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SBA: Upcoming Events You Don’t Want to Miss

Houston District Office - September 2022 Federal Resources Small Businesses Should Know Series: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tuesday, September 6 | 10:00am CDT | REGISTER Join us to learn about the USDA lending products and small business resources that can help your rural business! This event will discuss the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative and the Food Supply [...]

2022-09-02T11:36:33-05:00September 2nd, 2022|

Alife ISD: Final Key Communicator Message from Mr. Chambers

As many of you may know, today is my last day in the role as superintendent of schools for Alief ISD. Effective Thursday, September 1, Ms. Gina Tomas will assume the role as Interim Superintendent and serve in that role while the Alief ISD Board continues to work through the process of identifying the next [...]

2022-08-31T16:25:15-05:00August 31st, 2022|

With over 23K members, Facebook group supports Asian restaurants

The fast-growing Chow Down in Chinatown-Houston group on Facebook hosted an unofficial fund-raising event recently to keep doing what it’s been doing since it came to life during the COVID-19 pandemic: promote local Asian-owned restaurants. Volunteers gathered at the Shanghai restaurant, 9116 Bellaire Blvd. in Diho Square, to sell Chow Down in Chinatown-Houston T-shirts. Proceeds will go [...]

2022-08-30T17:32:07-05:00August 30th, 2022|

New Alief ISD pre-K schools leapfrog traditional methods

One of the two sophisticated early childhood centers that the Alief Independent School District opened for this school year includes an International Management District experience room. Reflecting the colorful ethnic diversity of the district and the Alief area, the space includes mural-like images of a Mexican market and a Mexican folkloric dancer; a Chinese dragon, [...]

2022-08-23T14:38:57-05:00August 23rd, 2022|

Alief plays a colorful role in a new Netflix series

If they have access to shows on Netflix, residents of Alief and anyone else with connections to the area will get a chance to see the neighborhood reflected in a huge — and sometimes comical — way starting Wednesday, Aug. 24. The date marks the video streaming debut of a sort-of biographical comedy series called [...]

2022-08-22T17:47:49-05:00August 22nd, 2022|
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