Making News
Editor's Note: Brooks finding the right blend
City Base Cinema provides a recreation opportunity for visitors to Brooks and adds to its collection of business where people can gather. One of the phrases that gets thrown around in the…
Mission Solar Energy Expands Operations with Solar Cell Manufacturing
Mission Solar Energy is strengthening America’s solar supply chain with a major investment in domestic manufacturing, announcing plans to invest $265 million to add 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar…
How retail reshaped Brooks
Attracting shopping and restaurants has helped make the former military base into a booming neighborhood. Over the last two decades, innovative developers have turned a former Air Force base…
VIA Board of Trustees Elects New Board Chair, Vice Chair
Trustees appointed members to its Executive Committee, which will be sworn in during the January board meeting VIA Metropolitan Transit trustees have elected from within their ranks the…
Brooks: From Air Force Base to Economic Powerhouse
$1.34 Billion Invested, More Than 300 Acres Remain to Develop What began as a decommissioned military base has evolved into a national model for urban redevelopment. Brooks has transformed…
‘The Beast’: At Brooks, human centrifuge is still spinning after 61 years
It’s trained thousands of aviators about the dangers of high gravitational forces. The booming commercial space industry could keep it in business for years to come. Stepping into…
Brooks Receives Federal Funding to Install EV Chargers
24 chargers will be installed at three sites across Brooks The Brooks Development Authority has received $1.7 million in federal funding to support the installation of 24 electric vehicle…
Brooks development on South Side to add first affordable housing projects
Land near the Mission Trail Baptist Hospital at Brooks will be developed into new affordable housing complexes When Leo Gomez took the job as CEO of the Brooks Development Authority in 2013,…
Brooks’ strategy to pack in restaurant chains, franchises pays off for Southeast Side
La Picosa at Brooks is a new shopping center that includes popular franchises such as Crumbl, Dave’s Hot Chicken and Jersey Mike’s. Gabrielle Vasquez had a few minutes before…