{"id":121966,"date":"2026-01-13T23:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/121966\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:11:12","slug":"judge-ted-poe-community-center-opens-in-atascocita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/121966\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Ted Poe Community Center opens in Atascocita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/lake-houston-humble-kingwood\/development\/2026\/01\/02\/harris-county-precinct-3-to-host-grand-opening-for-judge-ted-poe-community-center-in-atascocita\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/a> was held Jan. 13 for the grand opening of the new Judge Ted Poe Community Center in Atascocita with local officials\u2014including the center\u2019s namesake\u2014community members and county employees in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>At a glance<\/p>\n<p>The 8,500-square-foot community center was renovated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pct3.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County Precinct 3<\/a> from an existing building in Atascocita Park, as previously reported by Community Impact. The project ended up costing about $3 million, Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said during the Jan. 13 event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Judge Ted Poe Community Center is a facility that will serve as a hub for learning [and] connecting community life,&#8221; Ramsey said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768345872_261_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"cards visualization\"\/>What\u2019s in a name<\/p>\n<p>In October, Precinct 3 officials announced that the center would bear <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/lake-houston-humble-kingwood\/government\/2025\/10\/22\/harris-county-precinct-3-unveils-namesake-for-29m-community-center-in-atascocita\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poe\u2019s name<\/a>, as previously reported. The center is the precinct\u2019s ninth community center.<\/p>\n<p>From 2005-19, Poe represented U.S. Congressional District 2, which includes the communities of Atascocita and Humble, as previously reported. He also served as a Harris County district judge, prosecutor and a member of the United States Air Force Reserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we were very successful\u2014when I was on the bench and when I was in Congress &#8230; getting things done, and the reason was my staff,\u201d Poe said. \u201cI had the best staff ever, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check it out<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey said the community center features:<\/p>\n<p>Four classroomsTwo large community rooms for eventsAs previously <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/lake-houston-humble-kingwood\/government\/2025\/02\/17\/25m-community-center-planned-for-atascocita-park-in-humble\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, the center also includes:A kitchen and a coffee barA generator so the center can be used as a cooling\/warming center during extreme weather eventsThe community center is connected to Atascocita Park\u2019s trail network and may be used as a supply distribution center in emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Jan. 13 for the grand opening of the new Judge Ted Poe Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13616,52995,48801,56,58,57,1542,52996,48802,48804,52997],"class_list":["post-121966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-atascocita","tag-atascocita-community-center-opens","tag-harris-county-precinct-3","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-humble","tag-humble-community-center-opens","tag-judge-ted-poe-community-center","tag-ted-poe","tag-ted-poe-community-center-opens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}