Kountze

The GLO awarded $8.7 million to build Pioneer Crossing, an 84-unit affordable rental complex, in Kountze. More than 88 percent of these units are guaranteed for low- to moderate-income (LMI) residents.

The GLO awarded $8.7 million to build Pioneer Crossing, an 84-unit affordable rental complex, in Kountze. More than 88 percent of these units are guaranteed for low- to moderate-income (LMI) residents.

GLO to celebrate completion of affordable housing complex in Kountze

KOUNTZE — The Texas General Land Office Disaster Recovery Team announced a celebration of the completion of one of two multifamily housing complexes to replace affordable rental housing damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Big Thicket kayaking

Big Thicket kayaking

Big Thicket brings in big bucks, jobs

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 309,053 visitors to Big Thicket National Preserve in 2020 spent $20.3 million in communities near the Southeast Texas park. That spending supported 256 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $26.7 million.