Common Home Planning & Design

10/07/2021

Awesome to see the designs & renderings come alive at the soon-to-be opening Camino de la Paz Retreat Center in Bryan, TX!

https://www.commonhomeplanning.com/renderings-coming-alive-at-camino-de-la-paz-retreat-center

09/14/2021

Construction at St. Mary's is really gaining steam!

This past month's progress includes the dirtwork and the digging and pouring of the Church pillars (saint metals included!)

07/26/2021

It has been a lot of planning & coordinating over the past year but we are now under construction at St. Mary's! Whoop!

https://www.commonhomeplanning.com/construction-started-at-st-mary-s-catholic-church

05/30/2021

It has been a great honor and privilege providing project management services for St. Mary's Catholic Church's new church in College Station this past year! While groundbreakings are fun to celebrate what has been accomplished so far - the real celebration will be when we finish and dedicate the new church in early 2023!

Last week, I attended a groundbreaking ceremony at St. Mary’s Catholic Church for the construction of its new church building. Among the many distinguished guests and donors attending the eve…

05/05/2021

We were very excited to spend a rainy Friday morning last week laying out on the ground the pavilion and fire pit area as we begin development of Camino de la Paz Retreat Center in Bryan, TX!

Construction will begin soon for this beautiful and exciting project. Please stay tuned for additional updates!

Layout photos & renderings at:
https://commonhomeplanning.com/2021/05/05/field-notes-design-update-camino-de-la-paz/

04/22/2021

A few updates as it relates to building in College Station:
1) This weekend and next is the Greater Brazos Valley's Parade of Homes - a great way to see the latest trends in homebuilding for our area.
2) Among builders there's currently a large increase in lumber prices - and the reason is really interesting!

This weekend and next, the Greater Brazos Valley Builders Association is hosting its bi-annual Parade of Homes. This is a great opportunity for those who want to experience the latest trends and cr…

04/19/2021

Today College Station's City Council will be voting on the controversial Restricted Occupancy Overlay that would allow adopting neighborhoods to restrict the unrelated number of roommates from 4 to 2. This raises a number of multigenerational equity issues and healthy city growth that we've outlined in this post. We plan better cities when all of us at a community weigh in on policies like this. Please consider writing City Council or signing up to speak at today's City Council meeting by 2 pm today.

Last week, I wrote a blog post examining College Station’s proposed Restricted Occupancy Overlay. I have been mulling it over for some time now and it is my belief that the proposal would do …

04/12/2021

College Station's Restricted Occupancy Overlay is going to be in the news a lot this week. In this post we do our best to describe what it is and whom it impacts the most.

If you have been following local politics here in Aggieland, you have probably heard about the proposed Restricted Occupancy Overlay (ROO) going before Planning Commission this Thursday, April 15th…

04/08/2021

There's some exciting ideas being discussed in Austin, TX to use the proposed I-35 expansion project to reconnect the city! Please join us in signing a petition requesting that the Texas Department of Transportation consider these alternatives as they develop the scope and design of this project!

I am writing today in support of those working in my former hometown of Austin, TX to encourage the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to think differently about its plans to expand I-35 th…

04/05/2021

Looking back at our first year as a small business, we are constantly asking the question “what is it for us to be successful?” While there are many definitions of success, our favorite is from the legendary basketball coach John Wooden who defined success as "peace of mind attained only through through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you're capable."

Photo by Isaiah Rustad on Unsplash John Wooden is known for defining success as “peace of mind attained only through through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the bes…