Convenience Big Store: Here's what's new at Baybrook Mall including a farmer's market

Here's what's new at Baybrook Mall, including a farmer's market, new exhibit.

When was the last time you went to Baybrook Mall?

Last weekend, last Christmas?

If you're not a regular visitor, it might seem like a different mall experience every time.

New stores, more restaurants, more outdoor attractions, another parking lot and more people, which is good for The Heart Gallery of Greater Houston and Bay Area Farmers Market, two ongoing events/exhibits that benefit from the continuing expansion and popularity of the mall.

The Heart Gallery is a photo exhibit that creates awareness of children in Harris County foster care waiting for adoption, and it will be there through December.

At the outdoor Bay Area Farmers Market, vendors are there every Sunday bringing gifts: fresh produce, homemade candles, and soaps, baked good and so much more.

If you haven't been to Baybrook Mall lately, there's a lot more going on than shopping.

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

An associate packs boxes at an Amazon fulfillment center in Houston. The company announced partnerships with nine Texas colleges to provide access to education for hourly employees.

Photo by: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

Amazon will hire 5,100 employees in Houston ahead of the holidays.

Amazon plans to hire 5,100 employees for holiday season in Galveston, Fort Bend, Galveston and Montgomery counties.

Education

First-semester nursing student Oleksandr Bulat, left, listens along fellow first-year students to instructions about immunization procedures at Lone Star College - North Harris, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Houston. Bulat was one of two men in the 20-person class. Lone Star's overall enrollment is 58 percent female which follows a trend in high-education enrollment nationally.

Photo by: Jason Fochtman/Staff Photographer

Houston colleges report a gender gap in fall enrollment, continuing decades-long trend.

Many Texas colleges and universities reported higher numbers of female students in their freshman classes despite a Texas population that is split evenly between men and women.

Openings and Closings

Aisha's Salon & Spa opened a Friendswood location in the summer. The full-service salon and spa serves all beauty needs, including hair styling and coloring, facials, waxes, lashes, henna and makeup.
There are more than 20 locations in Houston, Pearland, Webster and now Friendswood.

Address: 417 East Parkwood, Friendswood.
Phone: 832-466-5363

Shout out

Congratulations to Clear Creek ISD art students, whose artwork was on display during this year's Texas Association of School Boards Fall Conference held Sept. 28-Oct.1.

Clear Creek ISD submitted eight pieces of art from students across the district.
Each year Texas Association of School Administrators meets and highlights artwork from students in Pre-K-12th grade from districts all over the state.

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