East Aldine native Rosie Hernandez, a five-year veteran of BakerRipley community centers, has recently taken over the post of manager of community development of the BakerRipley East Aldine Center. Hernandez, 41, a graduate of MacArthur High School, former business owner and single mother, started working in community service shortly after Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area [...]

As Houston artist and inspired educator Ronnie Cabrera’s Cinderella story grows, so does her workspace. Her original traveling studio and classroom that has helped enrich public events in the East Aldine Management District, is the 115.5 square feet inside a used school bus called the Art Bus. Funding surprise! In fact, she and [...]

On behalf of the people it serves, the East Aldine Management District is proud and humbled at the same time now that the Town Center's new, multi-use office building was named among the Houston area's three top commercial real estate structures in two categories in the Houston Business Journal's annual Landmark Awards. The office building, [...]

Live music has returned to the East Aldine Town Center amphitheater for the second year in a row, drawing the attendance of jazz and Latin music fans as well as relatives and friends of student performers allied with the Diaz Music Institute. But behind the rhythms and showmanship are qualities that many leaders expect will [...]

Less than a year after opening, the 179 students who attend the public Young Women’s Leadership Academy already lead the other Aldine Independent School District schools in math and reading test scores. Principal Jericah Jackson The testing achievement is due partly to the dynamic leadership of the new school for 6th and 7th grade girls [...]

Raising concerns among many residents, a company based in La Porte proposes to build and operate a concrete-making plant near Little York Road at the Eastex Freeway, next to a county park and a residential subdivision, in the East Aldine Management District. Residents, community representatives and the Air Alliance of Houston group worry that the [...]

Public safety in East Aldine will get upgrades with the hiring of additional patrol deputies and the creation of a law enforcement training academy. The East Aldine Management District recently funded a contract with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office to add an overnight shift of deputies to patrol commercial corridors and neighborhoods. There will be [...]

From constructing and running the East Aldine Town Center to removing graffiti from commercial buildings to bolstering law enforcement patrols and hosting holiday celebrations, the East Aldine Management District works to improve the everyday quality of life in the area. But the District also works with community partners to prepare the community for potential emergencies [...]

Thanks to local professionals in a Leadership North Houston class, a safe-family park soon will re-open behind the Buckner Family Hope Center in the heart of the East Aldine Management District. The park, at 4700 Aldine Mail Route Rd., sustained heavy damage from vandalism and from the huge ice storm that paralyzed the Houston area in February [...]