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www.cypresscreekculturaldistrict.org
(281) 726-5783
MISSION and GOALS
creating a sense of place
ARTS and CULTURE
Connect to your community
Grow Northwest is the Economic Development Initiative of the
Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce with the purpose of
advancing our local economy through specific projects, one of
wh i c h i s t h e C o m m u n i t y B ra n d i n g e f f o r t .
www.GrowHoustonNW.com
Cultural District Resident
Non-profit Organizations
Cypress Creek Christian Community
Center houses the programming and activities for
more than 150 Northwest Houston non-profit social
service, civic and cultural organizations for children,
youth, adults and senior citizens. Home of The
Centrum. www.thecentrum.org
Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts
(FACE) provides Annual Concert Series and
Performing Arts programming in The Centrum,
Northwest Houston’s magnificent 885-seat
community concert hall, and offers a vast array of
educational opportunities for young people and
adults. www.cypresscreekface.org
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
is a non-collecting museum, exhibiting art from
private and public collections and reaching beyond
traditional museums to enlighten, educate and
entertain through School Tours, Workshops, Student
Art Contests, Family Programs, Lecture Series and
Community Art Gallery. www.pearlmfa.org
Friends of the Barbara Bush Library
serves more than 800,000 patrons of wide diversity
each year. Places special emphasis on developing
lifelong readers, through special free children’s
programming and summer enrichment, and a broad
array of educational services for youth, adults and
seniors. www.bbushlibraryfriends.org
Cypress Creek Greenway Project
whose mission is to preserve a natural corridor along
Cypress Creek and its major tributaries, to use the
Greenway to connect a series of existing and future
anchor parks, and to develop a trail system along the
entire length of the Greenway that will link to other
trails in the Greenway parks and local communities.
The Launch of Phase One
Grow Northwest
Community Branding
Project Goals
Fully fund and install two
monument signs and
e l e v a t e d e n t r a n c e
markers to brand the
Cultural District on
C y p r e s s w o o d D r .
between T.C. Jester and
Stuebner-Airline Road .
To showcase the five
resident non-profit
cultural organizations
within the Cypress Creek
Cultural District.
Cypress Creek Community
Celebrates
HONOREE
CO-CHAIRS
HONOREE
COMMISSIONER
R.JACK CAGLE
These visual landmarks will be a first step in branding the Cultural
District—much like the downtown Museum District—
as one of the most enriching and dynamic places in Houston.
** Rendering of monument signage. Design elements are subject to change.
WHY WE SERVE
taking pride in who we are
The Cypress Creek Cultural District is a stunning blend
of nature, beautiful architecture, art, literature, cultural
offerings, service organizations, and civic events and a
diverse population of citizens and families that live,
work, play and thrive in this community.
Thousands of our residents enjoy the services and
opportunities provided by individual entities in the
Cultural District but have not yet made the connection
that all these amenities are part of a distinctive, larger
whole. It’s time that we visibly identify this cultural
jewel called the Cypress Creek Cultural District and
claim it as the centering point for our growing
SIGN of the TIMES
creating a sense of place
CYPRESS CREEK
CULTURAL DISTRICT
COMMUNITY
BRANDING PROJECT
The Cultural District is a remarkable
“place-making” experience with
focus on love of culture and community!
Pioneering Vision, pride, leadership, enthusiasm
and your participation deliver the Cypress Creek
Cultural District signage and branding initiative for
the enrichment of the entire community
CO-CHAIRS
Robert Eckels is President of Texas Central Railway,
LLC, the company building “America’s Bullet Train,”
to connect Texans with 200 mph rail serve between
Houston and Dallas. The former Harris County
Judge is recognized as a national leader in
transportation and infrastructure, public finance,
partnerships and emergency management. Jet
Eckels is an avid tennis player and actively involved
with the Texas Jackrabbit League and Giammalva
Racquet Club. The couple resides in Wimbledon
Estates and have a daughter, Kirby.
As commissioner, representing 1.2 million
residents, Cagle manages a staff of 375
employees. He has served the citizens of Harris
County for 30 years as an attorney, a judge, and
County Commissioner. Commissioner Cagle is a
gradulate of Rice University and of Baylor Law
School. He has been married to Janet for 32
years. They have three children: Richard, Victoria,
and Elizabeth, and live in Wimbledon Champions.
Commissioner R. Jack Cagle
has served as county
commissioner for Harris
County Precinct 4 since 2011.
WE CELEBRATE
THE CYPRESS CREEK COMMUNITY!
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 281.726.5783
www.cypresscreekculturaldistrict.org