My International District
SBA official explains loan aid following Houston upheavals
With Hurricane Harvey, the COVID-19 pandemic and this year’s historic winter storm, it’s been a rough time for Texas, and small businesses have suffered. However, there are plenty of available financial resources to help business [...]
Meet HPD’s compassionate Asian community liaison
As the Houston Police Department’s Asian community liaison, Officer Don Vo is a familiar face throughout the city and especially in the International and Southwest management districts. He embodies the “community policing” approach of cultivating [...]
New Alief ISD center will boost teacher/staff enrichment
Alief ISD has opened its new, state-of-the-art 78,000-square-foot facility dedicated to professional growth and talent development of educators. The Center for Talent Development is located at the former Burlington Coat Factory location off Westheimer and [...]
A garden of international delights keeps ‘growing’ in Alief
Each plot takes you to a different place at the Alief Community Garden. A dozen cactus plants reach upward of 4 feet on a 25-foot-long bed belonging to Gus Munoz. Up close, against blues skies, [...]
This fish & pets store dives in to help humans
When Winter Storm Uri descended on Houston in mid-February, causing massive blackouts and freezing water pipes throughout the state, Patrick Hoang decided to spring into action. Hoang, who with his wife, Stacie, own and operate [...]
Video is a gateway to a temple rich in symbols and colors
An exotic building in the International Management District overflows with symbols. And the site is a treasure in another way: Chinese and Vietnamese cultures are distinct, but this is a place where they visually overlap. [...]
