The Community Garden was intended to: Stimulate social interaction by bringing people together Provide fruit and produce for personal use or donation to the hungry Become a learning experience and a teaching tool for urban children who see no connection between the foods they eat and what it takes to produce it Be a source [...]
Volunteers build a playground in six hours. When 300 volunteers pitch in a cumulative 1,800 man-hours' wielding shovels, hammers, paintbrushes and rakes, an empty field can be transformed into a playground in just six hours. That's what happened Saturday, April 28 as Alief residents joined forces with sponsors Blue Cross Blue Shield, Texans Together, KaBoom!, [...]
Volunteers build a playground in six hours. When 300 volunteers pitch in a cumulative 1,800 man-hours' wielding shovels, hammers, paintbrushes and rakes, an empty field can be transformed into a playground in just six hours. That's what happened Saturday, April 28 as Alief residents joined forces with sponsors Blue Cross Blue Shield, Texans Together, KaBoom!, [...]
METRO is excited about a new leadership development program that is designed to educate transit advocates about transit operations, initiatives and challenges. The goal of the program is to enhance awareness about METRO, create partnerships with the community and develop a platform for transit advocacy efforts in the Houston region. The first class graduated in [...]
ID Recycling Day was held April 21,2012 Watch this video of people in the community recycling their computers, computer components, and other electronic equipment. On site document shredding was also available ID Recycling Day - April 21, 2012 from e-Vision 1 Productions on Vimeo. {gallery}News/RecyclingDay{/gallery}
Make a Difference in the Future of YOUR Community! We want to hear from you. Click here for a brief survey. OUR Region, OUR Vision, OUR Future The Houston Galveston region is expected to see 4 million new residents in the next 30 years. Where will those residents live? How will this change affect [...]
The International District Garden is a collaborative partnership with Alief ISD, the Alief Super Neighborhood, LISC, the University of Houston – School of Architecture, the Tatanka Boy Scouts, Trees for Houston and Wells Fargo. Located at the corner of Dairy Ashford and Beechnut On April 14th, 600 trees were set into ground in the irrigated [...]
US-China Petroleum Equipment Matchmaking Reception: OTC 2012 Dinner Event Please join us for this reception and dinner with high level officials and companies from Dongying, one of China’s principal petroleum equipment manufacturing centers. The event provides opportunities for Houston area importer-distributors, parts suppliers, banks, accounting firms, attorneys, and real estate developers and brokers [...]
Did you know... Alief Elsik Stage Company took their show, “Driving Miss Daisy,” all the way to the Area UIL One-Act Play Competition at San Jacinto College. Along the way, Daniel Smith won Best Actor; Emily Tunon won Best Actress; and Mario Yang took home an Honorable Mention All-Star Cast Award. Three crew members were [...]
iEARN Pakistan February 29—Council Members Andrew Burkes and Mike Laster welcomed Ms. Farah Kamal, Executive Director of iEARN Pakistan, a non-profit organization that links schools globally, to discuss the establishment of a relationship between the Houston Academy of International Studies and Habib Public School in Karachi, Pakistan. The following day a Memorandum of Understanding linking [...]
