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🚌✨ METRO just upgraded how Houston pays to ride — and it’s actually giving… convenient.
METRO officially launched RideMETRO (Jan 5), replacing the old METRO Q Fare Card and expanding how you can pay — without raising fares.
✅ What’s new
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New RideMETRO fare card = $2
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You can load it at:
RideStores, Online RideStore, RideMETRO app,…
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METRO launches new fare system, expands payment options with $2 cards
The new system to pay for public transit, RideMETRO, is now available for riders in the Greater Houston region.
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🚧👀 Commute heads up: Tomball is quietly setting the stage for FM 2920 work
The Tomball City Council just approved an early—but important—step tied to the future rehabilitation of FM 2920: moving city utilities out of the way before road construction begins.
Here’s the scoop:
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Council approved a professional services agreement with Oller…
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Tomball lines up FM 2920 utility relocation design work
The item to approve a professional services agreement with Oller Engineering, Inc. to design the relocation of utilities along FM 2920 has a price tag not-to-exceed $765,541. Council approved the item without discussion as part of its consent agenda.
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🖥️📚 Texas parents: a new “mix-and-match” high school option just dropped.
Harmony Public Schools just launched Harmony Online Learning (Jan 5), a virtual platform that lets Texas high schoolers take self-paced online courses statewide — including core classes, electives, AP, and CTE.
Why it matters (aka who this is perfect for):
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✅ Credit…
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Charter school system launches online high school courses for students statewide
Texas charter system Harmony Public Schools on Jan. 5 launched a new virtual learning platform that allows students across the state to take high school courses online.
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🎀✨ Houston’s holiday wreath scene is… designer-level. And it’s for a cause.
Decorative Center Houston folded its annual Holiday Wreath Competition into its festive pop-up holiday shopping event — and the result was a whole gallery of 17+ one-of-a-kind wreaths created by Houston interior designers, artisans, and local creatives. These…
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The final total isn't in yet but in advance of Christmas, the Salvation Army set a goal of raising $1 million through its Red Kettle campaign in Houston.
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Hot take from an ex-Patriot: Willie Fritz is giving Belichick energy — the obses
🏈👀 Hot take from an ex-Patriot: Willie Fritz is giving Belichick energy — the obsessive, detail-obsessed kind.
Former Patriots player Shockmain Davis says University of Houston’s coach reminds him more of Bill Belichick than anyone else… and he would know. Davis played for Belichick in the NFL and won a national championship under Fritz at…
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Shockmain Davis played for Bill Belichick just four years after he won a national championship under Willie Fritz at Blinn on arguably the most dominant
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Houston’s arts girls were outside and it was giving “culture with champagne.
Nearly 100 arts supporters gathered at Art of the World Gallery for an exclusive celebration of ISHIDA Dance Company — one of Texas’ most exciting contemporary dance companies — with a world premiere on the horizon.
Hosted by Houston socialite and arts supporter Saula Centa Valente, the preview was part mingle, part mission: light bites,…
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Nearly a hundred arts enthusiasts and influentials gathered at Art of the World Gallery to celebrate a bastion of contemporary Texas performing arts —
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HOT TOPIC: Cypress is getting a “practice-style casino”… and it’s already trendi
Community Impact says Vegas Texas Casino is planning to open a Cypress location Dec. 15–Jan. 1 pending final approvals (Certificate of Occupancy + TABC license). Community Impact+1
Before anyone clutches pearls: officials claim it’s fully compliant with Texas laws and that “no gambling of any kind is offered.” Community Impact+1
Also… they’re…
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Vegas Texas Casino to open in Cypress
Vegas Texas Casino officials said the casino has plans to open from Dec. 15-Jan. 1 pending its Certificate of Occupancy and TABC license.
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COMING SOON: Sky Zone is officially landing in The Woodlands area this sp
Get ready for big kid energy (and tired kids by bedtime 😌).
The new Sky Zone location near The Woodlands is set to open this spring, bringing wall-to-wall trampolines, slides, and challenge courses to the area.
The details parents actually care about:
🏗️ 37,666 sq ft indoor entertainment facility
💰 $2.4M build-out
🧗 Trampolines, slides,…
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Kingwood… we’re getting a Brooklyn Pizzeria.
According to a new filing, construction is projected to start this month at The Shoppes at Kingsgate — a $200K remodel for a ~2,500 sq ft space.
They’re saying the menu is giving:
✅ lasagna
✅ baked ziti
✅ spaghetti + meatballs
✅ garlic knots + buffalo wings
…and all sauces made in-house.
No official opening date yet, but the filing says…
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Commute Watch: 6 major transportation projects coming to Greater Houston
Because nothing says “new year” like cones, detours, and everyone learning patience again. 😅
Here are the first two upcoming projects from your list — rewritten on-brand and easy for the feed:
1) Mykawa Road Widening (Pearland area)
What’s happening: Mykawa Road is planned to become ~3 miles of a 4-lane divided boulevard with storm drainage, new…
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6 transportation projects that could impact commutes across the Greater Houston area
Six major roadway projects are being planned, are underway or will kick off soon across the Greater Houston area.
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