📌 The Woodlands waives permit fees for storm-damaged property owners

📌 Township sets new limits on public art and memorials

📌 Livewell Animal Hospital opens in Conroe, plus Nike and Pressed Juicery close at Market Street

📌 Caravari brings handmade Guatemalan leather goods to The Woodlands

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The Woodlands Township board of directors voted July 16 to waive Covenant Administration Department permit fees for property owners repairing damage from a natural disaster or other catastrophic event. The new Covenant Administration Permit Fee Waiver Policy builds on Covenant Administration fee updates that took effect July 1, which mostly affected commercial projects and minor residential work.

Under the policy, certain permit fees tied to repairing or replacing damaged property improvements can be waived, easing one part of the financial burden for residents dealing with storm or flood recovery while keeping projects in line with Township standards and permitting requirements.

Why it matters: nobody plans for a disaster, and one less fee to deal with during cleanup is the kind of relief that actually reaches people when they need it.

Source/Credits: Community Impact

Nike and Pressed Juicery have both closed at Market Street in The Woodlands as of July 16, Market Street management confirmed. Nike occupied Suite 885 since 2022, and Pressed Juicery occupied Suite 1070 since 2021. No replacement tenants have been announced for either space.

Source/Credits: Community Impact | Market Street

The Woodlands Township board adopted a new policy July 16 governing memorials, artwork, and commemorative donations placed on Township-owned property. Under the change, any donated memorial, plaque, bench, tree, or piece of public art now carries a term limit of up to 10 years from the date the Township formally accepts it as complete, unless the board approves something longer.

The policy also caps how much a single area can hold at once: Town Center, including Hughes Landing, is limited to five public art pieces or commemorative installations at a time, while villages outside Town Center are generally capped at one piece each unless the board grants an exception.

Why it matters: as more residents and businesses want to leave something behind in the community, the Township just drew clear lines around how much of that any one place can hold.

Source/Credits: The Woodlands Township

Livewell Animal Hospital at Harper's Preserve in Conroe is now open, Hospital Manager Lucas Spurling confirmed. The full-service hospital provides routine and advanced care for dogs and cats under veterinarian Dr. Stephen Chapman, including wellness exams, vaccinations, spay and neuter procedures, dental care, lab testing, X-rays, surgery, and urgent care.

The hospital accepts walk-ins and offers same-day appointments based on availability, and partners with Vetco for prescription delivery within three to five business days. Spurling said the team wants to become a go-to veterinary provider for area pet owners while staying involved in the community.

Why it matters: a new full-service vet with same-day availability is one less thing pet owners in Conroe have to drive far for.

Source/Credits: Community Impact

🌧️ Greater Houston area officials are monitoring a tropical depression as storm potential grows heading into the week. Read more

🚧 A project to extend David Memorial Drive to Hwy. 242 remains underway in The Woodlands area, part of a broader slate of Montgomery County road bond projects moving forward this summer. Read more

When Andrés Cordón was a boy, his father used to call him "Caravari," an affectionate nickname meaning something like "little gentleman." Years later, when it came time to name a company, Andrés didn't have to think hard. Some brand names aren't invented. They're inherited. Full disclosure: Andrés is a lifelong friend of ours, going back to our school days, and he's the godfather to one of our boys.

Caravari is a family-owned leather goods company built on a discovery Andrés made back in 2010, while relocating from Texas back to Guatemala. He found artisans in Parramos, Chimaltenango en Guatemala with real skill working leather by hand, but stuck without a proper workshop, steady clients, or fair pay for their craft. He and his wife Maris built the bridge between that talent and a market that would actually value it. Today Caravari makes handmade leather aprons, drink insulators, placemats, coasters, keychains, and toiletry bags, all finished with custom laser engraving for names, dates, and logos.

The product line has found real traction in corporate gifting, weddings, golf tournaments, and hunting trips, the kind of occasions where a personalized leather piece gets kept instead of forgotten in a drawer. Caravari, LLC is based right here in Montgomery County, and the leather goods themselves are worked in Guatemala before making the trip to Texas for storage, personalization, and shipping nationwide. Ten percent of profits fund education initiatives for children from low-income communities in Guatemala, part of the business model from day one, not an add-on.

It's a business with one foot in Guatemala and one in Texas, run by a friend of ours who took his own family history and turned it into something people actually hang onto.

Source/Credits: Caravari and Hecho en Guatemala

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Tuesday, July 21

🎼 The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John, starring Michael Cavanaugh. The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. 8 p.m. Free, no tickets required. More info

📜 Wine & Wills. Weygandt Law. 6-8 p.m. Free estate planning seminar, RSVP required.

Wednesday, July 22

💼 Conroe ISD Teacher & Instructional Paraprofessional Job Fair. Grand Oaks High School, Spring. 4:30-6 p.m.

🤖 Hands-On AI Workshop: Build Your AI Chief of Staff in 90 Minutes. The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce. More info

Thursday, July 23

🌸 Girls Night Out: Botanical Bath Bomb + Steamer Night. Magnolia Ritual. 6-9 p.m. $45.

🎬 Movies on the Lawn. The Woodlands Mall. Runs through Aug 6.

Friday, July 24

🎸 Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band: Keep the Party Going Tour. The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Gates 6 p.m., show 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 25

🦸 Superhero Day with CARS. The Woodlands Children's Museum. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

🎤 Comedy Club at Margaritaville. Lake Conroe.

🎃 SummerWeen - Last Saturday. Old Town Spring. 11 a.m.

🚗 Classic Car Show Cruises Into Evergreen. More info

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The Woodlands Township runs a free Seed Library out of the Town Hall lobby at 2801 Technology Forest Blvd., open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Take up to three seed packets per visit, no cost, first-come first-served. Grow them at home, then return extra seeds from your own harvest to keep the shelf stocked for your neighbors.

Source/Credits: Woodlands Online

On July 31, 1997, The Woodlands Corporation and its assets were purchased by a partnership between Morgan Stanley and Crescent Real Estate Equities in a $543 million deal, a turning point that shifted the community from its founding-era ownership into the corporate structure that would eventually lead to today's Howard Hughes Communities.

"He jumped on me like a duck on a June bug." Translation: someone reacted the instant an opportunity showed up, no hesitation at all.

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