Neartown’s Rising Stars

Chandra Muhammad

My passion is making others smile and hum and ha with creative, delicious, mouthwatering dishes that will keep you coming back for more. Divine Creations Cuisine, our catering company, prepares quality, nutritious, affordable home-cooked meals. We prepare foods with fresh, quality ingredients and offer exceptional customer service. At Divine Creations Cuisine, the customer is more than special. When you book a job with us, you become a family. Everyone wants to be treated like family. This love for cooking and passion for serving others through food was developed at the young age of eight. It began when I used to stand on a stool and cook eggs and other breakfast items for my uncles in St Martinville, Louisiana. That passion continued throughout my high-school and college career. Read more>>

Robyn Goldstein

Early on during the pandemic, my husband Brian and I were challenging one another what businesses would be thriving during this time, as the franchise we had invested in 18 months prior, Row House and StretchLab were both closed because of COVID 19 and I was now working from home. We were being creative, bouncing ideas off one another, as we saw the world around us changing so quickly. For my birthday, two weeks prior to the conversation, I had gotten an iPad Pro/ Apple Pencil to reengage in my childhood hobby of drawing. Each night we would walk with our two children and see so many yard signs/ yard greetings popping up in the neighborhood to attempt to celebrate all the canceled celebrations, I suggested ‘What if we did something to for celebrations in people’s front yards that was unique and different than the greetings or balloons that we now regularly saw. Read more>>

Eric Maier

Between the early 1900’s and the late 40’s, Houston streets were marked with Blue and White Mosaic tiles laid into the curbs of the streets during construction, indicating the block number and street names for motorists, pedestrians and those still on horseback or carriage. Thousands of these markers remain decorating the streets today, but many have been damaged and removed or destroyed as roads are improved and areas redeveloped. Recognizing that every day we’re losing a small part of Houston history. and the beauty found in the nostalgic Blue Tiles, I wanted to bring them back and make them available to citizens of Houston and the surrounding area as a permanent replacement for the spray-painted address numbers, and hopefully gain momentum to encourage the city to bring them back as we repave city and neighborhood streets. Read more>>

Jorden Solis

I’m Sojo I started music back in 2014 in Wichita, Kansas. I started out making EDM but slowly finding myself doing trap and rap beats for local artists. After reaching out to many other producers and creatives outside of my hometown, I began collabing with them and networking with others as well. I didn’t see much success like I wanted back home so I decided to move to Houston to pursue my music and it’s made a drastic change since being here, I’ve met so many other talented producers, artists, and engineers. I even managed to secure the opportunity of being a lead engineer at the local space Jams studio here in town. Read more>>