House Sitting in The Woodlands, Texas

Buddy and Laura's 1st House Sitting Job;

We will be in the Woodlands for 30 days. Way cool place, I just love it.

The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place of Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Its population was 55,649 at the 2000 census, a 90.5% increase over its 1990 population.[1] As of 2009, the estimated population had reached approximately 90,000. Much of the development is located in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), but small portions of The Woodlands extends into the ETJ of Shenandoah and Conroe. Plans for annexation of both the Houston and Conroe portions were once in discussion, but regional agreements have been set in place to allow The Woodlands to incorporate itself.

The Woodlands is located 28 miles north of Downtown Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as a suburban development and a bedroom community, it also has attracted corporations to the area. As a result, the area features several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Baker Hughes, CB&I, US Oncology and Hewitt Associates. The development won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute.

In addition to residential and corporate housing, The Woodlands features a shopping mall, seven

golf courses and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, a regional concert venue, and the 4 star rated The Woodlands Resort. Over the past decade, The Woodlands has seen tremendous growth in terms of commercial/office space in Town Center. Many high-rise office and residential buildings have recently been built. Just completed is 24 Waterway Avenue, a 13 story class A office/retail building. Recently announced for The Woodlands are several new class A office structures and a 20-story condominium tower that will sit on the waterway next to 24 Waterway Ave.