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The East Montgomery County Improvement District announced the winners of the East Texas Fire & Ice Festival Video Contest at the Board of Directors regular meeting, held Thursday, February 25. Local high school and college students were asked to shoot and edit a one-minute video of the Fire & Ice Festival January 9 at Texan […]

The Board of Directors of the East Montgomery County Improvement District spread a little Christmas cheer and dropped off 140 turkeys at the Mission Northeast Thursday, December 17 just in time for the non-profit organization’s annual Christmas store, where it provided toys, gifts and holiday food to needy families. “Mission Northeast does great work for

More local students will have the tools necessary to learn and compete, teachers will have much needed classroom materials, police officers will get new video cameras for their patrol units, and visitors to the Piney Woods VFW won’t have to dodge dangerous potholes thanks to support from the Board of Directors of the East Montgomery

Frank McCrady, the President and CEO of the East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID), will lend a strong voice for economic leadership to Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas as the newly elected Western Region Director of the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC), the oldest and largest regional economic development association in North America.

The Board of Directors helped kick off the name change of the Friendship Center to the East Montgomery County Senior Center Tuesday, September 1. The Center arranged a sock hop, ice cream bar, prize wheel and photo booth, which were a hit with the crowd of folks in the hall, mostly from East Montgomery County

Take a look down Sorters McClellan Road near the Lone Star College – Kingwood campus and you’ll find plenty of action. The Back Pew Brewing Company is renovating a former office building into a micro-brewery featuring beer lines for “saints” and “sinners.” The company, founded by native Houstonian Bobby Harl — who has a Ph.D.

The Board of Directors of the East Montgomery County Improvement District approved funding nine requests for Community Development Grants (CDG) totaling $123,572.50 at its May 14 meeting. Grants are funded twice a year to governmental entities, non-profit corporations and other organizations for projects that improve the quality of life for residents in East Montgomery County.

The East Montgomery County Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit subsidiary of the East Montgomery County Improvement District, selected six college students from East Montgomery County to receive its first $500 merit scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded each spring to up to 20 college students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership and service, and financial need. Scholarship

The East Montgomery County Improvement District was presented with an award Monday, March 16 at the Roman Forest Police Department’s Annual Awards and Recognition Dinner. President/CEO Frank McCrady accepted on behalf of the Board of Directors the award for EMCID’s continued support of the department through grant funding. “The East Montgomery County Improvement District has

In an effort to keep the communities in East Montgomery County informed about various business developments and community and educational programs available, the Board of Directors of the East Montgomery County Improvement District will host monthly meetings, beginning March 17, that will include a short presentation and a time for questions and answers. “As a