Kelsey-Seybold Clinic will open a new location in Atascocita this December, according to information on the health care provider's website. 

What they offer: The clinic will offer adult primary and specialty care, as well as pediatric care with services including preventative and sick care, comprehensive physicals, blood pressure checks, blood work and immunizations. The clinic will also offer on-site lab work and X-rays. 

Per the website, in-person and virtual appointments can now be made for the Atascocita Clinic ahead of the Dec. 1 opening. 

Some context: As previously reported by Community Impact, the new clinic was first announced in June 2023 and officials broke ground in October 2023. The clinic was originally expected to open in the summer of 2024 but was delayed to 2025. 

The new clinic follows the opening of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Lake Houston Campus in September. 

• Opening Dec. 1 
• 17818 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Humble

Check out what's happening in the Lake Houston area this weekend, Nov. 13-16.

Restoring Hope Conference: The Holocaust Remembrance Association is hosting a multi-day conference that will explore what antisemitism looks like in today’s world. 

• Nov. 13, 7-9 p.m.; Nov. 14, 5:30-9 p.m.; Nov. 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• $250 (includes conference attendance, all meals, materials, and sessions)
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Kingwood Parc Airport Area, 23320 Hwy. 59, Kingwood

• Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 22500 Loop 494, Kingwood

• Nov. 15, 6 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 611 Higgins St., Humble

HTX Happy Tails Dog Walking & Pet Services, a New Caney-based business owned by Gabriela “Gaby” Briseño, is now open.

Zooming in: Briseño’s business serves customers in all of East Montgomery County and the Kingwood area. HTX Happy Tails Dog Walking & Pet Services offers pet boarding, dog walking, doggy daycare and other services.

Meet the owner: Briseño also co-owns Gaby’s Event Rentals, which marked five years since opening in October.

• Opened Sept. 1
• Location available upon booking

Community Impact interviewed Ron Papsdorf, the Chief Transportation Officer for the Houston-Galveston Area Council, about the current state of transportation in the Greater Houston area.

The gist: H-GAC is a regional organization through which local governments consider issues and cooperate in solving problems in areas such as transportation. Papsdorf, who stepped into the role of chief transportation officer in June, spoke about the biggest priorities and challenges for transportation in the Greater Houston area as well as new trends he is seeing in mobility needs across the region.

More households in the Greater Houston area could afford to buy a home in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same time last year as home prices dipped and mortgage rates held steady, according to a Nov. 6 affordability report from the Houston Association of Realtors.

By the numbers: According to HAR’s housing affordability index, 39% of households in the Greater Houston area could afford to buy a median-priced home in the third quarter compared to 37% at the same time last year. Households needed a minimum annual income of $100,400 to purchase a median-priced home in Greater Houston, according to the report. The median home price in the area declined 1.9% to $341,600 compared to this time last year. Mortgage rates held steady at approximately 6.5%, the report found.

What else? As for renters in the Greater Houston area, 45% could afford to lease a single-family rental home in the third quarter compared to 43% last year, according to the affordability index.

Every day for the past 25 years, at least one person has died in crashes on Texas roads. Texas officials and the families of some fatal crash victims commemorated the grim anniversary with a candlelight ceremony at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 7.

The impact: Jamie White said her 2-year-old daughter, Allie, was hit and killed by a distracted driver at Round Rock’s Old Settlers Park in September 2019.

“It only takes [a few] seconds… to kill somebody,” White said Nov. 7. “Can you imagine doing this, taking somebody's child from them, and living the rest of your life knowing that you caused that?”

Following Allie’s death, her parents launched Allie’s Way, a nonprofit aimed at ending distracted driving.

More details: TxDOT data shows that speed and impaired driving are involved in the majority of deadly crashes on Texas roads.

“These are not random events,” Texas Highway Patrol Chief Bryan Rippee said Nov. 7. “These are the results of making the wrong choices on our Texas highways."