Alief Community Garden, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 10 am - 12 pm

I would like to thank all of you for your dedication and support given to our 2015 Thanksgiving Holiday Giving efforts. We were able to provide 210 families from the Alief community with a blessed Thanksgiving meal. A very special thank you goes to Brad Branson, who is also one of our amazing Alief YMCA [...]

Here is how you can support access for families during the holidays: Donate a Thanksgiving meal for a family that includes any or all of the following (frozen 10-12 pound turkey, uncooked, packaged traditional sides, desserts or non-alcoholic beverages) Donate a Christmas gift for a youth in need including the following (appropriate sized clothing items, [...]

  Come network with the International District, our business partners, the community leaders, and see what we've done to turn the "space" green.

By Roxanna Asgarian, Houston Business Journal As the chasm between education and the workforce has widened on a national scale, Texas has made strides to try to address the problem, including a program that just launched this fall. House Bill 5, which was passed in 2013, made big changes to the curriculum in Texas schools. [...]

By Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle Feng shui is paying off for Houston-based Whitestone REIT at its Lion Square shopping center redevelopment in southwest Houston’s Asian district. Sam’s Spa Nail Supply has signed a new 12,260-square-foot lease that boosts occupancy at Lion Square to 94 percent. The 117,600-square-foot shopping center is at the northeast corner of [...]

Watch the video of our Fun Fall Fest and Farmers Market held on October 10, 2015.

The annual food and toy drive ' The Food Drive dates October 7th Thru Nov. 18th. Food can be dropped off at the office at International Trade Center, 11110 Bellaire Room 200 Ste 217. Your help is appreciated Toy Drive will begin November 4th and end December 16th. Toys can be delivered to office at [...]