My Southwest District
HOPE Clinic aims to transform healthcare & spur economic development in Alief area
HOPE Clinic is a non-profit network of Houston health centers that cares, in 35 languages, for patients regardless of their ability to pay. Now it has officially started construction on a $33 million, three-story multi-purpose complex [...]
Listening & leading: An interview with new HPD Westside Commander Reece Hardy
The Houston Police Department’s Westside Command Station is the city’s largest, serving a population of 300,000 people (plus businesses, visitors and more) with a staff of about 300 officers per day in addition to a [...]
WAR SURVIVORS: Houstonians from Vietnam share insights & stories to guide new Afghan refugees
Quynh Vora Quynh Vora, an interior decorator and real estate investor, was 8 when she and her family of refugees from Vietnam arrived in Houston: “It was hot and humid and reminded [...]
Nu Cafe: Taiwanese shaved ice perfected with 1,000+ experiments
You’ve heard the food proverb, “a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.” To reach those lips, never mind your hips, the people behind the Taiwanese shaved ice served at Nu Cafe in [...]
Kwality Ice Cream brings South Asian flavors to frozen treats
For an ice cream lover in Houston, the ubiquity of ice cream shops makes it easy to feel like you’ve had it all: every kind of homemade small batch ice cream, liquid-nitrogen ice cream, ice [...]
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 [...]
District is new frontier for Asian restaurants from the coasts
As Houston holds on to its title as the most ethnically diverse American city, a study this year showed its metropolitan area is home to the country’s ninth largest Asian-American population: 550,675 people. Now, Asian [...]
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 [...]
Chinese Community Center steps up to help in unusual and usual times
The Chinese Community Center, at 9800 Town Park Drive in the Southwest Management District, has long been a lifeline providing cultural, educational programs and a wide range of social services to people in the southwest [...]
The next Independence Hall is coming, thanks to Houston Baptist University
Visitors to Philadelphia make sure not to miss Independence Hall, called the birthplace of our country and our founding principles. It was where the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and debated and approved [...]
