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About The City of Tomball,
Texas
THE
TOMBALL, TEXAS STORYThe bigger Tomball gets, the more it seems to resemble a small
town. It’s not the predominance of quaint buildings farmhouses
or front porch evenings. It’s the people who live here who make
the real difference. They are the ones who pull together to
better the community. The courtesy of a kind word is extended to
acquaintances and strangers alike, and a handshake means more
than anything you could put down on paper does.
It’s the friends and
neighbors, for instance, who got together to create TOMAGWA
Ministries, a medical assistance organization, as well as the
popular and very Tomball Community Center. They’re also the ones
who built the Roy Campbell Burroughs Park, which offers areas
for use by all children, including those with disabilities.
In Tomball, the motivation
comes not so much from civic duty as it does from something like
the devotion felt within a family. You are invited to join
theirs.
QUALITY OF LIFE
There are numerous
cultural, recreational and sports activities located in the
Tomball area. Major events, facilities and professional sports
teams are found in nearby Houston. In addition, overall
lifestyle is enhanced by the forested beauty and streams found
in the local area.
PARKS AND RECREATION
Phase One of Burroughs Park, a 330-acre Harris County
recreational area, is northeast of Tomball. Designed as a
multi-use park, The Playground For All Children meets the needs
of disabled children. It is totally wheel chair accessible, and
includes a lake, lighted and unlighted ball fields, concession
stands, pavilion, pathways and picnic sites.
Spring Creek Park, at the northwest edge of Tomball, has 110
covered picnic tables, basketball and tennis courts, ball
fields, camping, RV hookups and a playground. Smaller local
facilities include Juergens Park, Matthews Park, and Dyess Park.
The Tomball Sports Association, Cypress Creek YMCA, and Tomball
Redcat Football groups run youth sports programs.
Golf is played at Tomball Country Club (9 holes), Treeline Golf
Course and Houston Oaks Golf Club (formerly Links at Tennwood)
featuring 18 holes. Tomball is also close to the 81 hole golfing
complex at the Woodlands and several more courses in the FM 1960
area.
Full
Listings of Parks
SETTING AND ATTRACTION
Including about 300 square miles of land in Northwest Harris
County, the Tomball market area contains open rural territory,
as well as abundant forested land. The availability of ample
scenic land at attractive prices has been a strong factor. Also,
the land elevation is higher than that in most other Houston
areas, a condition that reduces flooding. Local growth has also
been facilitated by the reasonable commute via State Highway 249
to the job base in Houston. Tomball’s robust commercial growth
of recent years has led to the creation of thousands of jobs
locally particularly in the retail, medical and services
categories.
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