August 5, 2022
Questions? Contact us at 713-229-0900
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Take the Northside On The Move survey
& attend the community meeting on 8/11
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Northside On The Move is a partnership project between the Greater Northside Management District and Harris County Precinct 2 with the goal of developing a forward-looking strategy for future infrastructure improvements in the Greater Northside.
Input from the community is vital to developing the strategy and prioritizing infrastructure projects for Northside On The Move. There are several opportunities for you to share your input throughout the process. Please take the community survey to help identify mobility and transportation needs in the Greater Northside.
Please click on this link or scan the QR code below to take the community survey:
Please join us at the first public meeting on Thursday, August 11, at 6 p.m. at the Harris County Department of Education. We hope to see you there and look forward to your input!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
Northside On The Move Community Meeting
Thursday, August 11, 2022, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Harris County Department of Education
6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, TX 77002
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Take the survey
regarding the region's transportation
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Part of the METRONext Moving Forward Plan, this project aims to develop a new METRORapid line running for 25.3 miles. The line would operate in a dedicated, transit-only lane to move through traffic.
The University Corridor begins at the Westchase Park & Ride near the intersection of the Westpark Tollway and the Sam Houston Tollway. It ends at Tidwell Transit Center, near the intersection of Tidwell Road and U.S. Highway 59.
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Upcoming events and meetings |
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Montie Beach Civic Club upcoming events |
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Montie Beach Park Clean Up -- Second Saturdays
Saturday, August 13
7 - 9 a.m. (Summer hours to beat the heat!)
Montie Beach Park -- meet by the softball fields
Picnic in the Park
Saturday, August 27
Montie Beach Park
Save the date!
National Night Out
Tuesday, October 4
Montie Beach Park
Houston Fire Department truck and more!
Dia de los Muertos in the Heights Festival
Saturday, October 29
Noon - 8 p.m.
Montie Beach Park
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Free COVID booster shots are available |
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Houston’s CDC COVID-19 Community Level is currently MEDIUM. The latest 14-day average COVID-19 positivity rate is 21.1% and the wastewater virus load is 502% of the baseline.
HHD-operated sites are located across the city and can be found at HoustonHealth.org or by calling
832-393-4220.
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Programs available at Wesley Community Center |
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HOV/HOT lanes open on weekends
for summer pilot program
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The Express Lanes that help you avoid traffic on weekdays will soon be open seven days a week as part of a regional pilot mobility program approved by METRO's Board of Directors.
HOV/HOT (Express) Lanes managed by METRO will be open on weekends through Monday, September 5. This includes the Labor Day holiday. Weekend and holiday operations will follow the same schedule, occupancy requirements and tolls as weekdays.
Lanes included in the pilot program run down the middle of Interstate 45, U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 290.
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Minority-owned Houston businesses and nonprofits will soon have a chance at tens of millions of dollars in grants through a city-run program aimed at social justice initiatives.
The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity will begin taking applications beginning August 9, hoping to provide grants of $10,000 to $65,000 to hundreds of businesses.
Created in 2021, in part as a response to the May 2020 murder of Houston native George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the global protests that followed, the fund was bolstered by a $20 million donation last year from Wells Fargo. That money will become available to applicants and can be used to buy assets, such as equipment and property.
To apply, the business or nonprofit must be in the Houston-area, have 50 or fewer employees, be led by people of color and have been established by December 31, 2021. Click here to submit applications from August 9 to August 23.
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Now hiring!
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
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Do you love Saint Arnold beer? Do you like to work hard? Think you’d like to work at Saint Arnold? See a job opening you will be perfect for? Let them know!
Click here to see available positions, then click the job description to apply.
Please be sure to include a cover letter for brewery positions.
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Enjoy tax-free shopping this weekend |
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This will be the 24th year for the sales tax holiday, the rules of which are established by the Texas Legislature.
Sales tax will be exempt on items such as clothing, shoes, school supplies and backpacks that are priced below $100.
In addition, adult and baby diapers are tax-exempt this weekend.
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Pay-what-you-can,
community-based art courses offered
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Flexible Access is a pilot program of pay-what-you-can, community-based art courses for students 17 and up.
In 2022, Art League Houston is kicking off a multi-year initiative to re-imagine the role of an Art League School to foster radical imagination, reduce economic barriers to art education and impact positive social change through the arts. 2022-23 will be a pilot year as new-and-revitalized programming is slowly rolled out throughout the year. This program marks the start of a larger initiative to prioritize arts access and equity taking place at the ALH school.
Click here for more information and enrollment procedures.
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Acceso Flexible es un programa piloto ofreciendo cursos de arte para la comunidad en lo cual puedes pagar-con-lo-que-puedas para estudiantes de 17 años en adelante.
En 2022, Art League Houston lanzará una iniciativa de varios años para volver a imaginar el papel de la Escuela Art League para fomentar la imaginación radical, reducir las barreras económicas a la educación artística e impactar un cambio social positivo a través de las artes. 2022-23 será un año piloto para nosotros, a medida que implementemos lentamente una programación nueva y revitalizada durante todo el año. Este programa marca el comienzo de una iniciativa más amplia para priorizar el acceso a las artes y la equidad que se lleva a cabo en la escuela ALH.
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Enroll for Leonel Castillo
Early Childhood STEM Academy
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Leonel Castillo Early Childhood STEM Academy is enrolling 3-to 5-year-old children in their full-day pre-K and kindergarten programs.
The campus is a community-based public school in partnership with Harris County Precinct 2 that offers small classes, STEM instruction, social and emotional learning, free meals and more.
Call 713-640-3740 for more information and to schedule a tour of the academy.
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Will your child be ready for school? |
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Ecclesia Lindale's free events
6615 Irvington Blvd, Houston 77022
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Employment assistance at SER |
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SER is a nonprofit community organization that educates and equips people in the Texas Gulf Coast Region who come from low-income backgrounds or who have significant barriers to employment. SER believes the power and purpose of work can transform lives and communities.
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Greater Northside Management District
business highlights
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Planning an event?
Consider these Greater Northside caterers
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A La Carte Events & Catering specializes in full-service catering and event planning in Houston and can handle as many, or as few, of the details as you wish. Your event is special, and their event planners get as excited as you do to make your vision a reality.
Since many of A La Carte Events & Catering's clients are based outside of Houston, they rely on this business to scout out venues, book photographers and entertainment, source specialty rentals, and handle a myriad of other details.
If you've already chosen some of your vendors, A La Carte Events & Catering will happily coordinate with them so that your event goes off without a hitch.
281.408.4112
609 North Loop East, Ste 100, Houston 77009
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Lemond Kitchen provides full-service catering, alcohol beverage service and event production.
Chef Reggie Martin discovered his passion for food at a young age while working for Lemond Catering, his family’s business in Houston. In 2003, Reggie and his wife, Merinda Watkins-Martin, took over the family business.
Combining Reggie’s passion for great food and Merinda’s dedication to quality service, Lemond Catering soon earned a reputation for making every event — from intimate affairs to major corporate galas — an incredible experience.
Together, the couple launched the Lemond Kitchen brand in 2013, which allowed them to create a line of retail products and expand the company through new food concessions and catering contracts.
713-790-0441
612 Archer Street, Houston 77009
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restaurant or event featured in our newsletter?
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The Greater Northside Management District's Butterfly Pocket Park on Fulton won the award for On-the-Ground Projects Under $500K in the 2020 Houston-Galveston Area Council Parks and Natural Areas Award Program. Each year, H-GAC honors projects that serve as models for planning and implementation for parks and natural areas in the region. |
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