Publisher’s Letter
PUBLISHER
Ginger Wheless
ginger@rednews.com
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Dear Readers,
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It’s time for New Year’s Resolutions! At the top of my list is the desire to experience international travel this year. I have had limited “experiential history lessons” so not only is travel on my top 10 for 2014, it’s also included in my bucket list: Visit a minimum of 30 countries before I kick the bucket.
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This reminded me how international a city Houston is and led me to start a series in REDNews this year recognizing the number of cultures prevalent in our city and the amount of influence they have had in our growth and development. The Asian-American community (primarily Chinese & Vietnamese) are a small, but mighty group representing only about 6.5% of our population. However, Chinatown has been referred to as the “Asian Wall Street” and there are six privately owned Asian-American banks in the area with assets of over $30 billion! I visited with Wea Lee, who took me on a tour of Southern News Group & the International Trade Center, and Donnie Chang of ABC Realty Advisors. Kenneth Li of Century 21 Southwest gave me a tour of Chinatown which piqued my curiosity in visiting the Sharpstown and Westwood areas which are part of the Greater Sharpstown Management District. The Chinese culture of incorporating Feng Shui and Numerology (see Page 21) into their development plans and the fact the Chinatown area didn’t experience a 2008 – 2012 downturn might be worth a case study. The Texas Board of Realtors has even started offering an MCE class in Real Estate Feng Shui. Happy 2014!
Ginger Wheless
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