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	Acres Homes, Houston, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acres Homes, is a wooded urban/inner-city community in northwest Houston, Texas.
		It is represented by Houston City Council Districts A and B. Some areas outside of the city limits that are still considered to be "Acres Homes" are within the Klein Independent School District.
		The area is served by the Acres Homes Branch of the Houston Public Library.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acres_Homes,_Houston,_Texas (293 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The Acres Homes Transit Company, a small suburban transportation organization established in 1959, operated in response to the need for public commuter services in the predominantly African-American community of Acres Homes, nine miles northwest of downtown Houston.
		Acres Homes was outside of the city limits until the late 1960s, when it was annexed to Houston.
		In Acres Homes these operators were usually residents of the community and went about their daily routine in open violation of municipal transportation codes.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/AA/dgama.html (385 words)

	Houston-New-Homes.com
		Houston, a vibrant metropolitan community, is Texas' largest city and the fourth largest city in the United States.
		Houston is home to residents of many cultures and races, adding charm and diversity to many local neighborhoods.
		Homes ranging in price from the mid-$70,000s to $450,000 are being built to accommodate those pursuing the value and quality of life offered by master-planning.
	www.houston-new-homes.com /homesinfo/houston_neighborhoods.php (5383 words)

	Texas Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The center is sometimes referred to as the "Houston Medical Center" due to its location south of the central business district and Midtown Houston.
		President Roosevelt approved the purchase of 118 acres from the Hermann Estate in 1944 for the construction of a 1,000-bed naval hospital in Houston.
		Luke's Episcopal Hospital, The Methodist Hospital, The Shriners Crippled Children's' Hospital, and the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Medical_Center (821 words)

	Houston Home Journal
		Houston Springs, one of the largest ongoing developments in Houston County, could be heading in more directions in the coming months.
		Houston Springs’ original plans called for 20-foot front yards, but developers were allowed to build well below the city’s standards for side and back yards.
		Houston Springs also features a stormwater drainage system that directs water from rooftops and roads into a system of ponds and lakes, eventually pumped back into the community’s more than $1 million irrigation system.
	news.mywebpal.com /partners/963/public/news691871.html (881 words)

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		Training Acres Homes Plant has a comprehensive training program in place to ensure that employees who are responsible for processes are competent in the operating procedures associated with these processes.
		Compliance Audits Acres Homes Plant conducts audits on a regular basis to determine whether the provisions set out under the RMP rule are being implemented.
		Acres Homes Plant has a strict policy of informing the contractors of known potential hazards related to the contractors work and the processes.
	www.rtk.net /rmp/sum7/TX/fac100000126204 (974 words)

	Could a 249 freeway extension be used to spur development in Acres Homes - Houston Architecture Info Forum - HAIF®
		We all know Acres Homes (or the fo-fo) is probably the roughest collection of neighborhoods in the city.
		Since Acres Homes is bisected by Montgomery Road and Shepherd Drive, two streets with marginal economic activity, why not extend freeway lanes of 249 down W. Montgomery to Shepherd Drive to meet with 610 at the Shepherd Durham split.
		In the book Houston Freeways, one of the main proponents of the 225 fwy., that was proposed to run through the East End, argued that putting the freeway through there would improve the area and open it up for development.
	www.houstonarchitecture.info /haif/index.php?showtopic=5566 (712 words)

	ATSDR - Health Consultation - Booker Landfill (a/k/a Old Acres Homes Subdivision), Houston, Harris County, Texas
		The residents of the Acres Homes community are concerned that the Booker site may pose a significant threat to their health.
		Upon completion of the investigation for the Council, the consultant, Quantum Environmental Consultants, Inc., reported that "it is not comprehensible whether the contamination at the subject property is due to offsite surface migration from the former landfill property" [4].
		The residents of the Acres Homes subdivision are concerned that "an excess number of residents have died of cancer," so the "community perceives that this site [Booker Landfill] is a significant threat to their health" [2].
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/booker/boo_p1.html (2363 words)

	Luxury Houston Real Estate Broker (TX) - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is Houston's second downtown and boasts the city's second skyline, dominated by Williams Tower - the nation's largest building outside a downtown area with a magnificent 'water wall.' Some of Houston's most upscale restaurants and luxury hotels call this area home.
		Currently, there are 512 acres of park land with 18 parks, which offer a wide range of facilities and activities from picnicking and fishing to jogging, softball and disc golf.
		A city of trees, parks and Victorian homes, Alvin is known for its hometown atmosphere and economically diverse population.
	www.margiekaplanhomes.com /content/article/183108 (8393 words)

	Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce
		The Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce is the #1 Chamber in the Houston area!!
		While some of the homes are the original 1950s bungalows of Meyerland, others are new construction from homeowners who like Meyerland’s ease and convenience.
		Houston Public Library’s Meyer Branch at 5005 West Bellfort is a short walk for many residents.
	www.gswhcc.org /custom2.asp?pageid=146 (377 words)

	Houston Market Overview 2004
		Homes in the Alief Independent School District were up 6.2 percent in value last year, according to a study conducted by the University of Houston.
		Houston specialty contractors are 'cautiously optimistic' about the outlook for construction activity this year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Association of General Contactors Houston Chapter.
		Houston's home builders entered the new year with a bang, registering a 10 percent increase in new-home sales in January, according to Metrostudy, a Houston housing consulting firm.
	www.margiekaplanhomes.com /content/article.html?id=130672 (7540 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But thanks to two ambitious projects sponsored by The Acres Homes Partnership, an alliance between The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center and the Acres Homes Citizens Council, health care delivery to elderly residents of the historic northwest Houston neighborhood is now a reality.
		Based at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center on West Montgomery Road, The Acres Home Partnership was established in 1996 to promote community health services and education to area residents through an innovative community-driven health promotion program involving local leaders and mentors.
		Simmons says the Acres Homes community leaders have been instrumental in making the partnership a success by introducing the students to community residents prior to their visits.
	www.sph.uth.tmc.edu /news/loe1.asp (612 words)

	Houston Apartments
		The city of Houston, covering nearly 9,000 square miles and home to more than 2 million people, is a perfect microcosm of the qualities that make the state of Texas great.
		Houston also hosts many annual events, including a rodeo and the Houston International Festival, a 10-day celebration held downtown to celebrate the citizens' many cultures.
		Houston's largest employers are the service industry, trade sector and government, in that order.
	www.rent.com /rentals/texas/houston-and-vicinity/houston (570 words)

	New Homes Houston Texas Coles Crossing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With its year-end 2000 new-home sales tally exceeding projections by over 30 percent, northwest Houston's wooded Coles Crossing community is hitting the ground running for 2001, with plans to have 640 new home sites on the ground in all price ranges by mid-spring.
		Home builders in Coles Crossing sold 402 new homes last year, well above the community's goal of 300 sales, according to Coles Crossing general manager Wayne Meyer.
		An additional 548 home sites are currently under development on 170 acres in all price ranges, and are expected to be delivered to home builders by April, weather permitting.
	www.colescrossing.com /news/activeyear.html (644 words)

	Houston New Homes Directory > Texas
		As Houston’s population and physical size grew, the city itself took in regions that were established as rural areas and suburbs.
		Houston’s amiable year-round climate makes it a safe bet you’ll find sunshine during a visit to the city.
		NewHomesDirectory.com is the easiest place for home searchers to find new homes and the most efficient means for builders to get results promoting their new home communities.
	www.newhomesdirectory.com /Houston (192 words)

	Reliant Resources News
		Reliant Energy Inc. is planning $600,000 worth of energy-efficiency improvements for approximately 300 residences in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood, which has one of the lowest median per-capita incomes in...
		Reliant Energy today announced plans for $600,000 worth of energy-efficiency improvements for approximately 300 residences in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood, which has one of the lowest median per capita...
		HOUSTON -- A former trader for Reliant Energy was sentenced to almost five years in prison for submitting false information about natural gas trades to an industry publication, in what is believed to be the...
	rss.topix.net /com/rri (675 words)

	Houston Hope: Neighborhoods: Sunnyside
		Originally developed to provide homes outside the city, Sunnyside is now inside the city limits and close enough for residents to commute.
		It now includes a number of tract home subdivisions on typical suburban streets, as well as the original frame homes interspersed with small churches of the original neighborhood.
		It is located in Houston City Council District D southeast of the intersection of Loop 610 South and State Highway 288.
	www.houstonhope.org /sunnyside.html (270 words)

	Fort Bend Neighborhoods - Diane Moser Properties - Houston Real Estate
		Sienna Plantation, the largest single contiguous land tract to be developed in the Houston market in more than a decade, will have its first phase of housing ready in early 1997 Sienna Plantation is comprised of 7,300 acres (12 square miles) of land, the majority of which is heavily wooded with beautiful hardwood trees.
		Sugar Lakes is home to almost 500 families with a projected 1998 build-out of 600 homes.
		This private, guarded community of 1,400 acres is home to approximately 400 families, and includes a natural setting of winding lakes and hundred-year-old pecan trees Homesites are priced from $ 15,000 to more than $90,000.
	www.texasbest.com /neighbor/fortbend (1422 words)

	Houston Habitat For Humanity - Acres Homes Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Houston Habitat embarked on a special pilot program involving the replacement of a severely substandard home in the Acres Homes community.
		The home demolished was occupied by a disabled, senior citizen who was able to relocate temporarily with relatives while the new home was being built.
		The magnitude of the lack of decent housing for senior and disabled citizens moved Houston Habitat to embark on this special pilot project and accept the challenge posed by, among others, HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee.
	www.houstonhabitat.org /highlights08.asp (114 words)

	NCLB: The collapse was inevitable, p. 2
		As for strategies, there was little need to convince the country's upper-class of the need to reform the schools since most of them either had their children in elite private schools or high achieving suburban schools.
		Such was the mind set created during Paige's tenure in Houston, when Kimball brought the "dropout" figures to the attention of HISD officials (after having brought numerous other issues to the attention of Paige and his successor), he was told to mind his own business.
		The scent in Houston's dirty laundry pile, however, was drawing increasingly close to its departed superintendent.
	www.trelease-on-reading.com /nclb_mirage2.html (2518 words)

	SN #6
		Acres Homes, a wooded area northwest of the city, was originally subdivided into large lots and marketed to African Americans.
		The eastern part of the community is located in the Houston Independent School District (ISD), the western part is in the Aldine ISD.
		Houston Independent School District (7 public schools; 1 private school)
	www.houstontx.gov /planning/nbhd_svces/TechCntrInfo/SN_6.htm (114 words)

	Houston Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Houston, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Palatial estate of impeccable quality on approximately 3.1 acres overlooking...
		Set on 1 1/2+ acres among towering trees, this gracious 4 or 5.
		So whether you are wondering what your home value is, looking for an agent to help you buy or sell your real estate, or just looking to browse properties in your area, it's all right here.
	www.homes.com /Real_Estate/TX/City/HOUSTON (337 words)

	Gehan Homes: Communities in Austin Area: Avery Ranch: New Homes in Austin, Texas
		The attractive Avery Ranch master planned community of new homes is alive with gentle rolling hills abutting Avery Lake on 17 acres of Texas Hill Country, in Williamson County.
		Owning a new Gehan home in Avery Ranch will entitle you to full community amenities including extensive hike and bike trails, an 18-hole golf course, community centers, and an outdoor amphitheater near shopping and some of the city's best schools, the Leander ISD.
		You will discover the quality of our new homes, our outstanding features and the peaceful family atmosphere that make owning a Gehan Home a great value.
	www.gehanhomes.com /austin/communities/comm_avery_ranch.html (395 words)

	New Homes Houston Texas Coles Crossing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A BETTER PLACE TO Coles Crossing’s master plan devotes 175 acres to recreational amenities, with an emphasis on preserving wooded natural areas and creating inviting spaces where families, friends and neighbors can come together.
		Of special note, Coles Park is home to “Cole,” a life-size bronze statue, and the community’s unique “crooked pine tree.”
		This park includes a 2.5-mile nature trail and an outdoor classroom for school and community groups.
	www.colescrossing.com /amenities/recreation.shtml (203 words)

	New homes and lots in Shady Acres: Houston, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		Located south of 610 North between Ella and Durham, Shady Acres offers urban living combined with the nostalgic charm of Victorian style freestanding homes.
	www.newhomesource.com /search/community_detail.aspx?refer=DMR279&cid=10502 (188 words)

	Houston Public Library - Acres Homes Branch Library
		Houston Public Library - Acres Homes Branch Library
		You are in: Branches, Acres Homes Branch Library
		Funded By: This program was funded in whole or in part by a Loan Star Libraries Grant authorized by the Texas Legislature and awarded to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to the Houston Public Library.
	www.hpl.lib.tx.us /branches/acr_home.html (330 words)

	College News: Liberal Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Scott continued to pursue the subject, winning a $5,000 award from the University Co-op for valuable research on using Bayesian statistics in DNA sequencing.
		He has worked with Houston's Acres Homes Center for Education and Economic Development to examine the statistical basis of the Texas Education Agency's claims about improved performance on standardized test by minority students.
		The author of numerous papers, he has also been a math and science tutor at local elementary schools and was chair of the Dean's Scholars Distinguished Speaker Series, which brings eminent scientists to lecture to the public at the university.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/news/college/20039/scott.html (278 words)

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