Posted on Jun 30, 2010 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , events , community
Sugar Land’s Oyster Creek Park will be host this year to the well-known, and very popular, 25th Annual “Red, White, and Bluefest”. This year’s celebration is slated to include great music, rock walls, bounce houses, clowns, jugglers, and wraps with a great fifteen minute fireworks show! The festival begins at 5 p.m. and runs to 10 p.m., and convenient shuttle services to the park from Mercer Stadium will begin at 4:30 p.m.
Musical entertainment includes the nine-piece, high-energy band “Fried Ice Cream” and cultural performances will be provided by Fort Bend Chinese American Association and Hybrid Rhythms, a Bollywood-style dance group.
Oyster Park is located at 4033 Texas 6 South in Sugar Land. For more information, please visit SugarLandTX.gov or call 281-275-2885.
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , sports , community
As a result of months of negotiations, a deal has finally been inked for Sugar Land to get an Atlantic-league Minor League Baseball expansion team. The deal not only provides for a multi-use, year-round, $30million facility for the community, but also provides an estimated $7.7million in yearly income to the Sugar Land community over a lease currently confirmed for twenty years.
Area voters approved the start and initial funding of this effort in November, 2009, and the team is expected to take the field in late spring 2012. A “name the team” contest is planned during the intervening time. This is a great affirmation of the growth and success of the city of Sugar Land. Area politicians and the team management company are very excited to move forward towards the 2012 completion and know that the anticipation of area baseball fans will soon be channeled into opening season!
“Batter-up” Sugar Land!
Posted on Dec 9, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , community
A Golden Anniversary dawns the New Year as Sugar Land celebrates its 50th Year as a city. Richmond and area residents are invited to join in the celebration at a New Year’s Eve party to remember Sugar Lands roots, first planted on December 29, 1959. Just as Texas has continued to grow, Sugar Land and neighboring towns and communities have also continued to flourish.
The New Year’s Eve party will be held in Sugar Land Town Square on December 31st from 5pm to 1am. The evening’s festivities will be divided into three celebrations. The first will be the Children’s Celebration from 5-7:30pm with street performances, and entertainment on the main stage as well as walk around entertainment like the roaming stilt dinosaurs and a candy sculptor.
The second celebration will bring enjoyment for all ages – the 50th Anniversary Celebration from 7:30-8pm – will be a time for all to celebrate by singing “Happy Birthday” to Sugar Land after which a giant birthday cake will be cut and shared by all. This will follow the unveiling of a commemorative art piece, to be installed in the main foyer of city hall, commissioned by sculptor Joe Kenney to be “a salute to our historic Texas and Imperial Sugar roots.”
Posted on Nov 30, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , public safety
Sugar Land is one of the safest cities in America, according to CQ Press' City Crime Rankings 2009-2010: Crime in Metropolitan America.
The Fort Bend County city earned the No. 11 ranking on the list of safest cities. Houston was ranked No. 337 on the list.
Elsewhere in Texas, Austin ranked No. 186, San Antonio was at No. 263, and Dallas was No. 347. Allen, at No. 9, was the highest-ranking - and safest - city in Texas.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , competitions , community
Have an eye for photography? Sugar Land is inviting both amateur
and professional photographers to submit their best photos for the
city's 2010 calendar, the "Best of Sugar Land".
All photos should showcase the best of Sugar Land with pictures
featuring its people, parks, businesses, neighborhoods, etc. The
idea is to feature scenes and/or people that reflect the diversity
and community life that makes Sugar Land so unique, and what makes
it a fantastic city to live and work in.
Requirements state that all photographers must send in their
photos in a high-resolution format, and their pictures must reflect
the city somehow. It should also include the photographer's name,
contact information (which includes address, phone number and email
address), the location of each photo submitted and approximate
dates when taken must also be noted.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , events , community
Houston-based Mexican Restaurants Inc., owners of the Mission Burritos restaurant chain will be opening a new location in Sugar Land at the Lake Pointe Village shopping center at hwy. 59 and hwy. 6. It is scheduled to open on September 14th.
To learn more about Sugar Land's new restaurant, please visit www.missionburritos.com.
Source: Houston Business Journal
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , events , community
Fans of fantasy, science, and adventure have a new attraction to visit in the Fort Bend area. The Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugarland has just made tickets available for its exhibit, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition". The spectacle will open on October 3rd and run through January 18th.
Presented by Walt Disney, the exhibit is based off of the blockbuster movies and books by C.S. Lewis and will be a 10,000 square foot entertainment and educational experience that transports visitors to the world of Narnia. Authentic props, costumes and set decorations from the Narnia films will provide museum goers with unparallelled immersion in an attempt to combine science with the fantasy world of Narnia.
President of Branded Entertainment at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, Eddie Newquist said "This exhibition is a truly captivating and entertaining experience for all ages. From the scene displays and props seen in the Narnia films, to the scientific and educational aspects of the exhibition that stimulate the senses and the mind, guests will be transported into another world to experience Narnia like never before."
Posted on Jul 13, 2009 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , Fort Bend County , charity
A local Sugar Land resident has taken it into her own hands to help Fort Bend children get new shoes. Or rather, she’s taken it onto her own feet.
Leola Anifowoshe is the founder of Shoes4School, a division of Keep Kids in School, Inc., a 501 (3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, the only shoe charity of its kind in the Fort Bend area and surrounding counties. She and a group of volunteers strive to provide new shoes for area homeless and low-income children.
In order to spread awareness of the cause, Leola and her husband organized the “Sole Fest Concert 2009,” the organization's first ever music festival and health fair held at Oyster Creek park located at 4033 Hwy 6 in Sugar Land, only about 8 miles from the RiverPark West community.
