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Greentown Labs gains support in guiding Houston to cleaner future FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Greentown Labs CEO Emily Reichert (left) gives Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner a tour of the Greentown Labs Houston, the local branch of the Massachusetts-based clean-energy incubator, that will be in the renovated old Fiesta grocery store in Midtown Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Houston.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A sign in Greentown Labs Houston gives highlights of construction that is underway Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Houston.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chro...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Mayor Sylvester Turner is set to host a reveal ceremony Tuesday morning after the city's unveiling of an energy hub that is focused on solving the climate crisis. The Fiesta on San Jacinto has now become the site of a Houston Greentown Labs incubator. Greentown Labs is the largest clima-tech startup incubator in North America. Their website says that through entrepreneurship and collaboration, their goal is to lead the way in renewable energy and the decarbonization of the planet. It is a block down from the old Sears building, which will also turn into an innovation ...

For Houston's economy, experts predict 2021 to be a year of healing and uncertainty FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 An oil pumpjack works in the field in Penwell, Texas. After a merciless year marked indelibly by a global pandemic and economic calamity, experts predict 2021 will be a year of healing. But just how rapid this recovery will take place in Houston remains difficult to forecast. Much of it will depend on the successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the promise they hold for a return to normal life.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of11 UTMB G...

2021 could be the year it all comes together for Houston tech FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Construction continues on Ion, the former Midtown Sears store being repurposed as a startup hub, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Houston. Business and city leaders hope the building will help transform the section of Midtown into an "Innovation Corridor."Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Fiesta Mart, 4200 San Jacinto St., and Midtown Sears, 4201 Main St.,, are shown Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. Sears announced today that it will close the iconic store in midtown, the first i...