Meyerland, Houston

A sign indicating Meyerland
Meyerland Plaza

Meyerland is a community in southwest Houston, Texas, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8. The neighborhood is named after the Meyer family, who bought and owned 6,000 acres (24 km2) of land in southwest Houston.

Meyerland is the center of Houston's Jewish community; the Meyerland area is the home of Houston's Jewish Community Center, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Beth Yeshurun, and several smaller synagogues. The area is also home to Meyerland Plaza, a large outdoor shopping center.

Meyerland is partially located within the 100-year floodplain, and houses were prone to flooding during heavy rain events.[1] Meyerland was inundated during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and stories and images of the flooded community were prominent in media coverage of the natural disaster in Houston.[2][3][4][5]

Large scale flood mitigation projects are underway which will greatly benefit Meyerland. Chief amongst such projects is Project Brays, a $400m mega scale flood mitigation project which will remove several Meyerland homes from 100 year flood plain.

Circa 2018 several new homes are being built in Meyerland and the neighborhood is seeing strong new home construction. Luxury homes over $1m in value are being built several feet above the minimum base flood elevation.[6]

  1. ^ Jansen, Steve (2016-04-08). "100-Year Flood? Shoot, Houston Is in Trouble During a 10-Year Storm". Houston Press. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  2. ^ "Photo of mother and baby's rescue becomes symbol of storm". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  3. ^ Haque, Michael Gold, Fahima; Tabrizy, Nilo (2017-08-31). "'No Amount of Planning Could Have Spared Us': How Texans Experienced Harvey". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-02.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Olson, Bradley; Frosch, Dan; Cook, Lynn (2017-09-02). "Flooded Again, a Houston Neighborhood Faces a Wrenching Choice". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  5. ^ "Meyerland neighbors reeling from unprecedented damage after Harvey". mystatesman. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  6. ^ "Meyerland sees strong rebuilding activity a year after Harvey - HoustonChronicle.com". www.houstonchronicle.com. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2019-05-06.