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Topic: Hurricane Safety and Your Business Join us for our quarterly Alief Networking Breakfast on Tuesday, May 6, to prepare your business for the upcoming hurricane season. Three local authorities will bring you planning tips, provide safe evacuation instructions and detail what to do in the aftermath of the storm. Presentations Hurricane Preparedness for the [...]
The University of Houston’s Collaborative Community Design Initiative, which puts the spotlight on suggested improvements in Alief in 2011, has been updated with a new report released in 2013. The International Management District Zones and Strategies report focuses on five zones within the District: West Park, Chinatown West, the Neighborhood Center Zone, the Sugar Hill [...]
The Asian-American community in the International District celebrated the advent of the Lunar New Year with a colorful parade and two festivals that incorporated multiple cultures. Lion and dragon dances and marching veterans groups were the star attractions at the Tet Lunar New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 1, as the parade ran along Bellaire [...]
10 HOURS OF FREE LIVE MUSIC IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING What: MUSIC FEST Professional Musicians: Gisele & Friends (Latin), Kelly Dean Band (Smooth Jazz), Kyle Turner (5 piece ensemble w/Tenor Sax), Texas Brass Band (New Orleans Jazz), Warren Sneed Band (Traditional Jazz),Luther & the Healers (Top Texas Blues Band), Mark Dini (Fusion w/Pop Rock & [...]
Local businesses team up to give students a real glimpse into competing for capital HOUSTON (February 25, 2014) - Future entrepreneurs at Alief Taylor High School will pitch their business plans and ideas to a group of local investors as part of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Thursday, Feb. 27. Students in Houston's YEA! [...]
Last spring, new development rules were adopted that will allow developers to build additional housing on smaller lots than are typically found in most suburban style neighborhoods. This will increase the availability of housing in the city and provide residents with more housing options. However, if your neighborhood is residential and would like to retain [...]
HOUSTON (February 10, 2014) – On Friday, January 31st Sewa International AmeriCorps VISTAs helped plan, coordinate and facilitate a College Career Day for immigrant and refugee ninth graders at the Alief Independent School District Language Institute for Newcomers (LINC) program at the Hastings Annex. Sewa partnered with the AISD LINC program to make this event [...]
HCC is looking to fill faculty positions in the areas of Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Drafting, Engineering Physics and Math at its campuses in Alief, Katy and Spring Branch. All qualified applicants are invited to apply online at www.hccsjobs.com for immediate consideration. If you are interested in a position, please use the position numbers [...]
Houston-Galveston Area Council February 2014 In This Issue January TPC Cancelled The Art of Transportation: MPO 40th Anniversary H-GAC Hosts Bike Friendly Workshop Montgomery County Mobility Studies Brown Bag Lunch:Texas High Speed Rail Lone Star Executive Airport Opens New Facility Pedestrian-Bicyclist Counters Available Mobility NOW Releases Episode 8 and Episode 6 En Español Did you [...]
The International District is proud to be a Charter Sponsor of the 1st Annual Lunar New Year Parade. Director of Services, Brian Burks and International District Community Volunteer Ralph Daniel will fly the district's colors leading a motorcycle procession. "This will be a great event for the Alief/International District area and we hope everyone in [...]
