Second COVID-19 vaccination mega site scheduled for Minute Maid Park
UPDATE - All new appointments for the January 16 COVID-19 vaccination mega site at Minute Maid Park are booked. The 2,600 new slots filled 16-miutes after opening. Additional vaccination opportunities will be announce as supply increases. The Houston Health Department and Astros Foundation are partnering for a second COVID-19 vaccination mega site at Minute Maid Park [...]
Houston Virtual Job Fair January 27, 2021
Houston Virtual Job Fair Wed, Jan 27, 2021 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST This Virtual Job Fair will allow you to discover who is hiring and what they are looking for. An online virtual event utilizes chat and video interviewing to help you land your dream job. Sending your resume every day and not [...]
S. Gessner Apartment/Business PIP Meeting, Jan. 19
The virtual PIP meeting will be held on Tuesday January 19th at 12 noon. The speaker for the meeting will be Officer Vu Quang with Houston Police Financial crimes Unit. The topic of the meeting will remind the community of the dangers of giving out personal information over the phone and falling for scams over the [...]
SBA: PPP Re-Opens to Small Lenders on 1/15 & All Lenders on 1/19
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, will re-open the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets for First and Second Draw applications on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 9 am ET. The portal will fully open on Tuesday, January 19, [...]
SBA: Shuttered Venue Grant Webinar, Thursday, Jan. 14
Join this webinar for a preliminary overview of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program included in the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 27, 2020. Eligible organizations with a reduction in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have the opportunity to receive [...]
District K – Newsletter January 2021
Happy New Year District K! It's only the 12th day of the year and our calendar is filling up with events, projects, meetings and plans to benefit our district. Last year although our personal contact with residents was limited, your District K Team continued to work on your behalf each day. It is [...]
SBA: Economic Aid Act – PPP & EIDL Updates
Please find a link to our upcoming webinar schedule for small businesses: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: SBA Houston Virtual Events (govdelivery.com)4 Sessions include an overview of the new stimulus package as well as Q&A sessions with SBA Leadership. Recent Press Release issued for reopening of PPP Loans (pdf also attached): PPP Reopens Jan 11 | The U.S. Small Business Administration | SBA.gov SBA [...]
Houston Health Department, partners announce free COVID-19 testing schedule for week of January 11
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of January 11, 2020. Nineteen FREE+FAST+SAFE testing sites across Houston are on the schedule for the week. Houston Health Department The Houston Health Department will offer drive-thru testing at two surge sites affiliated with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [...]
Founded in the 1850s, the Freedom Colony of Riceville lives on
It happens fairly often as you wander the backroads of Houston -- you’ll be driving along through more or less typical 1970s-style suburban development when all of a sudden you’ll find yourself in a cluster of much older housing, from the 1940s, say, or even older. Then you might see an older church, and if [...]
