Bedecked in a snowman skirt, candy-cane striped tights and a festive Christmas ribbon, young Anja Colvard climbed into the lap of her mother, Michele Colvard, for a holiday picture with someone dressed as the Grinch. But the fast-moving Grinch was too busy greeting dozens of Houston kids and their families, who gathered at the newly [...]
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The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge December 2021 The holiday season in Harris County is a time to rest, reflect, and celebrate with close friends and family. But in some communities across our county, as around our nation, families are worrying about increasing crime rates. According to the Harris County [...]
When it’s time to buy holiday gifts from local merchants in East Aldine, it’s time for “pop-up” markets to display products made by creative people who don’t operate from year-round stores. More than a dozen talented East Aldine entrepreneurs participated recently in the first of three pre-Christmas “Pop Up” craft ventures at Studio 59, 12411-A Eastex Freeway. [...]
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The SBA and Public Private Strategies Institute have teamed up to provide small business owners with a series of webinars that will cover resources to help small businesses grow and thrive. Join us for the next session Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ET: COVID EIDL and Government Contracting. During this webinar, you will: Learn more [...]
The nationally televised Kelly Clarkson Christmas Special show handed out a huge gift that could end up benefiting East Aldine kids who like to make art. The Texas-born Clarkson, comedian Amy Poehler and the H-E-B supermarket company gave a surprise $100,000 grant to Art Bus creator Roni Cabrera-Moreno of Houston to help her obtain a [...]
The Lone Star College East Aldine Center campus is close to becoming the home of a new law enforcement training academy. Stephen C. Head, chancellor of the Lone Star College System, said the new campus’ location in the East Aldine Town Center, across the street from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office 911 Call Center, makes [...]
#ShopSmall on November 27, 2021 for Small Business Saturday Celebrated each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday allows consumers to make an impact in their neighborhoods by supporting local small businesses from nearly every sector – from manufacturing to e-commerce, to Mom-and-Pop shops on Main Street. The day is designed to support local businesses [...]
