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January 2010

PRUDENTIAL GARY GREENE REALTORS®

23922 Cinco Village Center Blvd., 123

Katy, Texas 77494

(281) 492-5913 Office

(281) 646-1841 Fax

KEEPING YOU INFORMED

AND EMPOWERED!

Happy 2010 to you! I wish you a safe, happy and prosperous year. Have you noticed the new development coming in between Franz and Morton on Porter Road?. Cane Island will be an 820 acre project developed by a Minzie Family owned and operated Limited Partnership. About 1600-2050 residential lots will be developed. The first phase planned will be two acre lots. An elemen-tary school will also be built within the acreage. TXDOT has an exit ramp off I-10 eventually planned and a new Cane Island Parkway will lead from I-10 directly to the community. Also, a follow up to the Fulshear Creek project I mentioned last month…seems the rear lots in the development will back on to a vineyard!

Wondering what’s on top of the new Memorial Hermann hospital at I-10 and Gessner? The top “crown” shaped floors belong to the building owner but the secretive Houston-based developer will not reveal what goes on up there.

Katy-Fort Bend Road will be widened to four lanes from I-10 to Colo-nial.

Park Row is being expanded to 4 lanes from HW 6 into the City of Katy The 2.7-mile segment of Greenbusch from Falcon Landing to Pin Oak,

the 1.5-mile stretch of Katy-Flewellen from Katy-Gaston to Pin Oak, and a 1.7-mile section of Katy-Gaston from Cinco Ranch Boulevard to FM 1093 — all currently two-lane country roads with open ditches — will be upgraded to four-lane boulevards with divided medians, curbs and gutters.

The Katy Area Economic Development Corp. and Chamber of Com-merce will open a new Workforce Solutions near Katy Mills Mall.

Pathfinder Energy Services plans to build corporate facility on 25 acres at Colonial Parkway and 99.

Remember the big mall that was coming to Katy? The project has been put on hold indefinitely.

Katy is named for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (commonly referred to as the “K-T” Railroad. It was also once known as Cane Is-land derived form Cane Island Creek.

Please call or email me with any additions, suggestions  or oops corrections! 

 

REALTY NEWS

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RICHARD ORTIZ Realtor, GRI,RCC,CNHS E-certified, SMP Mobile (281) 757-2009 RichardOrtiz@garygreene.com www.KatyRelocation.com

Katy ISD Ranks Eighth in Statewide TAKS Performance & Second in Houston Area

For the second straight year, the Katy ISD earned a “Recognized” accountability rating.

2009 KATY ISD DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS

NUMBER

OF

CAMPUS RATING: SCHOOLS

E: EXEMPLARY 24

R: RECOGNIZED 20

AA: ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE 5

AU: ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE 0

AEA: AA 1

AEA: ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE 0

AEA: NOT RATED - OTHER 0

NOT RATED: OTHER 4

TOTAL 54

MAURICE L WOLFE EL E

KATY EL E

WEST MEMORIAL EL R

MEMORIAL PARKWAY EL R

ZELMA HUTSELL EL E

BEAR CREEK EL R

CIMARRON EL R

DIANE WINBORN EL E

NOTTINGHAM COUNTRY EL E

SUNDOWN EL R

MAYDE CREEK EL R

HAZEL S PATTISON EL E

LORAINE T GOLBOW EL R

EDNA MAE FIELDER EL E

JEANETTE HAYES EL E

MCROBERTS EL R

ROOSEVELT ALEXANDER EL E

JAMES E WILLIAMS EL E

SUE CREECH EL E

ROBERT KING EL R

JEAN & BETTY SCHMALZ EL E

ODESSA KILPATRICK EL E

ROBERTA WRIGHT RYLANDER EL E

JOELLA EXLEY EL E

JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL R

FRANZ EL R

GRIFFIN EL E

URSULA STEPHENS EL R WOODCREEK EL E

MORTON RANCH EL AA

BONNY HOLLAND EL E

PROJECT TYKE - Not Rated :Other NR

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

KATY HS R

TAYLOR HS R

OPPORT AWARENESS CTR Not Rated: Other MAYDE CREEK HS R

CINCO RANCH HS E

MORTON RANCH HS R

SEVEN LAKES HS E

RAINES HS AEA: AA

HARRIS CO SCH FOR ACCELERATED Not Rated: Other

FORT BEND CO ALTER Not Rated: Other

KATY JH R WEST MEMORIAL JH AA MAYDE CREEK JH AA

MEMORIAL PARKWAY J H R

T H MCDONALD JH R

RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H E

GARLAND MCMEANS JR HIGH E

CINCO RANCH JH R

MORTON RANCH JH AA

BECKENDORFF JH E

CARDIFF JH AA

WOODCREEK JH E

HIGH SCHOOLS

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Source: TEA Nov 09; Katy ISD Communications; Prepared by Richard Ortiz

01/01 Happy New Year

01/4-6 Christmas Tree Recycling

01/8-10 Champion Gymnastics

01/08-16 Houston International Boat Show

01/16 Old Town Katy Market Days

01/17 Houston Marathon

01/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

01/19 Free Day at Houston Zoo

01/19 Houston Livestock & Rodeo Art

01/30-31 Katy Home & Garden Show

01/30-5 Houston Auto Show

January 2010—Dates to note

Featured Neighborhood of the Month: Green Trials

Recipe of the Month

From our Home to Yours!

Wishing you a

prosperous 2010

Happy

New Year!

Chicken Chili

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 package Great Northern Beans, soaked overnight, rinsed and drained 48 oz. chicken broth 2 cups of water 1 onion, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 3 celery ribs, chopped 1 small can of green chilies (undrained) ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon dried oregano, crushed ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1 can of Rotel Tomatoes Optional: 2 tablespoons chopped tomato 2 tablespoons sliced green onion 2 tablespoons shredded Monterey Jack Cheese Heat oil in a dutch oven and sauté onion, green pepper and cel-ery; add chicken and brown. Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 2 hours.

          2008 2009 YTD*

Average List Price $287,047 $286,075

Average Sales Price $277,935 $279,233

Average Sales Price per SqFt $89.95 $89.44

Average Days on Market 38 50

Number of Sales 101 97  

 

*MLS Data 1/1/09 thru 11/30/09

Consider hiring a professional home energy auditor to come into your home and recommend ways to boost your energy effi-ciency. Some utility companies have programs that pay for all or part of the audit, so contact yours to see what’s available in your area. Look for cracks around windows, doors, electrical outlets and switches — especially on exterior walls — and recessed ceiling lights in insulated ceilings. These small openings can add up to as much as 30% of fuel waste in a home, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. To locate drafts, hold a tissue or candle near potential spots and then caulk as needed.

Get Your Home Ready for Winter

RICHARD ORTIZ Realtor, GRI,RCC,CNHS E-certified, SMP Mobile 281 757-2009 Email me at: richardortiz@garygreene.com www.KatyRelocation.com

My approach to the real estate profession is having the perfect blend of professionalism, time/project management, discipline, and client focus. I address the concerns of my clients, whether it is to sell your property at the best possible price or secure that dream property for you, by finding win-win solutions while delivering results in a thorough and efficient manner.

I evaluate myself wholly on client satisfaction, because ultimately 'it is really about YOU!'

Although I do business throughout Houston, my area of focus is the won-derful suburban city of Katy, Tx.

My background also includes 18 years of working for a fortune 100 firm as a Director of Information Technology. I've managed numerous multi-million dollar projects where strong leadership skills, intense coordination and negotiation were necessary to deliver products and services that con-sistently exceeded customers' expectations.

Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors® 23922 Cinco Village Center, #123 Katy, Texas 77494 Attn: Richard Ortiz