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Gallery Furniture Helping Houston Seniors and Disabled Citizens

Attention Houston Seniors and Disabled Citizens: fill out a form in order to request and receive a care package of toiletries and other non-perishable foods delivered to your front door from Gallery Furniture. Click here to submit your request today. Mayor Sylvester Turner and Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale are asking people to drop off non-perishable items like [...]

2020-03-30T15:34:39-05:00March 30th, 2020|Community|

WW Thorne / Great Aldine School Board War of ’59

Participatory democracy can be an emotional affair, and few aspects of it elicit quite as much primal passion as the education of our children. Aldine is no exception, and about 60 years ago, its tempestuous school board meetings made national news, and in its resolution, Aldine ISD found a hero in W.W. Thorne whose name [...]

2020-10-06T16:21:48-05:00March 29th, 2020|About the District, Community, My East Aldine|

James Driver Park

Already home to two community centers, ballfields, covered and lit basketball courts, and a supercool modern playground, shaded by grape-purple and lime-green sunsails and complete with slides kids actually have fun on, James Driver Park strives only to get better.  Last summer, Harris County Precinct 2 commissioner Adrian Garcia announced plans for James Driver [...]

2020-10-06T16:22:34-05:00March 29th, 2020|Community, My East Aldine, Projects|

Acai Brasil

If you’ve ever lived or traveled abroad for an extended period of time, one of the things you miss most keenly from back home is your comfort foods. While those items might be available in foreign lands, anyone who has ever tried Polish Tex-Mex, a British hamburger, or even Colorado beef brisket barbecue will tell [...]

2020-10-06T16:21:44-05:00March 29th, 2020|Community, Economic Development, My East Aldine|

SBA COVID-19 Informational Webinars: March 30th-April 3rd

The SBA Houston District Office will provide the latest information from SBA to help small businesses with their economic recovery from the effects of the Coronavirus. We will give information on how to apply and where you can get additional help with preparing and applying for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan. Sessions will allow for [...]

2020-03-28T22:26:34-05:00March 28th, 2020|Community, Economic Development|

“Stay Home. Stay Safe.” order and essential services

A Message from the Executive Director This morning County Judge Lina Hidalgo, with the support of Mayor Turner, issued a mandatory “Stay Home. Stay Safe.” order that will start at midnight tonight. In order to support this effort, the East Aldine District will cease their graffiti and litter abatement and other non-essential services. Staff will [...]

2020-03-25T14:16:09-05:00March 24th, 2020|About the District|

SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to help with the COVID-19 crisis

What's an EIDL? The SBA EIDL program can provide low-interest loans of up to $2M to businesses and private non-profits. EIDLs may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills.  The interest rate is 3.75% for small businesses without credit available elsewhere. The interest rate for non-profits is 2.75%. EIDLs have long-term repayment options, up to a maximum of 30 [...]

2020-03-24T18:30:02-05:00March 24th, 2020|Economic Development|

Ayuda a Tu Restaurante Durante COVID-19

Topic: Ayuda a Tu Restaurante Durante COVID-19 Description: La propagacion del COVID-19 ha creado incertidumbre y crisis global, tanto para la poblacion en general como para los pequenos negocios, nadie estaba preparado para esta calamidad y se ha generado un impacto economico serio. Un panel de expertos de negocios en la industria de alimentos, se [...]

2020-03-23T22:08:01-05:00March 23rd, 2020|Community|

COVID-19 E-News

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the East Aldine Management District we join with the county and other governmental agencies in asking residents and businesses to take all appropriate precautions to help contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the Houston area. We are living in uncertain times and we know [...]

2020-03-29T17:49:56-05:00March 23rd, 2020|COVID-19 E-News|
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