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Is Sharpstown Prepared for Worse Winter Weather? Bayland Warming Center Could Be Model for Future

Is Sharpstown Prepared for Worse Winter Weather? Bayland Warming Center Could Be Model for Future

In two dark rooms, around thirty people lay tucked under purple blankets on black cots in Sharpstown’s Bayland Community Center. It was 11:30 PM on January 16, 2024, and temperatures hovered around 25 degrees outside. Five Harris County Precinct 4 employees sat on chairs and a counter in

Two Ways to Get a New Community Center: Alief vs. Sharpstown

Two Ways to Get a New Community Center: Alief vs. Sharpstown

For Alief to get a new, $58 million community center last January, it took decades of advocacy from the Alief Super Neighborhood community, according to District F Council Member Tiffany Thomas. By many accounts, it had a lot to do with the Alief Super Neighborhood Council (SNC). Houston is split

Climbing off the Streets, Part 5: One Step Closer

Climbing off the Streets, Part 5: One Step Closer

"I was here earlier and I needed one more document to get my stuff done," says Dale Malone, 59, to a male employee inside the front door of the Rosenberg DPS. Dale is trying to get a replacement copy of his driver's license—his gateway to

Weather Update: Get Warm at Bayland Community Center

Weather Update: Get Warm at Bayland Community Center

Power quit? Heater break down? Need somewhere to stay warm in the below-freezing temperatures? Harris County Precinct 4 announced that Bayland Community Center in Sharpstown (6400 Bissonnet St) will be open 24 hours as a warming center through Wednesday morning, 1/17/24. See this Houston Landing article for a

Climbing off the Streets, Part 4: How Hard Can It Be to Get an ID?

Climbing off the Streets, Part 4: How Hard Can It Be to Get an ID?

"I'm never gonna get a license. I knew it." Dale Malone bends forward in the plastic chair, hands flat on the edge of the DPS desk. The black-haired woman behind it has just told him that management wouldn’t accept his METRO disability ID card as

Offensive Coordinator to Head Coach in a Year: the Swift Rise of HCU’s Jason Bachtel

Offensive Coordinator to Head Coach in a Year: the Swift Rise of HCU’s Jason Bachtel

When Jason Bachtel followed Braxton Harris to Houston Christian University’s football program a year ago, he didn’t know he would be replacing Harris as head coach. Harris and Bachtel (as offensive coordinator) transformed HCU’s struggling Division I team—which only won two games in 2022—and led

Teaching American History in Sharpstown: Q&A with Dr. Chris Hammons, Director of HCU's Independence Hall

Teaching American History in Sharpstown: Q&A with Dr. Chris Hammons, Director of HCU's Independence Hall

Some Houston Christian University students have no idea what the new building on their campus is. In a way, that's why it was built. Sharpstown's HCU isn't the first organization to build a full-scale replica of Independence Hall, but it's the only