VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4 | MARCH 14-APRIL 10, 2019
small businesses
CAFE TARAIZ
cannot compete Owned by Taraiz Karafa
with the big chains. Mediterranean and American food
Open since 1987
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College pushes ahead despite two bond Alvin Community College service area
Alvin Community
election setbacks, Hurricane Harvey effects College taxing district
Brazoria
BY MATT DULIN County
In fall 2017, Alvin Community College was on track to
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have record enrollment with a head count of over 5,700.
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Then Hurricane Harvey hit. The spring enrollment,
which is always lower than the fall, dipped further. Sum-
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mer enrollment was also down. Fall 2018 enrollment was DINING FEATURE
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COURTESY ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
cant—$1.8 million. With enrollment down, that means less 2 satellite campus
for the next biennium because we’re in a legislative year.” instruction $840 in-district
Not long after the storm, the school lost a $47.5 million locations tuition for 12 credit hours
bond election—its second such setback in two years. In
52% of students living $1,392 out-of-district
August, the regents approved borrowing $25 million for outside the tax district tuition for 12 credit hours
critical projects. The tax rate increased to $0.1877 from
$0.1807 per $100 valuation. 7 high school 5 programs with Texas
“This is a finger in the dike,” Albrecht said. partnerships Department of Criminal
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3 Big Horn BBQ opened Feb. 28 at locations in Katy, Houston, Missouri City, 8 Ailife Diagnostics opened in Decem-
NOW OPEN Spring, Cypress and Galveston, serves
20211 Hwy. 6, Manvel. The business is ber at 1920 Country Place Parkway, Ste.
similar to its Pearland convenience store fresh, fried fish and seafood in homemade 100, Pearland. The business provides hosts
1 Duluth Trading Co. celebrated its sauces and batters. The restaurant also
grand opening March 2. The Friendswood and barbecue restaurant but offer an experts in medicine and bioinformatics
expanded menu of its gourmet-style burg- offers catering for events. 832-672-6261. and provides genetic data analysis to the
store, located at 18730 I-45, and the Katy www.catfishstation.com
store are the first Houston-area locations ers. Customers are able to pick up some medical community. 346-342-1802.
for the business. Duluth sells workwear and convenience store items at the drive-thru 6 CSDS Vinyl celebrated its grand open- www.ailifeus.com
accessories. 281-816-3818. window. The business also serves espresso ing in January. The business, located at 9 Green Oaks Cleaners opened in
www.duluthtrading.com and coffee drinks with a sitting area at a 9515 W. Broadway St., Ste. 113, Pearland, is February at 12640 Broadway St., Ste. 114,
fireplace. www.bighorn-bbq.com a crafting company that sells vinyl supplies,
2 Pearland Animal Cancer and Pearland. The business offers garment
4 TUNE UP The Manly Salon opened including adhesive vinyl and heat transfer cleanings, stain removals and alterations
Referral Center opened Feb. 18 at 10100 vinyl for making shirts, window decals and
Broadway St., Ste. 102, Pearland. The cen- Feb. 2 in Friendswood. Located at 2111 W. and has a home and office delivery service.
Parkwood Ave., Ste. 103, Friendswood, crafts. 832-776-3737. www.csdsvinyl.com 832-619-1240. www.greenoakscleaners.
ter is a cancer treatment and referral center
for dogs and cats. The business focuses the salon offers haircuts, straight shaves, 7 Locally owned Emboldened Elegance com
on animals with a cancer diagnosis, as well manicures, pedicures, waxing, facials and Boutique opened Jan. 11 at 11200 Broad-
as those with a suspicion of cancer or past shoulder massages. The business offers way St., Ste. 335, Pearland. The business COMING SOON
diagnosis. The center offers chemotherapy, services for men and boys. sells women’s clothing and jewelry and will
ultrasounds, surgery and advanced imag- 281-402-6315. www.tuneupsalon.com be adding Kendra Scott to its list of ven- 10 The Tutoring Center will open its sec-
ing. 832-669-3800. 5 Catfish Station opened its new dors. The boutique was previously located ond Pearland location at 3310 E. Broadway
www.pearlandvetreferral.com in Galveston. 832-230-1228. St., Ste. 106, in March and is now enrolling.
Pearland location at 9415 Broadway St. in
www.emboldenedboutiques.com The business will offer tutoring services
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project. The road, a two-lane asphalt
construction with Broadway Street.
open-ditch roadway, will be rebuilt as a
four-lane concrete road with a median The city of Friendswood began construc- FUTURE PROJECTS Timeline: June 2019-June 2020
and curbs from Smith Ranch Road to tion on a sidewalk for Greenbriar Drive on 4 Lake Olympia Parkway to connect Cost: $6 M
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Timeline: February 2019-February 2021 Leaf Drive to Wilderness Trail. extending Lake Olympia Parkway. Future All information on this page was updated as of
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Cost: $20.5 million Timeline: February-May segments are expected to extend Lake other local transportation projects?
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to I-45 through Brazoria and Galveston primacy or relinquish primacy,” Clark
Galveston
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“The better transportation access we understanding the cost and revenue. SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
have in Brazoria County will benefit I mean, that’s just basic business
Pearland and the whole county,” sense.” On the other hand, it might not be as Buchanan said.
said Matt Buchanan, president of the Segment B is expected to be com- useful to build a toll segment that does “On the economic side, you will get
Pearland Economic Development pleted before Segment C, which would not connect to the majority of the toll even more growth, and a lot of that
Corp. connect Segment B to the rest of the road, Perez said. This might make a growth will be primarily residential,”
The discussion over Grand Parkway existing Grand Parkway. However, this difference in whether or not Galveston Buchanan said.
Segment B is starting up again as the could change, TxDOT Public Informa- County asks for primacy, Clark said. The Grand Parkway will lead to
deadline for the county to decide who tion Officer Danny Perez said. “TxDOT is generating some excess long-term residential growth, followed
has primacy for the project passed in On one hand, the county and TxDOT funds from the Grand Parkway system, by industrial and commercial growth
January, said Galveston County Com- need the population to support the and they can probably absorb lower for the area as well, Buchanan said.
missioner Ken Clark, who requested project being built, which Segment B ridership longer than the Galveston “It’s quite a bit south of Pearland,
the county’s resolution. The governing can already provide, Perez said. County taxpayers can,” Clark said. but it will give our residents in the
body with primacy over the project “The growth is going to come, but While Segment B would run roughly northern part of county much greater
would design, construct and operate it’s a matter of prioritizing money now 10 miles south of Pearland, the city access to other areas in our region,”
the toll road. or later,” he said. would benefit from the addition, Buchanan said.
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with Harvey buyouts Road name options The city of Pearland is discussing what to
name Max Road, as the road will eventually
PEARLAND At the March 4 meeting,
Pearland City Council voted for the
be extended and will run parallel to a road Pearland Economic Development Corp.
FRIENDSWOOD Galveston County PEARLAND City Council has been in of the same name in Brookside Village. to pay off $10.8 million issued in August
will file an application to complete the midst of discussion of potentially Future Max Road Max Road Pearland 2016. The PEDC is $2 million in debt after
the acquisition of the Frenchmans renaming a section of Max Road. The Reid Boulevard Max Road this action.
Creek Townhomes, said city officials item was first brought to the council Brookside Village
at the Friendswood City Council Feb. 11, with the item up for a first FRIENDSWOOD The citizens advisory
meeting on March 4. Friendswood reading Feb. 25. team created to discuss a bond held
will acquire three of the buildings The name change is proposed now its first meeting March 5. The team
for $2.1 million, and Galveston that the city has finished Phase 1 of will discuss potential projects for the
County will fund the acquisition of the Max Road Expansion Project, bond related to drainage, streets, parks
the remaining two for $1.7 million. with the road now connecting with and facilities. The projects would be
Both the city and county are using Reid Boulevard. Future phases of 561 presented to council by August to be
MAX RD.
funds from the Community Develop- the Max Road Expansion Project will placed on the November ballot.
HUGHES RANCH RD.
ment Block Grant administered for cause Max Road to run parallel to
Hurricane Harvey-related buyouts. an existing Max Road in Brookside
Frenchmans Creek has flooded at Village, requiring the road to be REID BLVD. MEETINGS
least four times, city officials said. renamed. 518
MANVEL RD. N Pearland City Council meets the second
“Frenchmans Creek was severely Proposed names are Reid Boule-
and fourth Monday of each month at City
hit. For Galveston County to step up vard or Manvel Road, as the road SOURCE: CITY OF PEARLAND/ COMMUNITY IMPACT Hall, 3519 Liberty Drive, Pearland. Times
and help us out ... I really appreciate turns into Manvel Road south of NEWSPAPER may vary. Meetings are streamed and
it,” Council Member Sally Branson Broadway Street. available at www.pearlandtx.gov
said. Changing the name from Max Road “I’ve been walking down Max Road Friendswood City Council meets the first
The complex consists of five build- will affect over 30 property owners speaking to the residents. … Everyone Monday of each month at City Hall, 910 S.
ings with 20 units total. The tenants over the course of construction, as is very unhappy,” Pearland resident Friendswood Drive, Friendswood. Times
may vary. Videos of meetings are posted to
are interested in being bought out, well as erase the legacy of Max Her- Manuel Lopez said. “It really is a
www.ci.friendswod.tx.us/VideoonDemand
Deputy Director Fire Marshal Brian nandez, whom the road was named burden that I don’t see why we have
Mansfield said. after, residents said. to take on.”
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struggle as Pearland Taraiz Karafa said. you're a small business, if you don't
have a large amount of capital to
west part of the city, according to data
from the Pearland Economic Devel-
Friendswood border. While the food “It’s kind of like we have busy days small business, some are critical for
truck’s success has not waned, the and sometimes terribly slow days. I’m owners. Here are the steps to follow:
restaurant has had its share of diffi- not sure what makes us have slow
culties, Gonzalez said. days, and some are terribly busy,”
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While the large population in take 10 ingredients and make 27 menu advertising, and you
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Pearland can bring business to local items with them,” Gonzalez said. PEARLAND, SAN cannot spend the
JACINTO COLLEGE amount of money that
restaurant owners, the tighter com- To cut back on food costs, the restau- SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT [chain restaurants] can.
petition can make it hard for local rant has streamlined menu items. CENTER/COMMUNITY
– TARAIZ KARAFA,
restaurants to thrive. Small-business owners of any kind IMPACT NEWSPAPER
OWNER OF CAFE TARAIZ
“Pearland has been good to us, but need to find a way to supplement their
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tea room lunch maybe at that time,” Karafa has realized that an off day is
Competition heats up
As Pearland has grown, its restaurant scene has too, especially from 2015-16.
Kirby said.
While Harvey was a year and a half
ago, it is a big reason Tina Siebert has
not an option, especially for a locally
owned business, she said.
“Individual businesses have to have
Local restaurant owners have said one of the biggest challenges is to compete seen some local restaurateurs suffer in good food, good service; you have to
with a chain. The more options a city has, the harder it is to stand out. the past, she said. Siebert is a Pearland be consistently good all the time. You
resident and the administrator of the can’t slack off for one second,” Karafa
Number of restaurants Population Pearland Eats Facebook page. said.
From what Siebert has seen, the Because of this, Karafa said she has
most important thing is for restaurant a hands-on approach at her business.
172 183 264 303 331 owners to listen to the critiques of the “I make sure everything is like I
patrons, Siebert said. want it to be. Some of them come in
“I think that [owners] just have to lis- daily, and we have some people that
ten to the people in Pearland,” Siebert come once a month or every day. We
150,000 127,585
said. “I’ve heard some say ... we don’t have some customers, if they come
113,693 go out to eat a lot but when we do, we for lunch then they come for dinner,”
106,238
97,427
101,725 want to make sure it is an enjoyable Karafa said.
120,000 meal for the entire family.” When restaurants have an off day,
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With an effort to renovate and While keeping a focus on the third of its $45 million budget from When Albrecht talks to the com-
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has been working toward invigorating vice area, it needs partnerships, such a mixture of federal and grant funding, ily member who attended ACC?”
its programs and services as well. as Pearland and Alvin ISDs. according to annual financial reports. “And a majority of hands go up. …
“One of the things has been a culture ACC has a presence at 15 sites, with While the taxing district covers a large They understand personally how the
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nization,” said Albrecht, who was hired ton-Clear Lake campus in Pearland include the majority of Pearland. families. How fortunate we are—in
in 2014 as the college’s sixth president and Shadow Creek High School, as well Shadow Creek Ranch, which largely a community this size, to have this
in its 70-year history. “We are changing as dual-credit programs at seven high falls inside AISD, is part of the district. resource, many people would be envi-
the mindset to be: Let’s look at our data, schools, four of which are in Pearland. The 2017 bond lost by 255 votes, but ous,” Albrecht said.
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