Cypress, Texas

Cypress (sometimes combined as Cy-Fair for Cypress-Fairbanks, the latter now considered a suburb of Houston) is an Unincorporated communityof Harris County, Texas, United States located completely inside theextraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S. Highway 290 (Northwest Freeway) approximately twenty-five miles (40 km) northwest of Downtown Houston. The Cypress urban cluster ranks 50th in the top 100 highest-income urban areas in the United States.

Large scale residential and commercial development beginning in the 1980s transformed the once rural area into one of the Houston area's largestsuburban communities.

Unincorporated community

Economy

In 2010, Sysco announced that it purchased the former Hewlett Packard call center along U.S. Highway 290 in Cypress and that it will establish a shared services facility for its distribution centers in North America.

Attractions

• Cypress is home to Tin Hall, one of the oldest continually operating Dance Halls in Texas, in operation since 1889.
• Cypress is home to The Berry Center, an $80 million multi-use complex owned by Cy-Fair ISD. The Berry Center features a football stadium, basketball arena, conference center, auditorium, multimedia production, and catering facility. Live theatre, concerts, exhibitions and other events make the Berry Center an attractive entertainment venue for the entire Cy-Fair area
• Cypress is home to Northwest Forest Conference Center, an 80-acre (320,000 m²) resort and conference center with a life-size replica of the Alamo.
• Cypress is home to the trailhead of the planned Cypress Creek Greenway Project, a major parks project which will link major anchor parks along the entirety of Cypress Creek via a Greenbelt complete with Hike & Bike Trails, Horseback Riding, Canoeing and other attractions for outdoors/nature enthusiasts. It will link up with the planned Spring Creek Greenway northeast of Interstate 45. The project will not only provide recreational opportunities to the community, but will serve as a flood control infrastructure
• Cypress has numerous Golf Courses, including:
  • Longwood Golf Club-Cypress, TX
  • Blackhorse Golf Club-Cypress, TX
  • Houston National
  • Cypress Lakes Golf Club-Cypress, TX
  • Hearthstone Country Club - in Houston, TX is located a few miles south east of Cypress.
• Cypress Top Historic Park, located at 26026 Old Hempstead Highway in Cypress, TX 77429, is run by Harris County.The park grounds are open daily, and building tours are given on Tuesdays by Harris County historians and volunteers from the Cypress Historical Society.

Public libraries

Harris County Public Library (HCPL) operates public libraries in the Cypress area. LSC-Cyfair Library, a partner effort between HCPL and Lone Star College System, is located at 9191 Barker-Cypress Road on the Lone Star College–CyFair campus.The Northwest Branch Library is located at 11355 Regency Green Drive.

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress,_Texas

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