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The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans wafts through the air as Vertere Coffee Roasters’ owner Steve Criswell prepares to roast another batch at his Porter shop. Vertere Coffee Roasters opened in 2014 at 22289 Ford Road, Suite 200, across from Porter Elementary, after receiving a positive reception of his initial product samples and finding […]

As customers clamored for hand sanitizer and grocery store shelves cleared during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Caney’s Gates Engineered Lubricants rose to the challenge to provide a safe, sustainable supply of hand sanitizer for the business community.  Located in the East Montgomery County Industrial Park, Gates Lubricants purchases the sanitizer from a bottling company that

Ever since he can remember, cars and racing have always been passions for Jak Crawford. At four years old, Jak’s dad, Tim Crawford, bought him a racing kart that he drove around a large parking lot until he was six years old when he officially began racing. From playing with cars to racing, Jak has

Local businessman John Darst, who’s also a board member of the East Montgomery County Scholarship Foundation (EMCSF), has found a way for families making difficult end-of-life plans to help future generations with education plans. Darst, who owns Darst Funeral Home, recently created a program that benefits all involved. When a family decides on a plan

The newest business to call the East Montgomery County Industrial ParkThe newest business to call the East Montgomery County Industrial Park home, Levitated Metals, will mark the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony alongside the East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID) at the site on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. “We’re excited to

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Thursday that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID) to construct a 30,000 sq. ft. office building at the East Montgomery County Industrial Park in New Caney. The grant will help to facilitate job creation

Attention small business owners – take advantage of this upcoming workshop before it’s too late. In line with the goals of EMCID and the East Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation to support business improvements and expansions and relocations to EMC, the Governor’s Small Business Initiative will host a Gulf Coast workshop on Aug. 1 in

More than a dozen shovels broke into the ground where the newest Kelsey-Seybold clinic will call home in Porter, along U.S. Highway 59 northbound, north of Northpark Drive. East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID) board chairman Brenda Webb along with representatives from Kelsey-Seybold and Gamma Construction celebrated the official groundbreaking of the clinic on Wednesday,

The Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) announced that Frank McCrady, President and CEO of the East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID), has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the association’s board of directors. Through this position, McCrady will have a leadership role on the board’s executive committee and will help carry out the association’s program of work

Everything from new buildings at the VFW to heartworm treatment will be funded through the East Montgomery County Improvement District’s Community Development Grant program. The Board approved $157,356.68 in funding for 14 grants for organizations serving East Montgomery County communities. EMCID accepts funding requests for community development grants twice a year. Governmental entities or nonprofit