Northside, Houston

The Northside is a district of Houston, Texas, United States. It is within the Greater Northside Management District.

House Bill 3634, authored by state representative Jessica Farrar and sponsored in the Texas Senate by Mario Gallegos, created the management district. The bill became the Chapter 3812 Texas Special Districts Local Laws Code and the district began operation in August 2006.

Jim McIngvale, the owner of Gallery Furniture, a furniture business with a location in the Northside, refused to pay $48,000 dollars of taxes to the management district that were assessed from 2005 to 2007; he paid taxes to the district in 2008. McIngvale said that the management district does not do enough to maintain the area; the business owner described the management district's taxation policies as "taxation without representation." The district sued McIngvale to try to force him to pay the taxes. McIngvale said that he is willing to dispute the charges in court. During that month a fire destroyed his north Houston store's warehouse.

The management district is headquartered at 6219 Irvington Boulevard.

The Houston Fire Department operates stations in the district. Stations inside include two in Fire District 19, Station 9 Northside and Station 12 Moody Park. In addition Station 15 Heights of Fire District 6 and Station 30 Lindale Park of Fire District 31 are in the district.

The Harris County Department of Education is headquartered in the Northside in the Ronald W. Reagan Building.

The Harris County Hospital District Casa de Amigos Health Center is in the Northside. It opened on August 21, 1970 in the near Northside.

In 2009, Saint Arnold's Brewing relocated to the Northside area at 2000 Lyons, purchasing a building that was formerly a food service facility for the Houston Independent School District.Shipley Do-Nuts has its headquarters in the Northside.

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