As we begin the new year in Richmond, we hope you will find this edition of Community Impact Newspaper particularly useful when planning activities and eating and shopping local in 2018. We have revamped our January edition into the Annual Community Guide to include listings of local business and dining options in the Richmond area as it is part of Community Impact Newspaper’s mission to help local businesses thrive.

In addition to the listings, this issue also features five stories to watch in 2018, things to do in the Richmond area and Fort Bend County, and the latest demographic information.

You may notice several of our standing sections—the real estate page and our new business pages—are missing this issue, but worry not as they will be back next month and for the remainder of 2018. As always, feel free to email or call us with any story ideas or new business information as we hope to be your No. 1 source for news in the community.