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Brays Oaks is a district in Houston, Texas, United States. The Brays Oaks Management District (BOMD), also known as the Harris County Improvement District #5, governs the district. Much of the district includes the Fondren Southwest community. Other areas in the district include Westbury. Fondren Southwest includes many apartment complexes.〔Malislow, Craig. "Moving On." ''Houston Press''. October 17, 2002. (1 ). Retrieved on August 12, 2009.〕 ==History== The area now Brays Oaks was originally the ranch property of Walter Fondren, an oil businessperson.〔"(History & Demographics )." Brays Oaks Management District. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 In the late 1970s and early 1980s many apartments opened in an area then known as Fondren Southwest. The community was mostly White and Jewish. The newly established apartments attracted young, White professionals who were leaving Stella Link and other declining areas. The area economy benefited from the increase in population, and many expensive restaurants and strip malls opened in Fondren Southwest.〔 At one time many members of the Houston Rockets and other sports teams resided in the Northfield subdivision, which was among the outermost parts of the city in 1974, in Fondren Southwest.〔Rodriguez, Lori. "(A HALF-EMPTY, HALF-FULL WORLD/They want a neighborhood that they all can live with/Common ground is rare for Fondren Southwest )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday May 25, 1997. A1. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.〕 In the mid-1980s the oil-based economy collapsed. Property values decreased and apartment complexes began to decline. The young professionals left the apartments. The expensive restaurants left the area, since the young professionals left. The owners of the apartments lowered rent rates and offered "free move-in" specials. Many poor African-American and Hispanic families moved into units originally designated for singles and couples. Apartment complexes failed and received foreclosure.〔 Many apartments had changed of ownership around every two years; the out of state owners were more interested in maximizing profits and less interested in the maintenance of the complexes. In the late 1980s the White population decreased and the Black and Hispanic populations increased.〔Malislow, Craig. "Moving On." ''Houston Press''. October 17, 2002. (2 ). Retrieved on August 12, 2009.〕 By the mid-1990s property values in the area began to increase and several middle class minorities moved into Fondren Southwest.〔 Around the 2000s Orthodox Jewish congregations moved to Fondren Southwest.〔 In 2005 Houston City Council Member Mark Goldberg and Jim Myers, head of the nonprofit group Southwest Houston 2000 Inc., lobbied the state government, asking the state to create what was originally called the Fondren Ranch Management District.〔Colley, Jenna. "(Fondren lobbies for management district )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Friday March 18, 2005. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.〕 In June 2005 the 79th Texas Legislature created the Brays Oaks Management District in the area.〔 In 2005 residents of an area at the intersection of Beltway 8 and West Bellfort Road protested against the construction of a proposed trash transfer station. The area sits on a landfill previously used by the cities of Bellaire and West University Place.〔Kilday, Anne Marie. "(Southwest Houston residents protest proposed trash station )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday July 2, 2004. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 In 2009 the district began a $250,000 master plan to increase identification of the area and to beautify esplanades. Ten boulders were placed in the district esplanades beginning on January 22, 2009.〔Martin, Betty L. "(SOUTHWEST HOUSTON / Boulders placed in area esplanades / Brays Oaks Management District gets formal dedication )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday January 29, 2009. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.〕 In 2011 the district expanded in size.〔"(Parks & Recreation )." Brays Oaks. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brays Oaks, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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