My Brays Oaks

Glenshire Park will benefit from a creative new program to address climate change, gaining new native trees that will provide extra shade and help further beautify the space. Glenshire is among five parks where the [...]

Houston’s Livestock Show and Rodeo is a busy time for the students at  Lamar High School who participate in Future Farmers of America Association (FFA) programs. But their commitment and responsibilities to livestock do not begin [...]

When Food Network called asking to feature Cool Runnings Jamaican Bar & Grill on the show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” owners Janay Henry and Chef Terron Henry had just expanded their southwest Houston dining room [...]

With its name and location as neighborhood mainstays for more than 30 years in the Fondren Southwest part of town, tiny Wahoo’s Fish & Wings Restaurant has left a powerful imprint on the area. Serving [...]

Cindy Chapman It takes a stretch of the imagination to consider that Cindy Chapman considers herself retired. She is busier than ever with a host of leadership and volunteer responsibilities. Since official retirement [...]

Winding through the heart of Houston, a network of bayous with more than 77 miles of accompanying trails has defined the city and given rise to the nickname “Bayou City.” But many people who have tried using [...]

Along the 9300 block of West Bellfort, the Raindrop Turkish Center and the Istanbul Conference Center combine to provide a treasure to all Brays Oaks Management District residents and well beyond. While the curriculum for [...]

Big plans are in the works for the former Shell research facility on the edge of the Willow Waterhole Greenway in the Brays Oaks Management District. The City of Houston bought the 28-acre site in [...]

Momma Cue In the modest but large Cue’s Burgers restaurant, Vincent Morrison sat at a place of honor at the “regulars’ table.”   A good-deed-doer himself, as an advocate for military veterans,  Morrison found it [...]

George Nwanguma spends his days much like he has spent every work day for the last 40 years, towering above young Hispanic mothers, African grandmothers, working men and women and children as they search for [...]

Commander Adrian Rodriguez Officers and other staff at the Houston Police Department’s South Gessner Patrol Station recently welcomed their new commander, Adrian Rodriguez.  Coming from a family of law enforcement officers, his leadership [...]

The  “hidden gem” of a nature, recreation and flood control greenspace in the Brays Oaks Management District is sparkling even more with a gift from the Kinder Foundation to fund trails, land acquisition and other improvements. Mayor Sylvester [...]