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Three Bay Area businesses or trends to follow

Here are a few things that might've caught your eye last week if you live, work, or play in the Bay Area.

Webster saw the opening of Altitude Trampoline Park, a 40,000 square foot recreation complex on the Gulf Freeway.

This is significant because Webster is becoming the place to be by attracting major brands and companies like Chicken N Pickle, which opened earlier this year, and Great Wolf Lodge, which is expected to open in August.

If you have a love for Galveston's history, you might this fascinating: A mother and daughter interior designer team spent eight years restoring the 1874 Guest House, which survived the 1900 hurricane and being a student fraternity house in the 1930s.

Other stories highlighted in this week's Bay Area Insider include a U.S. Coast rescue, top alcohol sellers in the suburbs, and future inflatable moon habitats at NASA.

Read on.

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

The indoor entertainment complex is known for its various attractions such as trampolines, extreme dodgeball, aero strike, and play areas for kids.

Photo by: City Of Webster

New Webster Altitude Trampoline Park opens near Great Wolf

Webster opens Altitude Trampoline Park, a 40,000 square foot complex known for glow parties, extreme dodgeball and other family activities.

On Dec. 5, 2022, NASA's Orion spacecraft captured this image of the moon during the Artemis I mission.

Photo by: NASA

UH to create inflatable moon habitats and other expandable structures

The University of Houston will use a $5 million from NASA to create expandable and inflatable habitats for the moon and Mars.

Photo by: Sawyer Park

Gringo's, Perry's and other the top alcohol seller in the Houston suburbs

From Friendswood and Galveston to Pasadena and Katy, here are the top seller of alcohol in the suburbs, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Growing Bay Area

Backed by funding from Houston Methodist, Legacy Community Health's new Pasadena clinic is expected to serve 50,000 patients in the area.

Photo by: Legacy Southmore Pasadena

$20 million affordable health care clinic breaks ground in Pasadena

Houston Methodist and Legacy Community Health has broken ground on a $20 million affordable health care clinic in Pasadena scheduled to open in 2025.

Openings and Closings

There's a new Tex Mex hot spot in Deer Park. El Rancho Grande Tex-Mex opened in April and serves traditional Tex Mex-style staples.

Address: 2424 Center St, Deer Park.

Shout out

Congratulations to the 2024 inductees to the Clear Creek ISD Athletic Hall of Honor:

Student honorees

Darrell Williams, Clear Creek High School, 1972 (Cross Country/Track)

Fred Machell, Clear Lake High School, 1974 (Diving)

Scott Jones, Clear Lake High School, 1980 (Cross Country/Track)

James Patton, Clear Creek High School, 1988 (Football)

Brendan Daly, Clear Creek High School, 1991 (Baseball)

Bryce Cramer, Clear Creek High School, 1991 (Cross Country/Track)

Chameka Scott, Clear Brook High School, 2002 (Basketball)

Team honorees

Clear Lake High School Girls Volleyball, 1984 (UIL 5A State Champions)

Clear Brook High School Girls Track, 1988 (UIL 4A State Champions)

One last thing …

The Houston Chronicle's Matt Young writes about The Houston Eagles, who were part of the history of Houston's Negro Leagues. Find out how long they lasted and why they left.