Life + Culture

Northpark Needs You: Strengthening Businesses

Because Community Requires Collaboration, and Local Residents are Encouraged to Shop as Roadwork Continues Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Tyler Jones, Jordan Lewis, & Becca Lindsay Growth can change a skyline. It can widen roads, fill restaurants, and bring new, exciting experiences. But growth alone does not build community. Northpark Needs You is an endeavor in what happens when a community protects its own economic heartbeat through change. At the cross-section where East Montgomery...

Finance + Legal Services

Stitched Into theEMC Fabric

CRCU quilting community together, one branch at a time Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Garrett R. Blucher Baytown may be where the first square of the Community Resource Credit Union (CRCU) community involvement quilt was sewn, but every branch that followed became another carefully curated and placed patch in the ever-expanding organizational structure that makes up this local financial institution. Each location is not simply an expansion. It is another square stitched into a growing...

Professional Services

Be That Neighbor

How family legacy, chamber leadership, and consistent participation fuel Shane Harper to investment in EMC Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Tyler Johnson & Kelly Anne Style Porter Insurance has sat in a unique position in East Montgomery County (EMC) long before the region's recent surge of growth. Founded in 1979, the insurance agency has witnessed FM 1314 transform from a quiet stretch of road flanked by woods into a corridor of opportunity. Through expansion, infrastructure, and...

Professional Services

When the Stakes Are Real?

Eric Wiggins chose to build trust by helping the community feel protected, making EMC a place that feels safe when it matters most Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Kelly Anne Style At home, Eric Wiggins is first a husband and father. His wife, Helen, and he are raising three children, Sydney, Jake, and Anna Claire, grounding their family in a life similar to one that shaped Eric's childhood. Providing for others sharpened his understanding of what protection means. It is not theoretical...