In January, Community Impact reported on several new restaurant and business openings as well as several that are coming soon. Here is a look at five of them. 

PBR Food Park and Sports Bar: The new sports bar and activities center, opened on Rayford Road in January. As a sports bar, it offers a variety of sports such as basketball, football, F1 racing and boxing. 

• Opened in January
• 846 Rayford Road, Spring

• Opened Jan. 31
• 24 Waterway Ave., Ste. 160, The Woodlands

Montgomery County commissioners moved Jan. 29 to keep the county’s road bond program moving—approving the paperwork needed to launch the next bond sale and laying out a timeline that could put new construction dollars in precincts by early June.

What this means: County staff told the court the first round of the road bond program has generated about $130 million so far when combining bond proceeds and interest earnings. Officials said roughly $42.9 million has been spent to date, and the program’s cash balance sits around $87 million. Just under $30 million from the initial issuance still remains unassigned, meaning commissioners still have funding left to allocate even as they prepare the next borrowing.

To avoid taking on too much debt at once, staff said the county plans to split the next borrowing into two $60 million sales instead of issuing $120 million in a single tranche. The first $60 million issuance is targeted to close in May, with staff expecting to bring allocations back to commissioners the first week of June. 

After a decade of service to land preservation and environmental activism, Bayou Land Conservancy announced the retirement of Executive Director Jill Boullion in August, according to a Jan. 26 news release.

The details: Boullion is set to officially retire as BLC executive director Aug. 14, according to the news release. Boullion originally joined the organization in 2016 and is considered a “driving force" behind the organization's regional impact. She has overseen multiple successful projects during her tenure, including but not limited to:

• Helped preserve more than 4,000 acres and strategic corridors
• Helped acquire BLC’s 117-acre Arrowwood Preserve
• Oversaw completion of the 15-mile Spring Creek Nature Trail 

Houston’s single-family rental market experienced solid growth in 2025, according to a new update from the Houston Association of Realtors.

Long story short: HAR reports single-family rental leases have increased 9.4% year over year, with a total of 3,283 homes leased in December. There was a 21.2% increase in listings, with 5,486 listings added to the Multiple Listing Service in December compared to 4,525 the prior year.