Calendar of Events
August 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 BAA: Stress & Fatigue Solutions for Parents @ 10 AM 2 Citizenship Classes @ 10 AM 3 4 5 Mohawk Con. Meeting @ 1:30 PM Sherwood Con. Meeting @ 2 PM 6 Water & Sewer Committee @ 12 [...]
New Funding Opportunities
Department of Labor (DOL): June 2, 2011 is the deadline for the first round of H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants funding competition. As noted in the May 3rd newsletter, DOL expects to fund 75-100 grants through a single solicitation. Individual grants will range from $1 million to $5 million and will be distributed through two rounds [...]
Strategic Partners Awards
Enjoy pictures taken by Roan Matthews from the East Aldine 2011 Strategic Partner Awards and Reception Dinner. District officials, business partners, legislators, educators, and community members attended the dinner. East Aldine 2011 Strategic Partner Awards and Reception Dinner - Images by Roan Matthews
City of Houston 2011 Redistricting Town Hall Meetings
Help shape the future of our community. Attend a Redistricting Town Hall meeting and tell us what’s important to you. Each meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 3, 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Any interested party may attend any meeting. District D 1001 Bissonnet St. – Law Building, Auditorium ‐ Museum Fine Arts‐Houston, Convenient to these [...]
Mayor Announces $25 Million Initiative
Houston, TX- February 24, 2011 - Mayor Annise Parker announced Thursday, February 24 that Houston has been selected to join the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative. The initiative, already in place in several other cities, comes with a $25 million commitment to provide loans to help local small businesses. Additional grants will be provided [...]
City of Houston Redistricting 2011
The City of Houston Charter requires that the Houston City Council expand to eleven single-member districts at such point that census data demonstrates that the City's population exceeds 2.1 million residents. With the much anticipated release of the 2010 U.S. Census, the City will begin the process of redistricting in order to add those districts. The City [...]
Greens Bayou Corridor Strategic Plan Community Input Workshops
The Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition and the National Park Service invite you to join us at one or more community planning workshops in February to help develop a strategic corridor plan for Greens Bayou. The goals of the project are to: Conserve the corridor's most important natural and cultural resources Create a diverse system of [...]
East Aldine Sales Tax Revenue Up For This Month
The East Aldine Management District collected more in sales taxes this month than it did in February of the previous year. The district, which was created to fund projects enhancing the physical, social and economic well-being of the Aldine area, collected $342,783.63 in sales taxes. That's $60,121.40 more than the amount that was collected in [...]
New Energy Efficiency Incentive Program Launched
The City of Houston (COH), in conjunction with the Green Office Challenge, has launched the City's first Energy Efficiency Incentive Program (EEIP) for commercial buildings. The EEIP will provide a financial incentive to help office building owners, property managers, and tenants located in the COH to reduce energy consumption and increase the economic performance of [...]
Panel Discussion – The Implications of Healthcare Reform for Business
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act involves sweeping changes to health insurance and health care that will significantly alter the way employers insure their workers, the way hospitals and doctors deliver health care, and the prices and quality of health care and insurance for all Americans. Join us as we consider the implications [...]
