HTX-BAY: Impact 10/22/2025

Jason Brown started playing the trumpet in sixth grade, but he wanted to quit before entering Dickinson High School because he was intimidated, he said.

He stuck it out, signed up for band freshman year and loved it—so much in fact that he went on to earn a music business degree from the University of Houston and turned to coaching as a career.

It was this pivot that led him to start his business, JB’s Music School.

The backstory: Browne started JB's Music School in 2015, and six months later, he was coaching 76 students on audition preparation, music theory, range, multiple tonguing and sight reading.

• 316 Bay Spring Drive, League City

Quick Quack Car Wash opened a new location in Texas City on Oct. 21, according to a social media post from the business. 

The details: Quick Quack offers car washes with technology, such as a three-step paint sealant process and ceramic coating, according to the company’s website.

• 3325 Palmer Highway, Texas City

The nonprofit Harris County Public Library Foundation has officially launched, a press release from the organization announced. 

What to know: The nonprofit is dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services for the more than 5 million residents of Harris County and was established to champion the library's mission and secure financial support to expand its services and collections of materials and resources according to the foundation's website.

What else: The HCPL Foundation will hold its first annual Booked for Lunch event on Nov. 10 at the Junior League of Houston. The 2025 Booked for Lunch event is specifically focused on raising funds to increase the quantity of both printed and digital books in the Harris County Public Library collection and reduce wait times for borrowers.

In November, Harris County Commissioners Court will consider a worksite safety policy proposal seeking to standardize safety protocols countywide in order to reduce injuries and strengthen worker protections on authorized construction sites. 

By the numbers: Workplace injuries in 2021 cost $167 billion and amounted to $47.4 billion in wage and productivity losses, according to a 2024 report from a Houston-based Occupational Safety and Health Administration training organization.

The experts: Linda Morales is the organizing coordinator at the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation. Harris County’s current contractor safety record policy is taken into account during the bidding process, Morales said, where contractors and subcontractors must show a proven safety record that complies with industry standards.

In their words: “What it does is that it helps prevent habitual violators of health and safety standards from operating on Harris County projects, but what they don’t have is a policy that addresses real-time safety issues that arise on county projects," Morales said.