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The Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Interior Department, a program of the New Deal, developed Houston Gardens for the purpose of giving poor and landless people the opportunity to become homeowners. Houston Gardens was the only such community developed in Greater Houston. [1] The City of Houston annexed it in the 1940s. [2]
The Imagine Foundation was founded by Jesse Bach, who serves as its executive director. [4] The organization has created a training program called Care Cleveland, which teaches hospitality workers to treat victims of forced labor and prostitution. [3] It has also conducted investigations in several cities in Iowa. In 2014, organization found 2. ...
Universal Kids Resort is an upcoming 32-acre (13 ha) theme park and entertainment resort complex under construction in Frisco, Texas. Announced in January 2023, [1] it is the third Universal Studios Resort in the United States. The park is scheduled to open in May 2026.
Leland was born in Lubbock, Texas to Alice and George Thomas Leland, II. At a very early age, the Lelands moved to Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood. Growing up in a predominantly African American neighborhood, Leland attended Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas, [1] where he ranked in the top ten percent of his class when he graduated from Wheatley in 1964.
The park sits on 49 acres inside the 120-acre Resorts World Sentosa. It has a total of 24 attractions, of which 18 are original or specially adapted for the park. The park consists of seven themed ...
The HISD board approved the renaming of the school to Leland College Preparatory Academy in 2014. [6] HISD built the permanent Leland school on the site of the former Carter Career Center, which once served as Wheatley High School and E.O. Smith. The new building used a similar architectural style to the original. [7]
The 15-acre (6.1 ha) park cost $31 million and took approximately eight years to complete, officially opening in December 2014. [4] The gardens consist of the Arid Garden, the Celebration Garden, the Family Garden, the Rose Garden and the Woodland Garden. [1] The park includes a 30-foot (9.1 m) Garden Mount. [5]
BakerRipley is a non-profit corporation based in Houston. The organization has also been known as the Houston Settlement Association, Neighborhood Centers, and Neighborhood Centers, Inc. In 1940, the Houston Settlement Association brought the Ripley Foundation into its organization. In 2018, BakerRipley has seventy locations in the Houston region.