Houston District Office - March 2021 Women in Business: Lender Matchmaking Tuesday, March 23 | 8:30am CST | REGISTER HERE Are you READY to pursue financing to start or grow your business? Hear from multiple participating SBA Lenders and Micro Lenders and learn about non-traditional and traditional loan programs, understanding lending credit requirements, [...]
City parks need upkeep. Especially when they get torn up by wild hogs. The feral beasts were the problem at Keith-Wiess Park that led the East Aldine District to one of Jeff Baker’s businesses, Houston Hog Removal. Because the district and the city are non-profit operations, Baker donated his crew’s time and effort to round [...]
We at the East Aldine District had a spook-tacular time on Saturday bringing a safe and healthy Halloween to Aldine families where they live. Thanks to our many partners and most especially to all the kids who put smiles on our faces as the Candy Caravan wove through the neighborhoods. [...]
Dear Aldine Community, We have been closely monitoring the weather. While Marco turned east, Laura intensified overnight from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane as it entered the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center’s latest track has it making landfall possibly as a Category 3 hurricane sometime Wednesday into Thursday along the [...]
In the first installment of our three-part history of Aldine from last year, we discussed all the name changes the community went through before settling at last on its name, our best guess as to the origins of that name, and told you about some of the area’s earliest settlers -- Swedish farmers and Kansans [...]
Virtual Community Engagement Meeting for the Lauder Stormwater Detention Basin – Phase 2 HCFCD Unit P500-06-00 – Bond Project C-34 The Harris County Flood Control District will hold a virtual Community Engagement Meeting for Phase 2 of the Lauder Stormwater Detention Basin project. The purpose of this meeting is to inform residents about the status [...]
By Zach Despart, Houston Chronicle Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Monday ordered all bars and clubs in Harris County to close for the next 15 days, a move intended to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The order, which takes effect at 8 a.m. Tuesday, also limits restaurants to pickup, delivery and drive-through [...]
SBA To Provide Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) Up to $2 Million in Disaster Assistance Loans WASHINGTON – SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza issued the following statement today in response to the President’s address to the nation: “The President took bold, decisive action to make our 30 million small businesses more resilient to Coronavirus-related economic disruptions. Small businesses are [...]
The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge Throughout my time as Harris County Judge, I have relied on data and evidence to make the most equitable, efficient, and impactful decisions possible to improve county government. This experience has shown me just how important accurate data collection is for building up [...]
