Baytown council eyes priorities for city revitalization
Baytown council members urge clearer goals to convert a revenue boost into lasting gains. They call for aggressive yet targeted code enforcement, improved downtown revitalization, and broad community input to shape seven city priorities and future investments.
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Baytown Council Priorities Map City’s Next Growth Path
The seven priorities focus on improving image and brand, boosting neighborhood quality and vibrancy, enhancing community safety and response times, upgrading aging infrastructure including sewer and poles, expanding mobility with sidewalks trails and alternative transport, increasing city service efficiency, and boosting economic vitality through diverse development, waterfront plans, and mixed-use projects.
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CNG One expands fueling network with Houston station plan
CNG One announces a new 18-vehicle fleet site at Cedar Crossing and AmeriPort in Houston's Ship Channel area, opening early 2016. CNG 4 America, based in Katy, already runs three stations in Bryan Rosenberg and Katy and targets Austin La Porte and San Marcos this year. CNG promises cleaner burns with lower carbon content and fewer emissions than gasoline.
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Obama rejects calls for shift in ISIS fight stance
President Obama defends current strategy against the Islamic State after the Paris attacks, rebuking GOP calls for ground troops and refugee-based discrimination. He cites coalition airstrikes and local forces training as the path forward, while warning of the risks and potential long-term occupations in Syria or Iraq.
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US destroys 116 ISIS fuel trucks in Syria attack
U S warplanes bombed 116 oil hauling trucks near Abu Kamal in eastern Syria, a key part of ISIS revenue of about 1.4 million dollars daily. A-10s and AC-130 gunships led the strike, after leaflet warnings and low level show of force flights to deter civilian casualties.
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Miracle League brings inclusive baseball to Baytown YMCA
The Baytown YMCA Miracle League concludes a fall season with two to three games monthly at a special field built by United Way and chambers. Organizer Ariel Reitmeier highlights spring training, broad volunteer support, and Goose Creek CISD collaboration led by Dr. Thomas Kelchner and Bernie Mulvaney. The program offers equal athletic and social opportunities for special needs children, with plans for future March seasons and scholarships to help families.
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