Corinthian Pointe, Houston, Texas

Corinthian Pointe is a large planned affordable subdivision located in Houston, Texas, United States.

Corinthian Pointe is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 near Reliant Park. The neighborhood is the largest residential subdivision in Houston that was developed by a non-profit group. The Windsor Village United Methodist Church's Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell, Pyramid Residential Community Corporation, and Ryland Homes established the community in the 2000s; the church is the largest United Methodist Church in the United States [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1533448-8,00.html] .

The community, which spans 220 acres, included 462 homes by the end of 2006. The subdivision cost 173 million United States dollars to build. About 80% of the subdivision's homes are classified as "affordable" by the City of Houston according to Genora Boykins, the chairwoman of Pyramid Residential Community Corporation. Many of the houses were sold at below-market prices. A Houston ISD elementary school, Jean Hines-Caldwell Elementary School, was built to accompany the neighborhood. The school, named after Kirbyjon Caldwell's mother, opened in fall 2005. Caldwell was designed by PBK [http://www.pbkarchitects.com/Projects/projects_es.htm] .

The West Orem Family YMCA and retail outlets are next to the subdivision.

Education

Public schools

The neighborhood is zoned to Houston ISD schools:
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/caldwelles/ Jean Hines-Caldwell Elementary School] (once tentively named "Corinthian Pointe Elementary School" before the final name was chosen. The school opened as "Hines-Caldwell".)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/dowlingms/ Dowling Middle School]
* Madison High School

The subdivision was zoned to Anderson Elementary School in the South Westbury neighborhood prior to the opening of Hines-Caldwell.

Private schools

[http://www.imanischool.org/ The Imani School] , a K-8 private school, is located in the area around Corinthian Pointe.

Police service

The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Southwest Patrol Division [http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/beatpages/southwest.htm] .

ee also

External links

* [http://www.pyramidcdc.com/company.php Jesse H. Jones Conference Center Pyramid CDC entry]
* [http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4107813&selectedPath=Archives] - "Houston Chronicle" article about the subdivision
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2000/02/07/focus1.html] - "Houston Business Journal" article about Corinthian Pointe
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/11/25/focus1.html] - Houston Business Journal article about faith-based development
* [http://www.dallasfed.org/ca/bcp/2001/bcp0102.html] - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas article about Corinthian Pointe