HTX-KTY: Impact 10/8/2025

Check out some businesses in the Katy-Fulshear area that have recently opened, as reported by Community Impact. This list is not comprehensive.

Katy Crossing Icehouse
After closing in January, the sports bar has reopened with new owners.

• Opened May 17
• 5733 Second St., Katy

• Opened Aug. 15
• 2100 Cane Island Parkway, Katy

• Opened Sept. 6
• 2506 Jordan Ranch Blvd., Ste. 3, Brookshire

A new family-owned restaurant is now open in Katy.

Zooming in: The American-inspired Meltz Grill offers various menu options including cheesesteaks, burgers, gyros, salads and wings, according to its website.

• 2004 S. Mason Road, Ste A1, Katy

Lamar CISD has announced a comprehensive plan to rebuild several secondary campuses in the district’s red track area, including Terry High School and the corresponding George Junior High and Navarro Middle schools.

Zooming in: Occupying nearly $500 million of the 2025 bond’s Proposition A—which aims to open new schools and fund facility repairs—the district’s “Relocating and Rebuilding: Red and Blue” plan begins with new construction at three red track campuses.

The existing buildings will serve as temporary locations for students from Lamar Consolidated High, Lamar Junior High and Wessendorff Middle schools in the blue track, while those schools are rebuilt under the next bond in 2029.

The comparison: Nivens said the plans to replace the red and blue track schools started last year during strategic planning, when parents voiced concern about the comparison between the newer complexes on the outskirts of the district that “didn’t look as good” as the older campuses.

"I don't believe your ZIP code should determine the level of educational facilities that you have or ... your destiny,” he said.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Oct. 2 authorized CenterPoint Energy to issue a customer rate increase—totaling approximately $1.2 billion—to cover repair and recovery costs from Hurricane Beryl and two other Greater Houston storms.

The overview: The restoration costs will add about $2 per month to the average customer’s electricity bill, with the rate change expected to take effect later this year or early next year, according to an Oct. 6 statement from CenterPoint Energy. The decision allows CenterPoint to spread the cost to residential customers across 15 years, saving more than $265 million in interest charges, per the statement. 

Looking back: According to previous Community Impact reporting, more than 2.2 million customers in the Greater Houston area lost power during Hurricane Beryl in July 2024, and over 4,400 Harris County homes were damaged. The Category 1 storm led to an estimated $32 billion in losses nationwide.

Odyssey, a New York-based tech company, has been selected to manage Texas’ $1 billion education savings account program, the state comptroller’s office announced Oct. 6.

The overview: Odyssey will work with the comptroller to launch the program, deemed “Texas Education Freedom Accounts,” ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Families can begin applying for the program early next year, and those accepted will receive thousands of dollars in state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

Zooming in: Odyssey will develop and manage an online platform to administer Texas’ education savings account program. State law also tasks the company with:

• Collecting applications and determining which families are accepted to the program
• Approving vendors for education-related materials and services, such as textbooks, transportation and tutoring
• Reviewing inquiries and complaints about the program
• Advertising the program and communicating with interested families