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DIVE INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD PAPERCITYMAG.COM A NEW GREEN DAY A Houston billionaire is putting some major green behind making the city a much greener place. Energy mogul Rich Kinder and his wife Nancy are gifting $70 million to the Memorial Park Conservancy to improve Houston's most vital green space. The money fast-tracks the master plan from landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz that will dramatically transform a park almost twice the size of Central Park. Read more at papercitymag.com/kinder-memorial-park. CLOSET POWER THE QUIET HOTEL BONUS BARACK Model/actress Brooklyn Decker and former newscaster Whitney Casey are not just fashion BFFs. They're savvy entrepreneurs who've made venture capitalists notice — no small feat for women in a male-dominated tech sector. Their new $5 million funding raise proves their closet organization site, Finery, has staying power. PaperCity's Georgie Ferrell talks to the duo about taking closets digital and defying expectations. Read more at papercitymag.com/ brooklyn-decker-finery. Tilman Fertitta's new Post Oak Hotel may steal all the headlines, but an established luxury retreat is quietly making a stand. Hotel Granduca became the only Texas hotel to be named one of the Top 25 Luxury Hotels in America. Giorgio Borlenghi's Italian escape has served as a refuge for more than a few A-listers, be it due to flooding or divorce. One Houston grand dame has even taken up permanent residence. Read more at papercitymag.com/hotel-granduca. Get ready for some major presidential star power. Barack Obama is coming to Houston to headline the milestone 25th anniversary of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy this fall. And you thought Hamilton was a hot ticket. Obama rarely traveled to Texas during his presidency, but the Baker Institute's drawing power crosses party lines. It will now have hosted every living former president. Read more at papercitymag.com/ barack-obama-houston. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP D on't be the last to get the new PC Daily. Our redesigned, expanded editorial newsletters put the entire city right in your inbox. You get Houston's top fashion, restaurant, real estate, society, art news, and more, five times a week. Sign up at: PaperCityMag.com/newsletter @papercitymag @cliffordpugh @anneleephillips Hamilton Shirts for Women Katy Perry at Met Ball à bientôt table setting #PCSEEN WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE UP TO, DIGITALLY. LIKE: facebook.com/papercitymag FOLLOW: @papercitymag TWEET: @papercitymag GET SOCIAL: 8 Memorial Park Brooklyn Decker Whitney Casey Hotel Granduca Barack Obama