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    Walmart plans to remodel 67 stores in Texas, including 13 across Houston

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 23, 2025 | 12:00 pm
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    Walmart is updating its look.

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    Walmart is in renovation mode: The retail giant is remodeling 67 stores across Texas — part of a bigger plan to remodel more than 650 stores across the U.S.

    Texas gets 10 percent of those remodels. Go Texas.

    A release says that the remodels will re-imagine the in-store shopping experience with updates that include:

    • New look: Big, bold signage and new displays to better showcase merchandise
    • More selection: Expanded departments, new items
    • Expanding online pickup & delivery: To fulfill the growing number of online customer orders
    • Rethinking their pharmacy: Wider aisles, a new private screening room, and privacy checkout areas

    "Our stores often serve as the heartbeat of the communities we operate in, and these remodels are a testament to our dedication to enhancing that role," says Southwest Business Unit Operations senior VP Paul Lewellen in a statement. “By investing in our stores and associates, we are not only improving the shopping experience but also reinforcing our commitment to being a vital part of the community’s fabric, helping to build a brighter future for all."

    Walmart invested over $2.6 billion to upgrade stores throughout Texas in the past five years. The company is also building three new Supercenters set to open in 2025 in Cypress, Frisco, and Melissa, with a new Supercenter coming to Celina in spring 2026. Cypress is scheduled to open on April 30, and Frisco and Melissa are scheduled to open in the fall.

    Stores due for a remodel include:

    Greater Houston

    • 2700 S. Kirkwood Rd.
    • 10411 N. Freeway 45
    • 111 Yale St.
    • 13484 Northwest Fwy.
    • 10001 Woodlands Pkwy. (The Woodlands)
    • 6626 FM 1960 Rd. E (Humble/Atascocita)
    • 25800 Kuykendahl Rd. (Tomball)
    • 26824 FM 1093 Rd. (Richmond)
    • 21150 Kuykendahl Rd. (Spring)
    • 155 Louetta Xing (Spring)
    • 1025 Sawdust Rd. (Spring)
    • 6410 Interstate 45 (La Marque)
    • 9025 Spencer Hwy (La Porte)

    Austin

    • 9300 S. I-35 #B

    Dallas-Fort Worth

    • 9101 N. Tarrant Pkwy., North Richland Hills
    • 1035 Hickory Creek Blvd., Denton/Hickory Creek

    San Antonio

    • 5555 de Zavala Rd.
    • 4226 de Zavala Rd.
    • 5025 NW Loop 410
    • 1200 SE Military Dr.
    • 3302 SE Military Pkwy.
    • 9526 W. Military Dr.
    • 1603 Vance Jackson Rd.

    Other cities with Walmart re-dos include: Alamo, Atlanta, Baytown, Beaumont, Borger, Brady, Breckenridge, Brownsville, Carthage, Childress, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Edinburg, El Paso, Elsa, Ennis, Fort Stockton, Gatesville, Gilmer, Harlingen, Hereford, Hillsboro, Hondo, Laredo, Longview, McAllen, New Braunfels, New Boston, Rio Grande City, Rockport, San Angelo, Schertz, Stamford, Sweetwater, Texarkana, and Waco.

    Walmart currently has 596 retail units and 25 supply chain facilities across Texas, and was recently named as one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. In Texas, more than 93,900 hourly, frontline associates received a bonus in March, and many promotions were bestowed: 11,500 associates were promoted to jobs with more responsibility and higher pay in 2024, and more than 17,300 part-time associates were promoted to full-time positions.

    The company plays an active role in the community through local giving, company-paid associate volunteering, emergency relief efforts, and donations that include more than 91 million pounds of food to local food banks in Texas in fiscal year 2025.

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    Houston charity's gifts 66 wheelchair-accessible vans to needy families

    Jef Rouner
    May 20, 2025 | 4:30 pm
    Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Children’s Charity President and CEO Laura S. Ward, and Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott in front of a gifted wheelchair accessible vans.
    Photo provided by Houston Children's Charity
    A fleet of wheelchair accessible vans were handed out Tuesday at the Post Oak Hotel

    More than 60 underprivileged children will now have wheelchair-accessible vans thanks to a nearly $4 million giveaway by the Houston Children's Charity on Tuesday.

    “Our mission is to provide life-altering programs and support to underserved children across Houston,” said Laura S. Ward, Houston Children’s Charity President and CEO, “We are honored to be able to empower these families facing daunting challenges by providing them the transportation necessary to not only attend medical and physical therapy appointments but go on road trips, the parks, or on other adventures with their entire family.”

    The 66 vans (known as Chariots), allow users to easily enter and exit the vehicles, making transportation much easier. Many families struggle to afford such vans, which can cost up to $80,000. Often, families resort to crowdfunding to acquire one. The vans can vastly improve the quality of life for wheelchair users, thanks to increased travel options.

    The gift is the largest the Houston Children's Charity has ever coordinated. To date, they have handed out 438 Chariots. The Fant Foundation, a Houston-based organization founded in 1994 to improve living conditions for disadvantaged people, provided 30 of the vehicles.

    The Gift of Mobility event featured a who's who of Texas political powerhouses, including Mayor John Whitmire, Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta, and Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott, whose husband, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, is a wheelchair user himself.

    Houston Children's Charity is one of the city's largest non-profits, serving 3.5 million children since it was founded in 1996. Its programs include A Better Night’s Sleep, which provides new beds and mattresses to children whose families cannot afford them; Back2School, a partnership with the Rod Ryan Show that distributes school supplies; and Family Emergency Fund at Texas Children’s Cancer Center. In 2023, they spent $5.1 million on their various outreach programs and charity work for children in Houston.

    Families in need of a van are placed on a waiting list by the Houston Children's Charity until they become available. The next giveaway in 2026 will be funded at HCC’s 28th Annual Gala on October 18. Tickets can be purchased here.

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