IMPACT ROUNDUP: 4 businesses that recently opened in the Lake Houston area

SafeSplash Swim School and SwimLabs opened their partnered Humble facility Nov. 11. (Courtesy SwimLabs)

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By Andy Li, Kelly Schafler | 12:50 PM Nov 14, 2020 CST | Updated 10:43 AM Nov 16, 2020 CST

Several new businesses have recently opened in the Lake Houston, Humble and Kingwood areas. Here is a look at the businesses.

Aspire Allergy & Sinus, an allergist clinic, opened Nov. 10 at 528 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood. Dr. Savannah Sommerhalder, the allergist at the practice, offers environmental and food allergy testing, allergy drops and shots, in-office sinus procedures, asthma treatment, and oral immunotherapy for adults and children. Aspire Allergy & Sinus has clinics in Texas, Colorado and Florida and operates seven other locations in the Houston area. 713-766-5437. www.aspireallergy.com/location/kingwood

SafeSplash Swim School and SwimLabs opened a new partnered location Nov. 11 at 10423 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Humble. SafeSplash Swim School offers indoor swim lessons for children and adults, and SwimLabs allows swimmers to be in small, warm-water tanks and get 360-degree video feedback to help improve their technique. As part of its grand opening promotion, the businesses are offering 20% off for their first eight weeks. 832-271-1446 (SafeSplash); 832-271-1459 (SwimLabs). www.safesplash.com/locations/humble; www.swimlabs.com/humble

Whitewater Express Car Wash opened at 23611 Hwy. 59, Porter, on Oct. 27. The exterior express car wash franchise offers four different car wash packages and an unlimited monthly plan. The Porter location will be the franchise's 18th location. 346-295-9950. www.whitewatercw.com

Elite Assembly & Installation opened in late September. The furniture and equipment assembly service has no brick-and-mortar storefront but is based in the Humble area, according to owner Erich Deats. The business provides services to the Greater Houston area. 518-368-4527. www.eliteassemblyinstallation.com

By Andy Li

Originally from Boone, North Carolina, Andy Li is a graduate of East Carolina University with degrees in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and Political Science. While in school, he worked as a performing arts reporter, news, arts and copy editor and a columnist at the campus newspaper, The East Carolinian. He also had the privilege to work with NPR’s Next Generation Radio, a project for student journalists exploring radio news. Moving to Houston in May 2019, he now works as the reporter for the Conroe/Montgomery edition of Community Impact Newspaper.

By Kelly Schafler

Editor, Lake Houston | Humble | Kingwood

Kelly Schafler is the editor for the Lake Houston, Humble and Kingwood edition of Community Impact Newspaper, covering public education, city government, development, businesses, local events and all things community-related. Before she became editor, she was the reporter for the Conroe and Montgomery edition for a year and a half.