A new H-E-B in Spring is due to open early summer.

Rayford Road will have a new early voting location for the upcoming May 9 election following approval by the Montgomery County Commissioners Court on March 24.

Residents in Cinco Ranch will have a new way to commute into the Galleria and Greenway Plaza starting in 2016.

Several parks projects throughout the Katy area will see completion in 2015.

At their regular meeting on March 23, Katy City Council approved a measure that will allow the city’s first arboretum to enter its design phase.

The City of Shenandoah has arranged for residents to meet in a safe location to pick up the item they purchased online.

In a March 19 meeting at Magnolia City Hall, officials with the 249 Partnership from Tomball, Magnolia and Navasota provided updates on the construction of the Tomball Tollway and future phases of the Hwy. 249 expansion project.

The Riva Row Boat House on The Woodlands Waterway is expanding its operations and program offerings for the spring season.

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Whole Foods opens in The Woodlands

A grand opening and open house for District 132 State Representative Mike Schofield’s Katy-area office was held Saturday, March 21.

With winter coming to an end, Market Street in The Woodlands will soon play host to a variety of spring and summer events.

Kriser’s, which specializes in natural pet foods, supplies and grooming, will open March 28 at 1925 Hughes Landing Blvd., The Woodlands.

The ordinance amendment defines microbreweries and brewpubs as an official type of land use within the city limits.

Enabling legislation for a new improvement district proposed by the Rayford Road Civic Association is being written and will be presented to the state House of Representatives in March.

The restaurant business is booming in The Woodlands area. In 2014, 44 restaurants opened or announced plans to open. Gino’s East, Chicago’s famous pizzeria, opened a restaurant in December at 25657 I-45, east of Borough Park Drive.

Population growth in the Greater Houston area continues to put a strain on groundwater resources throughout the region.

Texas Central Railway recommended on Feb. 17 to the Federal Railroad Administration a utility corridor near Hwy. 290 as the sole option for a proposed high-speed rail route from Houston to Dallas.

Conroe ISD board members approved the 2015–16 calendar at a Feb. 17 meeting.

Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research for the Greater Houston Partnership, spoke on the ongoing energy crisis and the effect the decreased cost of oil has on the economy.