Scattered showers did little to dampen the enthusiasm for a splashy new commemorative mural unveiled at the High Meadows branch of the Harris County Public Library in East Aldine recently. Art enthusiasts turned out in bunches to participate in The Mural Fest, which included creating their own artistic endeavors through the Art Bus and the Curiosity Cruiser. For [...]
After a 21-year career in law enforcement for the Aldine School District and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Julio DeLeon has turned his super-secret spicy sauce into a booming family business and a second career as an online celebrity chef. DeLeon, better known as “July the Lion” to his 126,000 followers on TikTok, is a familiar [...]
The recent Wednesday Farmers’ Market at BakerRipley in East Aldine Town Center produced a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was for the grand opening of Mr. Sweet, a catering food “carriage” run by Venezuelan refugees Aryelis and Daniel Ortiz. The couple’s new business is a result of BakerRipley’s Entrepreneur Academy with the help of the non-profit social service organization’s business [...]
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Join the U.S. Small Business Administration and Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI) for several educational opportunities to learn more about programs that will help your business get back on track. This is part of an effort to ensure that American small businesses know about the many resources to help their businesses grow and additional resources [...]
It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a traditional place to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. There is vegan Mexican food made with soy-based tostadas, so-called “Mexican sushi” and an array of spiced cocktails and beer. There are even customers who bring horses to the parking lot on occasion, to demonstrate the animals’ “dancing” [...]
Please see the RRF national trainings on Wednesday, the links are below. Also, restaurant owners will be able to create your account this Friday, April 30th, 2021 at 8am CST and submit your application on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 at 1100am CST SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund: Moreover, certain Ethnicities and Races, will be in a “priority [...]
Join the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Public Private Strategies Institute for a national briefing on Wednesday, April 28 at 1 p.m. ET about the new $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). This briefing is cosponsored by the SBA and PPSI. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman will kick off this event. The SBA helps small [...]
Latest on RRF The Restaurant Revitalization Fund content on sba.gov can be accessed via: www.sba.gov/restaurants or www.sba.gov/restaurantes for Spanish. The URL must be in lower case. What this means: Anyone (SBA staff, Resource Partners, members of the public, etc) can now access a sample of what the application will look like, as well as a program guide with detailed explanations. This [...]
