Step aside, Punxsutawney Phil. Houston has its own furry weather prognosticator who will provide us the forecast on the end of our Texas “winter”.
Join the Josh C. Freeman Weather Museum as they present their Groundhog Day Gala, Thursday, February 2, beginning at 2:00 pm.
Alamo the Texas Longhorn Groundhog will emerge that morning before a crowd of onlookers to watch for his shadow. If he sees it, of course, it will mean six more weeks of winter weather. Weather Museum meteorologists will of course be in attendance to take note of the forecast.
Visitors can participate in Groundhog Day activities throughout the museum and have the opportunity to take photos with Alamo.
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , Houston , economy
A report by CyberCoders, the recruiting firm and worldwide leader in tracking employment trends in the high-tech sector, states that Houston lead the country in the growth of technology jobs over the past two years.
Houston posted a remarkable 149% growth in tech jobs over that time. Coming in second place was San Jose, California, the hub of Silicon Valley, with a 100% growth. Philadelphia, Dallas, and San Fransisco rounded out the top five.
"We were very intrigued by the findings, especially the fact that Houston beat San Jose for new technology job growth in 2011,” said Heidi Golledge, CEO and co-founder of CyberCoders of the report. “Houston has always been a city rich in energy jobs, but we are now seeing that the demand for new and clean energy has helped fuel the growth in Houston’s tech sector as well.”
Among the tech jobs that show rapid growth in Houston’s are .NET developers, Sharepoint developers, and process engineers. Furthermore, the city has seen a growth in jobs related to the tech sector including business analysts, administrative assistants and financial analysts. This means that the growth of the tech sector is having a strong impact on the city’s overall economy.
Posted on Dec 15, 2011 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , Houston , economy , business
There is good news for Houston’s economic growth prospects for the new year.
According to the 2012 Employment Forecast produced by the Greater Houston Partnership, new jobs in Houston are expected to surge in the year ahead.
84,600 new jobs are expected in the area over the next 12 months. These will be lead by energy sector employment in exploration, production, distribution, and equipment manufacturing, which are predicted to account for one in seven of all jobs created.
Factors for overall growth cited in the report are energy prices, growth in the domestic economy, and the strengthening of the dollar.
Posted on Dec 2, 2011 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , Houston , events , community
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a collection of works from the great Dutch Old Masters at the “Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection” exhibit lasting through February 12.
This collection features more than 60 17th Century masterworks by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Hals, Gerrit Dou and others.
Artists from the Netherlands were the finest in the world during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th Century. These works are noted by their glowing quality of light and feature scenes of historical and Biblical events, portraits, still-lifes, land and seascapes, architectural interiors, and city views.
Exhibit hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Thursdays, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 12:15 pm to 7:00 pm Sundays.
For those who enjoy a touch of art with their miniature golf, Discovery Green has the perfect course for you.
Visit the Insperity Golf Experience at Discovery Green now through December 25, for a round of mini-golf like you’ve never experienced before.
This first-of-its kind attraction is a nine-hole course created by Houston artists. These unique holes include “A Sure Thing”, a narrow ramp that leads directly into a guaranteed hole-in-one, and “The Galactic Forfeit Cowboy Lounge”, a larger-than-life pin-ball machine where golfers use a spring launcher to sink their putts.
The hours of operation are Thursdays through Sundays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm for the general public and Mondays through Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm for private parties with a minimum of 24 people and an advanced reservation.
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , lifestyle , events , community
Houston is one of America’s most diverse cities. To travel the city can be like traveling to see cultures from across the world. One can enjoy an endless variety of foods, music, dancing and cultural identities made by people from virtually any corner of the globe.
A great part of this experience is learning what makes the various people’s of the world so similar.
Now you can view this first-hand at RACE: Are We So Different?, an exhibit at the Health Museum of Houston now through January 1, 2012.
This exhibit, developed by the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota, is the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical points of view.
Posted on May 3, 2010 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , Houston
For developers and builders in Houston, weary from slow sales and pessimistic forecasting, it appears the tides may be turning in their favor. In a new statistic released this week, the government says sales of new homes surged 26.9 percent in March. This is the largest one-month gain in five decades.
The Department of Commerce report “Texas sales of single-family homes were at an annual rate of 411,000 in March and new home sales were up 23.8 percent from a year earlier.”
Sales of single-family homes in the Houston market posted a 10.8 percent increase in March which was more good news for the approximately 7 month supply (nearly 230,000 in inventory) of new homes on the market at the end of March.
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , homebuyers
Experts say it’s all about appealing to the homebuyers’ “wish list” – and offering a plan that not only fits their needs, but is also tailored to the way they really want to live.
“We found that homeowners are willing to pay more to get the size home they want – and the features they want,” says Gopal Ahluwalia, vice president of research for the National Association of Home Builders, summarizing NAHB’s annual consumer preferences study at the International Builders Show in February.
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , Houston
A report issued Friday by IHS Global Insight confirms the local economist’s optimistic observations regarding the stability of Houston home prices, which is music to the ears of Houston area development groups.
Across the country, house prices in extremely overvalued U.S. metropolitan areas declined nearly 37 percent on average between 2005, the peak of the real estate bubble, and the end of 2009 when prices stabilized, according to IHS’s fourth quarter 2009 report.
Posted on Dec 1, 2009 | Tagged in: Mischer Development , builder
To most passer-byers the Vintage Park is an upscale retail center, but what lies beneath the Mediterranean-styled architecture and well-manicured landscaping is more than stores and restaurants.
In 2004 Walter Mischer Sr. persuaded Vincent Kickerillo to join forces in a real estate deal that would change Northwest Houston with the purchase of a 630-acre tract of land at Louetta Road and Highway 249.
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