Baytown, Texas

BAYTOWN, TEXAS it is occupied,” Davis reveals. “We had a grand opening celebration at which we premiered a documentary on the Brunson Theater that soon will be available on Netflix. We tag-teamed with a production company to put that together and it features many of our citizens who had memories of that establishment. The northern half of the building not only plays host to the Tourism Division of Public Affairs, it also serves as our Welcome Center. And we’re looking into other uses for that visitor center side, perhaps even doing some educational programming, or making available some specialty advertising items bearing the city’s logo. To the south end, we have set up our entrepreneurial business center and we are in the process of finalizing that area so that it can be occupied by people who would like a hip business address in the heart of our historic district. So, we’ve preserved a very important landmark for our citizens, and it’s all ready to go.” Two completed housing projects downtown are the Old Del Mont Hotel Building, which now has eight new residential units, and the 612 lofts, with 34 upscale apartments, located across from Lee College and next to Baytown’s Historic Oak Tree. “And they’ve been beautiful additions to our downtown area,” says Davis. “We’ve also seen some new restaurants come in – a new Mexican restaurant on Texas Ave., and a very successful ice cream establishment, as well as a Japanese restaurant. So, we are putting heads in beds and feet on the street.” “There is also a building directly to the west of