Holiday Festivities True to Heart

By Caron Lopez – Christmas, in all its glory, rests in the hearts of those who endear the Christmas scripture: a story of love, giving and inspiration. Make this Christmas holiday a Once Upon a Christmas story for your family. Simply the greatest gift you can give your family is the love you can share...

Miracle on Morton Street

Jingle all the way to Richmond to celebrate the City’s exciting and beautiful Christmas soiree, Miracle on Morton Street. The Historic Richmond Association is proud to present this annual event to honor military men and women on Saturday, December 7th from 10 am to 7 pm in downtown Richmond. This event...

absolutely! Brazos Happy1st Birthday

By Patti Parish-Kaminski –  Happy Birthday to . . . us!  At absolutely! focus media, we can hardly believe it’s been a year since we launched absolutely! Brazos to highlight the people, places and happenings in West Fort Bend! And, what a fun-filled, busy year it has been!  We’ve met so many of...

Holiday Survival Guide for Families with Autism

Hope for Three, a Fort Bend-based nonprofit whose mission is to raise community awareness and provide assistance to families with children on the autism spectrum, offers tips for surviving the holidays. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain...

No Special Election on One-Way Pairs Project for Rosenberg

Rosenberg City Council took no action at the September 16th Special City Council Meeting on a petition opposing the One-Way Pairs Project. The “Petition to Stop the Avenue H & I One-Way Pairs Project” requested the City call a special election to determine if citizens support the project or not. In...

Rosenberg Wins Cultural Arts District Designation

In September, a second attempt at securing the Texas Commission on the Arts’ (TCA) Cultural Arts District designation for Historic Downtown Rosenberg was successful.  A contingency of twenty-two local business owners, artists, patrons, country representatives and community leaders traveled to Austin to...

Inaugural Tour the Arts in Rosenberg a Success

The Central Fort Bend Chamber’s Historic Downtown Rosenberg Division produced its inaugural Tour the Arts in Rosenberg Cultural Arts Festival on September 21st in Downtown Rosenberg. Festival goers, art lovers, vendors and artists braved early morning storms and were rewarded with cool weather and overcast...

Exercise Dos and Don’ts for Staying Fit and Cancer-Free

Ever heard that exercise can replace a bad diet or crunches can create six-pack abs? Exercise myths like these have been around for decades. But this fact remains clear:  exercise is one of the best things a person can do to lower his or her risk for many cancers. This includes colon, breast and endometrial...

Carl P. Favre – GEM of Fort Bend

By Patti Parish-Kaminski –  What does Sir Winston Churchill and Fort Bend County resident, attorney and community servant Carl P. Favre have in common? A shared philosophy of service. “A quote by Sir Winston Churchill says it all,” according to this GEM of Fort Bend. Churchill said, “We make a...

Joe M. Gurecky – GEM of Fort Bend

By Patti Parish-Kaminski- Farmer, machinist, entrepreneur, statesman all describe this GEM of Fort Bend who was born and raised in the small, rural community of Fairchild as the son of a share cropper. Fort Bend County native Joe M. Gurecky has never called anywhere else “home,” and home, or Rosenberg,...