Baytown Plans Texas Avenue Revitalization Plan
The Baytown Sun editorial outlines H3 Studio and Angelou Economics plans for Texas Avenue as the starting point for a broader downtown revitalization. It emphasizes public feedback, public private partnerships, and staged changes to improve curb appeal, traffic, and investment while pursuing a 10‑year path to completion.
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Fred Hartman
Lee College
Goose Creek
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and invites public discussion on local issues. To arrange a visit contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Gamer Cash and other editors and retirees.
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Wanda Garner Cash
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David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include address and phone for nonpublication. Submissions limited to one per month and may be edited. Send to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522, or fax 281-427-1880 or email sunnews baytownsun com.
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Setting the record straight on Barbers Hill trustees’ conduct
The Barbers Hill school superintendent defends trustees against closed session misdeeds, notes they have served with honesty and integrity, and invites patrons to attend monthly meetings. He acknowledges human error, urges community involvement, and mentions district programs like Trash Off and Hazardous Materials Collection to bolster civic image.
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Barbers Hill
Jones
Ferguson
Litter troubles in Baytown drive neighbors to act
In Baytown an older neighborhood family, Ann and John Kubik, swept broken glass from their driveway after discovering litter. a neighbor and observer discussed why people discard trash and the need to take it home.
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Ann Kubik
John
Kubiks
Baytown
Teachers coming out of retirement debate in Baytown Sun
A reader responds to Elizabeth Gill's June 10 letter arguing retired teachers rehire harms new hires. She recalls Gill returning to teach after retirement and notes many retirees return to teach to pay bills, suggesting experience benefits schools.
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Elizabeth Gill
Baytown Sun
Adina Elliott del Rio
June 20 highlights and history from 1893 to 1967
Today marks Father's Day and the 172nd day of 2004. Historic notes include Lizzie Borden's 1893 acquittal, the Black Hole of Calcutta incident in 1756, Congress approving the Great Seal in 1782, Queen Victoria's accession in 1837, West Virginia's 1863 statehood, Guam taken in 1898, Detroit race riots in 1943, Bugsy Siegel’s 1947 shooting, the 1963 US Soviet hot line, and Muhammad Ali's 1967 draft conviction later overturned.
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India
Calcutta
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Victoria
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U.S
Charleston
Guam
Detroit
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Beverly Hills
Calif
Virginia Hill
Soviet Union
Muhammad Ali
Houston
Ali
Supreme Court
Downtown Baytown Master Plan survey driven revitalization effort
Baytown residents are invited to participate in a downtown master plan survey via baytown.org or The Sun. The plan outlines a multi year program to revitalize the core with street redesigns, facade upgrades, business incentives, funding strategies, marketing campaigns, extended hours, and a new park plaza on Texas Avenue. It seeks a coordinating entity and formal district boundaries.
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Decker Drive
Lee College
Texas Avenue
Baytown Downtown Association
Park Plaza
Commerce
Ashbel
War loan drive anchors 1944 Goose Creek event
In 1944 Goose Creek hosted a full day war loan drive on Texas Avenue with Bill Elliott Adele Mara and Jimmy Wakely performing on the lawn beside Citizens National Bank and Trust. The event highlighted wartime fundraising and local entertainment for the cause.
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Tri-Cities
Hollywood
Bill Elliott
Adele Mara
Jimmy Wakely
Citizens National Bank and Trust
Texas Avenue
Goose Creek
Odis Muennik
Baytown
Krizak
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