Bellaire’s Environmental Sustainability Board will launch its quarterly “Learning Academy” with a virtual Residential Solar 101 primer from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. The session was previously scheduled for February 23, while many in the community were still recovering from the winter storm. The Zoom session will include information about residential solar … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Bellaire environmental board reschedules ‘virtual’ residential solar webinar
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New West U Little Free Library honors literacy, community, history
West University has a new Little Free Library memorializing the city’s history. The tiny structure is located at Jennie Elizabeth Hughes Park, 6446 Sewanee Ave., and is a replica of the home Hughes built there in 1930. Her son, Jim Hughes, donated the property to the city, along with enough money to develop it into a passive neighborhood park in her honor, upon his death in … [Read more...] about New West U Little Free Library honors literacy, community, history
Colonial Park makeover launched with youth fitness course, sand play area — even something for doggie
Construction is starting on a new youth fitness challenge course and creative sand play area on the east side of Colonial Park in West University, along with solar lighting for the playground, bollard lights along the walking path — and even a doggie drinking fountain along the park’s perimeter. The remaining play equipment will get a makeover with fresh paint and … [Read more...] about Colonial Park makeover launched with youth fitness course, sand play area — even something for doggie
Through curbside service and virtual events, Bellaire Library keeps summer reading program tradition alive
It would be tough to imagine summer in Bellaire without the library’s reading program, and now the community won’t have to. The beloved tradition has been part of the community since the library’s founding in 1951, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s dedicated librarians have made sure this summer is no exception, with the free programs for children and teens … [Read more...] about Through curbside service and virtual events, Bellaire Library keeps summer reading program tradition alive
Bellaire cancels Fourth of July Parade because of virus surge
The last effort at a community Fourth of July celebration in Bellaire — for “some semblance of normalcy” — has been abandoned. The city of Bellaire announced Thursday (June 25) that it was canceling the Fourth of July Parade in the face of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in the Houston area and Texas. After first canceling the traditional Fourth of July Festival in Bellaire … [Read more...] about Bellaire cancels Fourth of July Parade because of virus surge