Date:
July 7, 2014
Contact:
Meredith Brown 281-440-4160
Events & Marketing Manager
Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Earns $1,000 Donation From H.E.B. to Fund Green Sides Project
Houston, Spring, Klein, Cypress – The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Foundation, a 501
(c) 3 non-profit corporation, recently won and was awarded a $1,000 donation from H.E.B. to help plant
trees and aid in further beautification projects along Cypress Creek Parkway (FM 1960).
H.E.B. hosted a “Primo Pick Party”, where patrons completed a passport by visiting tasting stations
located throughout the Vintage Park location store during a limited window of time and returned them to
Chamber volunteers. The Chamber Foundation was required to secure at least 100 completed passports
in order to earn the $1,000 donation. 139 passports were collected and the donation will be used by the
Chamber’s Foundation for Green Sides projects.
The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce and the Foundation are committed to serving our
business community and building the economic health of the region. Studies show that an aesthetically
pleasing environment attracts new business. In the past several years, the Chamber and the Chamber
Foundation completed a major landscaping project which placed trees, shrubs, and flowers on a nine mile
stretch of FM 1960 (Cypress Creek Parkway) from I 45 to Mills Road (just west of 249).
The Green Sides project will plant trees on pre-approved private property of businesses that border
Cypress Creek Parkway. The goal is to reforest the corridor and to make the businesses more appealing
to customers, soften the hardscape, and to help minimize the view of unsightly telephone poles and
billboards.
For more information about the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce or the Houston Northwest
Chamber Foundation, contact the Houston Northwest Chamber at 281-440-4160 or visit the web at
www.HoustonNWChamber.org. For more information about “Grow Northwest”, go to
www.GrowHoustonNW.com . The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce has enjoyed 40 years of
service in north Houston, Spring, Klein, Champions, FM 1960, FM 2920, SH 249 and Sam Houston
Tollway Corridors. The Chamber has over 700 members and is committed to its mission of developing
successful businesses and a thriving community.
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Pictured: Art Barasch, Chamber Ambassador and Kaley Frye, Chamber Operations Manager and H.E.B.
patrons completing contest passports.