KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) – For most people driving along I-10, the towering rice dryers of Old Town Katy are simply part of the landscape — familiar, iconic, easy to take for granted. But for Hadi “Andrew” Nurcahya, they represent something far more personal: a responsibility, a community and a calling. And increasingly, he is doing more than just restoring them — he is working to change the system that makes saving them so difficult.
Finding Home
Andrew’s journey to becoming one of Katy’s most passionate preservationists began long before he ever set foot in Texas. With family roots in Indonesia, he says he spent much of his life feeling like an outsider…