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Meet the camp turning screen time into storytelling

Five years ago, four best friends from Seven Lakes High School collaborated to create a summer camp. 

The foursome bonded over the creation of their high school’s film club and stayed friends throughout college before deciding to form Creator Camp in 2021, a summer camp designed to make using technology creatively more accessible for kids. 

How it works: Creator Camp offers two and three-day camps with a range of themes, including entrepreneurship, filmmaking, YouTube creation, Minecraft and music production. Co-founder Cazden Morrison said they choose the topics based on what feedback previous campers tell them and that they are constantly creating new curricula to better serve campers’ interests. 

The local impact:
One of the cofounders’ biggest goals from the start was not to interfere with the kids’ creative process, Morrison said. While he said a lot of companies have an overarching mission to make the world a better place, Morrison sees it play out every week during the summer. 

 
On The Business Beat
THR3E Design relocates office to Sugar Land

THR3E Design, a health care-focused architecture and interior design firm, has relocated its office to Sugar Land.

What they offer: The firm is dedicated to creating environments that enhance patient care, improve operational efficiency and support long-term adaptability, officials said.

Services offered include:

  • Health care architecture
  • Higher education design
  • Interior design services
  • Strategic planning and renovation support

The business was founded in 2019 by founding principals Frank E. Marquez, Ruben DeLaO and Jennifer Higgins and has since added principal Barry Leong, officials said.
  • 12950 Dairy Ashford Road, Sugar Land

 
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo adds dress code to code of conduct

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials have announced a new dress code for entry, beginning March 17.

Sorting out details: The Rodeo has provided an update on its code of conduct for guests, according to its website.

The following is prohibited:

  • Clothing with "objectionable" material, such as obscene language or graphics
  • Excessively torn clothing or visible undergarments exposing excessive portions of the skin
  • Clothing or other attire of affiliation with a criminal street gang
  • Clothing or apparel that intentionally obscures the face, unless worn for cultural or religious reasons or a medical condition

The context: Since 1932, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has featured traditional rodeo competition and country music performers. Each year, the Rodeo hosts several events, including auctions, cookoffs and concerts, all with the goal of promoting Western heritage, officials said.

 
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Toro District estimated to have $34B economic impact in Cypress region

An 83-acre sports and entertainment hub called the Toro District is coming to the Bridgeland community by 2029 as part of a public-private partnership between the Houston Texans, Howard Hughes Communities and Harris County.

The big picture: 
The Texans will construct a 175,000-square-foot headquarters with training facilities, administrative space and a fieldhouse, officials announced Feb. 25.

The project is estimated to have a long-term economic impact of about $34 billion, officials said, and will include:

  • 1 million square feet of office space
  • 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurants
  • 250,000 square feet health care space
  • 175,000-square-foot fieldhouse and performance center
  • 5,000 parking spaces
  • 1,300 units of multifamily housing
  • 4 new parks with walk and bike trails
  • 3 outdoor NFL training fields
  • 2 hotels totaling 300 rooms

Quote of note:
 “We’ve been looking for the center of Cypress for the last 20 years,” Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said. “Well, we’re about to find it.”

 

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