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Comment by:
LSH on Mar. 8th, 2010 - 1:30pm
Who cares if its in New Caney?? Its close enough to Houston, Alvin, Friendswood, Katy or surrounding metro areas. Why be ticked off about it? Seriously? The point is...its going to be awesome when its built. We needed something like this after Astroworld closed down. Let's just hope ticket prices are reasonable and not so high you cant afford to even visit there.
Comment by:
BCF on Mar. 8th, 2010 - 10:38am
Really ticked off about being told we're in Houston. New Caney NEW CANEY, New Caney, maybe if we repeat it often enough.
Yeah right!
Comment by:
Joe on Feb. 25th, 2010 - 1:41pm
Captcha code has been added to the comments form, to prevent all the spammy stuff we've been getting lately. --Joe
Comment by:
PorterResident on Feb. 24th, 2010 - 7:30am
I had heard a month or so ago that they hope to have funding completed by 2nd Quarter 2010. If so, plans were to begin construction in the 3rd or 4th Quarter 2010. I am sure funding is the main issue these days but I was also told that they have a couple of different options and were fairly confident they would be able to secure what they needed.
Comment by:
bobbo on Feb. 22nd, 2010 - 3:07pm
The Developer Listed Marlin Atlantis does not even mention this place on his website???????
Comment by:
Brandon Nguyen / Meyerland on Feb. 20th, 2010 - 12:55pm
This would be an awesome place for hosting birthday parties!
Comment by:
You have to eat! on Feb. 18th, 2010 - 5:54pm
A T-Rex Cafe like they have in Kansas City would be an awesome attraction.
Comment by:
SDY on Feb. 17th, 2010 - 10:20pm
This park is being constructed in New
Caney Texas. New Caney is in MONTGOMERY County. We are NOT and WILL NEVER BE NORTH HARRIS/HOUSTON. Please be correct in the location.
Comment by:
PorterResident on Feb. 17th, 2010 - 10:17am
If I am not mistaken, the election held back in November will prevent City of Houston from annexing that area. Thank goodness. I have no interest in EVER being part of The City of Houston.
Comment by:
Bill M on Jan. 19th, 2010 - 11:15am
I just received an email for the Earth Quest Institute with an update on the theme park. You can be added to their mailing list by going to: http://www.earthquestinstitute.org
The email was as follows:
Welcome to EarthQuest
We are delighted to kick off 2010 with the first edition of the EarthQuest Newsletter. Here you will find monthly updates on the EarthQuest project, short articles and contributions from the EarthQuest team, and special contributions from our friends and colleagues from around the world. In future editions we will offer links to articles and information we find interesting, and a special quiz feature that will award prizes to a lucky reader.
A Note from the The EarthQuest Institute Chief Science Officer:
Dear Friends,
As we start off 2010, I am struck by the fact that we live in such an exciting, challenging time in history. We face unprecedented challenges, as well as incredible opportunities. Our planet and its ecosystems are under incredible pressure from the impact of human development, yet our capacity to be innovative and respond to challenges has never been greater. But there is much work to be done and that is where the EarthQuest Institute fits in.
The EarthQuest Institute will be a state-of-the-art sustainability education, research and communication center located on the site of the new EarthQuest Adventures Theme Park and Resort. The Institute, a non-profit organization, will be a platform for a new global conversation about how we as a society can meet our needs for energy, resources and economic development, without sacrificing our planet and the natural systems upon which we all depend.
The Institute will be housed in a building that reflects the latest in energy conservation technologies, where the people from all walks of life, business people, scientists and engineers from around the world will be invited to interact, share ideas and talk about how we can live on this planet and do so in such a way that maintains the health of our planet and its natural systems. It will be filled with exhibits, new technologies and interactive displays, and will offer education and communication programs the likes of which the world has never seen.
We are so excited about the EarthQuest project, and the journey we are about to embark on. We invite you to share your ideas, your visions and your hopes for what we can accomplish. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at ideas@earthquestinstitute.org.
Best Wishes for the New Year,
Dr. Matthew Gardner
Chief Science Officer
EarthQuest Institute
EarthQuest Quiz
The average American household uses approximately 940 kWh of electricity per year. Which of the following uses the largest percentage of electricity in our homes? Air conditioning, home electronics, or heating?
Send your answer to quiz@earthquestinstitute.org by 5pm EST, February 1, 2010. All correct answers will be entered into a drawing for an EarthQuest Institute shirt!
Questions or Ideas for EarthQuest?
Do you have any questions for the EarthQuest Institute? A topic you would like to see covered? An idea for an exhibit? Please send your questions and ideas to info@earthquestinstitute.org to contact our team. Due to the volume of questions we receive we will not be able to answer all questions. We will publish the questions and comments we think are of general interest to our readers in our next newsletter.
Support the EarthQuest Institute
The EarthQuest Institute needs your suppport! Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the EarthQuest Institute to help us realize our vision. Supporters may be recognized in a variety of ways, including having their names inscribed in the entrance to the Institute, and receiving VIP invitations to the EQI grand opening festivities. For more information on how to support the EarthQuest Institute, please email info@earthquestinstitute.org, or call us at (866) 559-4006
Learning With Fun –
The EarthQuest Resort’s Key to Meaningful Play!
The primary mission at the EarthQuest Resort is to provide a uniquely satisfying and engaging experience for our guests. We always remind everyone that if it isn’t fun, people won’t come. And while we have an underpinning message that permeates the entire project, it cannot be an overt lecture, but rather a more subtle statement in our design composition. We have to put FUN FIRST in order to attract more guests and to keep them coming back.
This is not a new idea, but it is something that is often overlooked by people who are passionate about their message. In order to reach an audience, you need to engage their attention. But if you begin preaching, you’ve lost before you’ve begun.
To provide further information for those who want more, we have planned a mixture of techniques. Let’s look at the Rapid Runners attraction as an example. On the surface, it’s a round rubber raft that floats down a flume with splashes, twists, turns and the opportunity to get wet from waterfalls and waves. Great. Simple, repeatable fun.
However, while walking through the queue and on the ride, there will be entertaining examples providing information about fresh water in the world. Should the guest be interested, there will be a game where they will be required to find answers to questions such as: How many gallons per minute flow through the Rapid Runners’ flume and how many gallons are used each month by an average person in Houston? What’s the vertical drop on Rapid Runners? If this was a 200' wide tributary to the Amazon River, how much would the vertical shift be in the dry versus the wet season?
These facts can be found in the ride if the guests keep their eyes and ears open and focused. As the answers are discovered, they’ll have the opportunity to take note and record their answers to their personalized online account through their cell phones. Their tally on the day will place them in a competition to earn prizes and awards.
If they want to learn even more, there will be links to the appropriate sections of the EarthQuest Institute – both on the property as well as on the web – where detailed information will be available to learn about the steps to help conserve precious freshwater resources.
Like walking through a giant Video Game! Learning has never been so much fun!
Chris Brown is the President of Contour Entertainment, a Theme Park and Entertainment design and engineering company based in Van Nuys, California. Contour is the firm responsible for the design and engineering of the EarthQuest Theme Park and Resort.
Don's Corner
Welcome to EarthQuest, a quest we all share. We know where we want to be - living in ways to sustain a healthy planet. But it's getting there that presents so great a challenge. I've spent years opening small windows into the wonder of life past and present as a popularizer of science, especially for the young. But like all of us I want to throw open a much larger door to the appreciation and preservation of our world. EarthQuest is one such portal.
I and many others on the EarthQuest team seek to provide a physical and virtual hub for sustainability learning. Toward that end, we've come up with a plan. But first a philosophy: engage the audience, as wide an audience as possible. Help them appreciate the wonder, the diversity, and the fragility of our planet. Only then, will we find all of us newly committed to learn ways-of-life that are healthier for us and our world.
The plan is to create a place we can go to see sustainable living and learning and apply it to our own lives. That place is the EarthQuest Institute, and it will come to Houston in just a few years. Surrounded by a host of nature-based attractions from themed environments to threatened species breeding habitats, the EarthQuest Institute will benefit from the millions of visitors to the EarthQuest Park. And those many visitors will have a chance to benefit from what EarthQuest has to offer.
But we aren't waiting until the Institute is completed to begin our work. Our soon-to-be-launched outreach programs in the Houston community and the exciting on-line programs under development are meant to convey to people worldwide content that follows the intent -- the quest to make a better world.
Don Lessem is the founder, and Chief Creative Officer of the EarthQuest Institute.
This is a very exciting project for the Houston area. It will create many needed jobs and help boost the economy.
Comment by:
Small Town Celebrity on Jan. 10th, 2010 - 7:18pm
Mr. Moblu, I- am not a Mr.- That would be Mrs., and I still own the properties I have there. So, your presumptions fail you. It's kind of bizarre the way you jump to defend the druggies there and respond extremely rudely to my comment. (You don't want me for a neighbor because I despise drug users, and I don't want you for a neighbor because you cover up for them!) I had over $20,000 worth of appliances, wiring, central a/h, & well pumps etc stole from my properties which dopeheads scrapped out to get high on (and yes, I am very bitter about that). I'm glad I got my children away from there, half the friends they had there now have their teeth rotted out from using drugs, the other half are on pills. Keep your New Caney and rude comments to yourself. I was only being honest.
Comment by:
R.W. on Jan. 8th, 2010 - 1:07pm
I have heard talk of these park . when will const. begain...would like to know. Thanks
Comment by:
JT on Jan. 5th, 2010 - 1:27pm
Joe; thanks for the motivational speech! An for whats it worth I have been a long time friend of the Conroe mayor and I can assure you they have no immediate plans whatsoever to move out to EMC. ETJ's are no special secret. The Houston ETJ into EMC has been on paper long before the theme park project came on board.
Comment by:
Joe on Dec. 31st, 2009 - 9:30am
The City of Houston is already planning to annex to Roman Forest blvd. That is the extent of their reach as far as the ETJ goes. Check their website and you will see it for yourself. Also, Conroe is racing down Fm 1314, 1485 and 242. You can see it on their website as well. If Houston does annex to Rman Forest then Conroe will be blocked by the new ETJ extension for Houston.
Comment by:
moblu on Dec. 28th, 2009 - 6:22pm
Hi M.J. I'm not involved with the park, but I am a property owner (very near the park), and I try to keep myself informed, so I'll take a shot at your questions.
1."Is the Dinosaur Park still on for Building or is it on hold again?"
I don't think it's ever been "on hold", just slowed. A project of this magnitude takes time to plan and secure financing, especially when (as in this case), it's grown hugely from it's original concept. Also, given the fact that they had the first fund raiser event for the (nonprofit) Earthquest Institute earlier this month, it seems that plans are moving along fine. If they weren't, I think they might have some legal issues with soliciting and accepting donations. Apparently they did discuss the (for profit) Earthquest Adventures also, and displayed a model of the park. (sure would like to see some pics...anybody?)
2."Will this be good for the Community as a whole?"
Absolutely! The creation of jobs, and prosperity for local business is undeniably wonderful. The huge tax base, over time will bring many improvements to the area. It will bring so much excitement to the community, as we watch the construction begin, with roller coasters, and even a mountain being erected into our skyline. The theives, pimps, and drug pushers will be chomping at the bit! (just kidding on that last one...that was for you again Mr. Small).
Actually M.J., I understand your desire to want to live in a small, quiet, peaceful town. As a matter of fact, I'm totally with you on that. However, I can't deny that for the good of the community "as a whole" (not just the present, but the future residents), this project is a wonderful, wonderful thing. If I can't stand the noise, I'll gladly sell my home and move somewhere quiet. And think about it...with the increased value of our present property and the great buyer's market that exists elsewhere, we should be able to upgrade rather nicely.
3."Will this bring New Caney into The City of Houston, so our Property Taxes can go up..."
EMCID had a sales tax vote to increase sales tax by 1/2 cent, that would go through EMCID to the fire dept. This should deter annexation by Houston, because they would not be able to touch those funds, and it caps us out at 8.25%.
However, annexation or not, our property taxes are definitely going up. Mine has already more than doubled over the past two years (on my land...not my home), and they haven't even broke ground yet. But the bright side is, increased taxes means increased value, and I can't complain about that. I'm no expert on the subject, but as for homesteads (unless you're next door to the park or other prime commercial property), I wouldn't think you should worry too much about your property taxes skyrocketing.
Comment by:
M.J. on Dec. 28th, 2009 - 1:27pm
lol.....I'm still waiting on answers to my Questions...is there anyone that is involved in this Project that is watcing what is being said here? Are there any Staff Persons of this Page involved in this Discussion? I feel my questions are legitt to those that own Property in this area of New Caney.
If I am wasting my time by posting my thoughts here I will stop...
As far as the Drugs in New Caney. I must agree Drugs are everywhere that there are people, and with Drugs come other thing such as Gangs, Theft, Prostitution, ect....
If a Person doesn't protect what they have it could be stolen or vandelized, regaurdless of your location. The Geographic Location of New Caney has little to do with it imho...But it is nice that folks are aware of what is around them. Be aware of your surroundings, when I was grwoing up it was what I was taught. Good Concept....:)
Waiting on my question to be answered....
Comment by:
moblu on Dec. 27th, 2009 - 10:33pm
Okay, how about we get some positive stuff going again. Anybody out there have any info from the Earthquest Institute fund raiser, that they had a couple of weeks ago?
Comment by:
moblu on Dec. 27th, 2009 - 10:19pm
I've lived in New Caney since 2000, and personally have had no problems with anyone. Of course drug crime exists here as it does in all communities, but in my opinion far less than the Houston suburbs, where I moved from. I don't know...maybe you've had some bad experiences out here, but to make such a blanket (untrue) statement like that, to paint such a negative picture of the community is just wrong. I have to say "Mr. Small", with such disdain for our community, you sound a bit bitter. Aww...don't tell me...you sold your property...dirt cheap (or maybe you're just the type of person that I'm glad to no longer have as a neighbor).
Comment by:
Small Town Celebrity on Dec. 26th, 2009 - 9:59pm
I lived in the New Caney/Splendora area from 1990-2007, and I have to say, if you've got anything of value outside it beter be BOLTED down or it will be stolen and sold for meth, crack, or pill money. Better put some barbed wire around the top of that fence guys. Good luck Dino Land.
Comment by:
M.J. on Dec. 16th, 2009 - 1:40pm
Is the Dinosaur Park still on for Building or is it on hold again?
Will this be good for the Community as a whole?
Will this bring New Caney into The City of Houston, so our Property Tax's can go up to a point that we can't pay them?
I for one don't want the Dyno Park here. I like it just the way it is now, a small Country Community. Granted its not as small as it was back in the early 70's. But with the Growth of this area in the last few decades, and seeing where it could possibly be headed, it makes me want to look for another place to live.
To the Corporation that is thinking of doing this, what would you think if someone was wanting to do this in your back yard?
The last thing I want to see is Building sticking up in a New, New Caney Skyline...
Buy Land and Build elsewhere...If you Build here I will move most likely. Best of luck in your indevors.
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