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Greater Sharpstown is a district in Houston, Texas, United States. The Greater Sharpstown Management District controls the area within the district. The district includes the Sharpstown subdivision, the portion of Chinatown inside Beltway 8, and other nearby subdivisions. ==History== The Sharpstown community, the namesake of the district, was completed in 1961.〔"(History & Demographics )." Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on December 29, 2010.〕 The Texas Legislature approved the formation of the Greater Sharpstown Management District in 2005.〔Colley, Jenna. "(Road improvements may pave way for change )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Friday February 10, 2006. Retrieved on August 10, 2009.〕 On August 20, 2000. Houston METRO provided its first 24-hour bus service from Downtown to Sharpstown Center. However, due to financial difficulties in building light rail, they had to discontinue the 1:35 am, 2:35 am, and 3:33 am eastbound trips. The last trip from Downtown would leave at 1:05 am, and the First trip at Harwin and Reims would start at 4:00 am Effective January 26, 2003. They have not brought back 24 hour service since then. After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Louisiana, the zip code 77036 received the largest concentration of Katrina evacuees of any area in the city. 5,991 Katrina evacuees moved into over 2,600 apartment units. Within a wider area, from the 610 Loop to the Houston city limits and from Westpark Drive to U.S. Highway 90A (South Main), 23,000 Katrina evacuees settled there.〔Turner, Allan. "(Evacuees landed in high-crime ZIP codes )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday January 20, 2006. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 On May 31, 2013, the Houston Fire Department suffered its largest casualty in a single event, the Southwest Inn fire, with four firefighters killed and 13 others were injured while fighting a 5-alarm fire at Southwest Inn,〔 〕 located in Greater Sharpstown.〔"(Contact )." ((Archive )) Southwest Inn. Retrieved on June 6, 2013.〕〔"(Map Major Roads )." ((Archive )) Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on August 15, 2009.〕 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「Greater Sharpstown, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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