In January, Serendipity Veterinary Hospital opened its doors. The hospital is owned and operated by veterinarian Shelby Wauson, a Magnolia local, alongside her husband and two children.

Staying local: Serendipity Veterinary Hospital is a single-doctor practice run by Wauson, who said the reasoning behind this is the value she puts on community and family. The hospital's hours run Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Wauson said they see urgent and emergency walk-ins before 3 p.m. and then on a case-by-case basis after 3 p.m., as well as scheduled appointments.

Quote of note: “We hope to remain a close-knit, community-driven practice who remembers your pet and your family, " Wauson said. “We want to be an integral part of our community."

• 21941 Rosehill Reserve Drive, Ste. 106, Tomball

Italian eatery Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen will open its first Houston-area restaurant along Jones Road, the business announced on social media.

What they offer: Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen specializes in New York and New Jersey-style thin-crust pizza, which may be ordered by the slice or as a whole pie, per its website. The fast-casual restaurant also serves traditional Philly cheesesteaks and other sub sandwiches.

Additional menu items include a variety of Italian street foods, such as panzerotti, calzones, fried ravioli and arancini balls, as well as wings and desserts.

More details: Founder Brian Petruzzi said the restaurant sources its pizza dough from Brooklyn and its cheesesteak rolls from Philadelphia. He also said the Houston shop will serve ribeye from local Texas farms.

Located at the corner of Jones Road and Ranchstone Drive, the Cy-Fair pizza shop marks the first Texas franchise location for the Florida-based business, Petruzzi said.

• Estimated opening in mid-April
• 9618 Jones Road, Houston

Several road improvements are underway and coming soon across the Houston region. Here are some projects to keep an eye on.

Latest update: Construction bids for the $81 million Greenhouse Road overpass project are now being accepted, Harris County Precinct 3 officials said. 

According to details shared by Harris County MUD 500 and Caldwell Companies, the new Greenhouse Road underpass will include an expanded overpass on Hwy. 290, a tunnel structure underneath the Union Pacific railroad and additional sidewalks and pedestrian crossings.

Other projects: The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority is expanding Westpark Tollway an additional four miles, bringing its new end to Charger Way. The first 2-mile extension of the project opened Feb. 28, more than eight months ahead of schedule.

Additionally, a portion of FM 1960 was widened from a four-lane asphalt roadway to a six-lane divided concrete roadway with a raised median, curbs and gutters, channelized left-turn lanes and 5-foot sidewalks on both sides of the roadway.