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The opening comes after the green energy incubator broke ground Feb. 3.
“As we celebrate the grand opening of Greentown Labs Houston today, I am glad to see since we broke ground in February, more Houston companies have joined the incredibly diverse group of partners supporting Greentown Labs in our city,” Turner said. “It is a testament to our business community’s commitment to do their part in implementing the Houston Climate Action Plan, address climate change and advance the global energy transition.”
In a few weeks time, Greentown Labs Houston will welcome 30 inaugural green energy startup companies and allow them to grow, develop and take their products to market. The facility has the space to allow for 50 startups capable of supporting up to 300 employees, offering prototyping labs, offices and community space.
Texas town to become home to largest urban solar farm in US
“You could smell it,” said longtime Sunnyside resident Deatrice Cloud.
Ms. Cloud is 100 years old and moved to the Sunnyside area in 1951 when she said the roads were unpaved and hardly anyone lived in the area.
This historically Black neighborhood was home to a city-owned dump where residents could bring their garbage, which left the surrounding area with a foul odor and it drew the ire from those who lived nearby.
It’s a short drive from Ms. Cloud’s home, the same one she moved into more than seven decades ago, to get to the former dump that is now overgrown with trees. A portion of the land was used to build a community center and park. The rest sits unused and is a reminder of what used to be.
Houston mayor, former election chief call GOP election bills racist
FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan has more on the intensifying battle over election security.
HOUSTON - So called election integrity measures marching through the Texas legislature were condemned Wednesday in the harshest possible terms by both Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Chris Hollins, the architect of Harris County s record voter turn-out. These bills are part of a national campaign to restrict people s right to vote and to intimidate people while they are voting, quite frankly, these are Jim Crow 2.0 bills, said Turner.
Hollins, who served as the county s chief election officer during 2020, says House Bill 6, and its companion, Senate Bill 7, not only seek to outlaw innovations like drive-thru-voting and 24-Hour-polling places, but also to make it more difficult for Texans of Color to cast ballots.