A new 10,000-square-foot emergency supply warehouse for Montgomery County Precinct 4 will soon be completed in New Caney.

The overview: The warehouse will be used to store emergency supplies—such as water and cots—that can be used during natural disasters. Construction is expected to be completed by June 1.

Previously, Precinct 4’s emergency supplies were kept in Conroe, but the new warehouse should provide quicker access to needed materials, officials said.

What else? Construction on the warehouse began in May, and the facility is located in the East Montgomery County Industrial Park.

• Construction expected to be completed by June 1
• EMCID Industrial Park, Gene Campbell Road and W. Industrial Parkway, New Caney (exact address TBD)

Roman Forest City Council members approved the appointment of Montgomery County Emergency Services District 7 Fire Chief Howard Rinewalt to serve as Position 3 council member for the remainder of the term. 

The details: Council members approved the appointment with a 2-1 vote during the council’s May 18 meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Mitchell Davis cast the dissenting vote, while council member Larry Sanders was not present for the meeting.

The appointment is coming about two months after former Position 3 council member Jerry Reasner announced his resignation from the position following the death of a family member.

A closer look: Before casting the dissenting vote, Davis had nominated Linda Stewart to fill the position. Stewart ran for the Place 2 council member position last November but lost to council member David Mullane by nine votes.

What’s next: Rinewalt is set to serve in the Place 3 council member position until it is up for reelection in November.

Houston officials officially dedicated George Bush Intercontinental Airport's Terminal E in honor of the late former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a May 18 ceremony, officials announced in a May 18 news release.

Career history: Jackson Lee represented Texas' 18th Congressional District—which includes IAH—for more than three decades. Jackson Lee died at age 74 in July 2024 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, as previously reported by Community Impact.

During her tenure, Jackson Lee advocated for aviation security, federal transportation investment and infrastructure improvements, and helped secure more than $125 million for Houston airports, per the release.

The impact: Houston City Council voted unanimously to rename Terminal E to "Sheila Jackson Lee Terminal E" in April 2025, as previously reported.

During the May 18 ceremony, a 500-pound memorial plaque featuring a portrait of Jackson Lee was unveiled. In the coming weeks, the plaque will be permanently installed inside the terminal's international concourse beyond the TSA security checkpoint.

Bristol Myers Squibb—a biopharmaceutical company—is considering building a roughly 600,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in McCord Development's Generation Park, according to a May 16 tax incentive application posted on the Texas Comptroller's website.

The details: The pharmaceutical company—which produces medications such as Eliquis, a blood thinner, and Opdivo, a cancer treatment, according to the company’s website—filed a tax abatement application through the Texas Comptroller’s Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation program.

The proposed project would create around 490 new jobs, per the application.

The timeline: According to the application, construction on the project would begin in 2027 and wrap up in 2029, with commercial operations beginning in 2030. The incentive period would run from 2030-39

The impact: In the application, company officials noted that total capital investment in the project is estimated to be approximately $1 billion.

Some context: In September, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company—or Lilly—announced its plans to build a $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in the community, as previously reported by Community Impact.