Dallas-based Buckner International has a 143-year history of serving communities across the U.S., but the Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine’s history tells a story of generational struggles and gaining community trust through dedication to service. Sylvia Bolling “The Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine began as the Aldine Youth Center by Sylvia [...]
The last thing the East Aldine community needs is another Tex-Mex restaurant. Venues for chips, salsa, queso, tamales, enchiladas, fajitas, beans and rice are as widespread there as Houston’s humidity and as frequent as late summer afternoon thunderstorms. Sushi Tex-Mex, a month-old restaurant owned by long-time East Aldine chef Luis H. Velez, adds a breath [...]
Dean Reyna A. Gomez Tippetts Twenty-one years ago, when she spoke very little English, an immigrant mother of three children went to work at a Lone Star College campus as a part-time night custodian. Now Reyna A. Gomez Tippetts, from a small Mexican town, is the new dean of Lone Star College-East Aldine [...]
A long-time dream of a cleaner and greener East Aldine has become a reality with the official opening of the management district’s public Neighborhood Depository & Recycling Center at 2789 Hopper Road. “This is truly a dream come true, a vision come to fruition, and an answered prayer for many in our community. Life in [...]
Thanks to the Family and Community Engagement team at Aldine Independent School District, the East Aldine Management District took part this week in a “youth empowerment summit” that featured nationally known teen motivation experts such as Gabe Salazar as about 200 ninth graders learned about becoming leaders and achievers. Thanks also to Suvida Health Care [...]
Starting high school can be intimidating for any student... new classes, new friends and looking ahead to a new chapter of life. Now imagine starting high school not only in a new city, but also in a nation where you don’t know the language or the culture. For students facing that situation, Aldine Independent School [...]
Just southwest of the junction of Beltway 8 and Interstate 69, the global business network Atlas Copco produces specialized air compressors that are pivotal to the success of industries across North America and beyond. When oil and gas giants and the new players in alternative fuels need specialized compressor systems for operarating in challenging environments, [...]
In recognition of Black History Month, students in the Aldine Independent School District are competing in a speech contest on the theme of this year’s celebrations: Resilience. But today’s students will be hard-pressed to top a 1988 essay written by Erika Sampson, who was an Aldine-Eisenhower senior then. Her essay was reprinted in March 1990 in [...]
Two long-time East Aldine community leaders were recently appointed to serve on the board of the East Aldine Management District. They are Flor Zarzoza, a former District employee and neighborhood volunteer, and Luis A. Lucio, former dean of the Lone Star College East Aldine Center. Flor Zarzoza [...]
Multi-lingual business owners and employees can better problem-solve for a diverse customer base and build rapport in the local community, helping to attract and retain new customers. This situation is especially true in East Aldine, where some 80 percent of the area’s growing population is Latino and most people speak some Spanish. These factors mean [...]
