FORT WORTH, TX, (December 21, 2010) – Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC recognized students from Houston Independent School District’s Stevenson Elementary School with a Christmas pizza lunch held in the food court of 5 Greenway Plaza. Stevenson Elementary’s choir, drum and dance troupe played, sang and danced to musical selections from The Nutcrakcer for Crescent employees and customers in Greenway Plaza.
Stevenson student Tommy Diaz received special recognition from Crescent. Diaz created a design that Crescent used for its 2010 holiday greeting cards. Diaz was awarded a $100 savings bond, a certificate and a framed copy of the holiday card featuring his original artwork.
Crescent conducted a nationwide art contest with its partner schools to select the company’s official holiday greeting card. Diaz created the holiday art design in an after-school art program sponsored by Crescent’s “Faces of Change” program. “It is an honor for Greenway Plaza that a student from our adopted school, Stevenson Elementary, won the art contest,” said Kirk O’Neal of Crescent. “We have a great relationship with the principal, teachers and students. It was a treat for the Crescent employees and our customers to watch the students perform selections from The Nutcracker.”
Founded in 1997 by Crescent Real Estate Equities, “The Faces of Change” program partners Crescent properties with local elementary schools with limited resources in order to improve the quality of education and the educational experience for children in the community. “Faces of Change” currently supports seven schools in cities across the nation, including Houston.
Stevenson Elementary is the adopted school for Crescent’s Greenway Plaza office park. “I cannot tell you who had more fun – the students, the Crescent customers or our own ‘Crescent elves’ who helped Santa Claus serve the pizza lunch and distribute goodie bags of Christmas candy and school supplies,” said Donna Ross of Crescent. Ross and O’Neal manage the “Faces of Change” relationship with Stevenson Elementary. Crescent provides resources that supplement the teaching curriculum for teachers and students at Stevenson Elementary.
ABOUT GREENWAY PLAZA
Greenway Plaza, Houston’s premier master planned business development, is a 10-building complex featuring 4,250,641 square feet of Class A office space. The campus is also home to The Shops at Greenway, which include a unique selection of retail options and a full service food court. Located just five miles southwest of downtown Houston, the 55-acre business park and mix-use community includes residential condominiums, a luxury hotel and comprehensive athletic/social club, and provides easy access to major thoroughfares and convenient transportation alternatives. For more information, visit Greenway Plaza’s web site at www.greenwayplaza.com.
ABOUT CRESCENT
Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, Crescent owns and manages a portfolio of 35 premier office buildings totaling over 17 million square feet located in select markets across the United States with major concentrations in Dallas, Houston, Denver and Las Vegas. Crescent also holds investments in resort residential developments in locations such as Scottsdale, Vail Valley, and Lake Tahoe; luxury hotels; and the wellness lifestyle leader, Canyon Ranch®. For more information, visit Crescent’s Web site at www.crescent.com.
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