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Westchase is a district located in western Houston, Texas. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 843 KB) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Nickname: Cigar City, The Big Guava, T-Town Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ...
Westchase is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Hillsborough County, Florida. ...
Nickname: Bayou City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area - City 1,558 km² (601. ...
Westchase has a large business district that has a total of 14.1 million square feet in 98 office buildings, and 1.7 million square feet in 21 service centers and warehouse buildings. Major employers that have offices in Westchase include BMC Software, Halliburton, and ABB Ltd.. It is also a home to the Indonesian Consulate. BMC Software, Inc. ...
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ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas. ...
Fire service
Westchase has the Houston Fire Department Station #83. The Houston Fire Department (HFD) is the agency that provides Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services for the City of Houston, Texas ...
Police service The Houston Police Department's Westside and Uptown Divisions serve the neighborhood. A typical Houston Police Department cruiser The Houston Police Department (often referred to simply as HPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston, Texas, United States. ...
Education
Colleges and universities American InterContinental University Houston is in Westchase. American InterContinental University, commonly called AIU, is an international university founded in 1977, which is owned by Career Education Corporation. ...
Primary and secondary education Most of Westchase, which is south of Westheimer and west of Gessner Road, is zoned to schools in Alief Independent School District, while the parts north of Westheimer and parts east of Gessner Road are zoned to the Houston Independent School District. While Westchase is primarily a commercial district, the district also includes apartments and townhomes with residents. Alief Independent School District is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas. ...
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ...
The school zoning for the Alief ISD portion is as follows:
- The portion inside Beltway 8 south of Westheimer and west of Gessner is zoned to Sneed Elementary School (Sneed Elementary is in the Westchase district), Budewig Intermediate School, and O'Donnell Middle School.
- The portion outside Beltway 8 north of the Westpark Tollway and south of Westheimer is zoned to Outley Elementary School, Budewig Intermediate School, and O'Donnell Middle School.
- The portion outside Beltway 8 south of the Westpark Tollway is zoned to Chancellor Elementary School (Bilingual students go to Youens Elementary School), Owens Intermediate School, and Alief Middle School.
- Westchase students in Alief ISD may attend Elsik, Hastings, and Taylor high schools, as high school assignments in Alief ISD are determined by a lottery.
The school zoning for the Houston ISD portion is as follows: Alief Elsik High School is a secondary school located in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ...
Alief Hastings High School is a secondary school in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ...
Alief Taylor High School is a secondary school located in Alief Independent School District, Houston, Texas. ...
A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ...
- Areas north of Westheimer and west of East Rivercrest are zoned to: Walnut Bend Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School (Revere is located in Westchase) with West Briar Middle School as an option, and Westside High School.
- Areas north of Westheimer, east of East Rivercrest, and west of Gessner are zoned to: Emerson Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School (with West Briar Middle School as an option) and Westside High School.
- Areas west of Gessner (whether north or south of Westheimer) are zoned to: Emerson Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School, and Lee High School with Lamar High School and Westside High School as boundary transfer options.
Three private schools, Alexander-Smith Academy [1], River Oaks Academy, and the Grace Presbyterian Church and School, are in Westchase. Westside High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas. ...
Lee High School (names after Robert E. Lee and formerly named Robert E. Lee High School) is a secondary school located at 6529 Beverly Hill in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77057. ...
Lamar High School Mirabeau B. Lamar High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ...
The area is served by the Robinson-Westchase Branch Library [2] of Houston Public Library. The John P. McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library, located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood The Houston Public Library Heights Branch Meyer Branch Eleanor K. Freed Montrose Branch Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...
Community information The Westchase Park, operated by the City of Houston, is located at 9851 Pagewood [3].
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