Hope Beyond Bridges serves the homeless right where they are, under the bridges around Houston. Every Saturday, our volunteers and community partners provide basic necessities to the homeless we meet; giving them a hearty meal, clothing, and hygiene kits. But we don’t just feed their basic physical needs, we feed their spirit. Through shared prayers and conversation, we build trust, we build relationships, one meal and one prayer at a time.

Flexible office space providers like WorkLodge address all these needs, providing incredible value and overall cost savings when compared to traditional office space. The cost savings actually increase the larger the team placed. Combined with the flexibility of multiple locations in different cities and / or States, all able to provide service within hours of a need arising, the overall solution is simply unrivaled when compared to the alternatives.

I’m Randy Lovelace, owner of The Woodlands branch office of Paragon Independent Insurance Agencies, Inc. I’ve been in the insurance business for just over 30 years. In 2004 Paragon was formed and I opened the very first Paragon location in Nederland, TX.

I relocated my office to The Woodlands, TX on Jan 1st of 2006 and started the process of meeting new friends through The Woodlands Area Chamber and other area networking groups. I’m married to my wife Dawn Candy. We have three kids between us, with a combined total of 7 grandchildren.

WorkLodge, a locally owned coworking company on a mission to “change lives” announced its second annual Office Space Giveaway where local nonprofits (501c3s) can network, gain exposure, be part of a week-long philanthropic event and ultimately, win free office space for an entire year. This is one way WorkLodge puts their core value, “be generous,” into practice, by investing into our local non-profit community.

The demand for workplace flexibility is steadily rising by the year, and more and more companies are going the route of remote teams. Technology has made it possible to run a team of workers in different time zones, and there are processes that each business can put in place to help keep a remote team happy and productive. If your business is in need of more workers, assembling a remote team could be the best way forward. Here are some tips for making sure you build a team that wins:

Theresa Parker, native Houstonian, U of H grad in journalism, spent 30+ years writing for corporations’ communications departments. I run Polkabeat inc. which owns polkabeat.com and Texas Polka News. I started polkabeat.com 10 years ago in tribute to my dad, a polka lover. My heritage is Czech and German so I grew up going to polka dances. I bought the Texas Polka News newspaper in 2014, so I have been publishing it for five years. The paper actually started in 1987, so we recently celebrated the 30th anniversary.