New park gives Westchase families reason to cheer

City buying two plots using funds set aside for neighborhood green space

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An empty field that the city of Houston is buying to create a park, sits across from the Westchase Library.Michael Ciaglo/Staff

A school bus screeches to a halt outside the Westchase Grand Apartments, and dozens of kids bounce out with energy to burn. The heat has finally broken, so the apartment pool is out. What about a park?

Today, that would mean loading up the car and heading at least 3 miles down a highway into the teeth of rush hour.

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