Long-time Houston journalist and professor Michael Berryhill painted an insightful picture of the East Aldine area in a 2016 article. “East Aldine is a place you are born into, or drawn to. You work your way up but not out. The public schools are a source of pride and community development. Students graduate and come [...]
Angela Mitchell For Harris County government bus driver Angela Mitchell, a recent trip to the East Aldine Management District’s Town Center provided a big surprise and pleasing reminder of her family’s lengthy history in the area. Featured prominently on a floor-to-ceiling lobby mural, which depicts the area’s history, are her great, great, great [...]
When Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale threw the ceremonial first pitch at Game 6 of the Houston Astros’ decisive World Series win, Griselda “Grizzy” Castillo was there. Of course she was. Many of her thousands of social media followers had supported the online petition to get the famous furniture pitchman on the pitcher’s mound. Without any [...]
Months ago, over emotional objections from community members and elected officials, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) licensed a concrete batch plant next to a park and residential neighborhood in East Aldine. Now officials of the agency will host a public hearing Monday night on whether to change air quality standards for such future [...]
Second in a series on business development in our district [ Read Part 1 ] On a recent weekday morning, Lt. Mike Santos of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office was making a phone call from the parking lot of St. Leo’s Catholic Church when a parish priest approached him. The priest wanted Santos to [...]
East Aldine is gaining a state-of-the art, full-service medical clinic and community center tailored to elderly Hispanic residents. The bilingual Suvida Neighborhood Center and Clinic, at 2505 Aldine Mail Route Road, is almost within sneezing distance of the East Aldine Management District’s Town Center. Business development along the corridor has increased now that the town center [...]
City of Houston image A 2-acre neighborhood depository and recycling center aimed at making East Aldine “cleaner and greener” is nearing completion, with a phased-in grand opening planned for early 2023. The center, funded by the East Aldine Management District, will operate at 2789 Hopper Rd. near the water treatment facility on the [...]
First of series on business development in our District [ Read Part 2 ] East Aldine Town Center For entrepreneurs and other business owners looking to set up shop in the Houston area, East Aldine is a prime spot due to its location and proximity to some of the city’s top destinations, transportation [...]
With cool weather just around the corner, the serene patio next to two popular East Aldine restaurants will soon be filled to capacity with customers. Hippo Burger and Dulce Tentacion (Sweet Treats) are already busy with loyal clientele from a nearby apartment complex, businesses and students and staff from MacArthur High School. The eateries are [...]
When more than 300 enthusiastic East Aldine residents recently celebrated Constitution Day with a parade, concerts, poetry readings and speeches, there was also time for moving thoughts expressed by the next generation of American voters. With the focus on the U.S. Constitution, MacArthur High School junior Norelva Banda provided her perspective at the red, white and [...]
