The city of Katy has named its first female fire chief.

What you need to know: At a June 22 meeting, Katy City Council approved the appointment of Dana Massey as the new fire chief following the retirement of Kenneth Parker, who served five years in the position.

Massey has been serving as interim chief since Parker's retirement Feb. 2.

Zooming in: Massey has been with the Katy Fire Department since 1999, winning the city's 2021 Employee of the Year award, Community Impact previously reported. She previously worked at the Baytown and Galena Park fire departments.

Looking ahead: Massey assumed the role following the oath of office at the June 22 meeting, per agenda documents.

Grundfos, an advanced pump solutions and water technologies company from Denmark, will see development at its U.S. headquarters in Brookshire. The company held both a groundbreaking ceremony on its new production facility and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its training center—dubbed Academy Americas—on June 24.

“The new production facility is about modernizing and future-proofing our facilities, expanding what we can do for our customers, but also supporting our ambition to double our business by 2030,” Grundfos U.S. Country President Ansell Sims said.

What to expect: The 143,000-square-foot production facility will have office space, a large production and shop floor, a test area and room for future expansion, Sims said.

The facility will produce a variety of commercial building services and water utilities solutions, including pumps, kits, module systems and engineer-to-order pumping systems.

Additionally, Grundfos began repurposing a customer support center six months ago to become Academy Americas.

Next steps: Construction will start on the production facility in a “matter of weeks” and will be finished by 2027, Sims said.

The Only Facial officials said the skin care franchise has plans to open its second Houston area location in Katy. The St. Louis, Missouri-based company launched its first Houston area location in The Woodlands in May.

The details: The Only Facial offers two facial options, including a teen facial focusing on problematic skin, and the company’s signature facial consisting of several steps customized to each unique skin type and concern.

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Harris County Commissioners unanimously approved appointing Marcus Stuckett, a former engineer with the Harris County Flood Control District, to the role of executive director for the agency.

The breakdown: In a June 25 business court meeting, Stuckett was nominated by Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey to fill the role following the resignation of Tina Petersen on June 11. Stuckett worked for the flood control district from 2015-2022, becoming a certified floodplain administrator and director of engineering for the district. Stuckett left the HCFCD to work as an associate vice president at Pape-Dawson Engineers.

Quote of note: “I am honored by the confidence placed in me by Commissioners Court and Administrator [Erica Lee] Carter," Stuckett said. "The Harris County Flood Control District has a long history of protecting residents from flooding through innovative engineering, strong partnerships, and responsible stewardship of public resources. I look forward to working alongside our dedicated employees, community partners and elected officials to continue delivering projects that reduce flood risk and improve quality of life for Harris County residents."

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The State Board of Education is nearing the finish line in its massive rewrite of what Texas public school students will learn about world and state history.

The details: The curriculum overhaul would shift the focus in social studies classes to a Texas-centered approach, deemphasizing lessons about world cultures and injecting more content about Christianity’s role in the founding of the United States.

Some educators and students have expressed concerns that the proposal lacks significant teachings about civil rights history, Japanese internment in the 1940s and people of color’s contributions to the nation. Meanwhile, Republican board members have pushed back, saying that the rewrite is necessary to teach students about American exceptionalism and Texas heritage in an attempt to undo what they called “a watering-down of American history.”

What's happening: The board has spent the bulk of its meetings this week making amendments to a 143-page social studies proposal, which includes hundreds of standards that students would be expected to learn each year. If adopted June 26, the new requirements would take effect in 2030.