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Brownsville District Attract Visitors

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Sculptures of children playing are among the features at the restored Dean Porter Park in Brownsville.

The 150,000 visitors who streamed into the Holiday Village Brownsville to celebrate the Christmas season meant more than enjoying the merriment of December.  It reaffirmed again just how far the renovation of Dean Porter Park has come over the last two decades and the rise of the Mitte Cultural District in Brownsville. The park and district are intertwined in being located next to each other. The whole area where Ringgold…

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Brownsville Native’s Giving Forms a Jewel

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The entrance to the Mitte Cultural District is between 5th and 6th streets in Brownsville.

Roy Mitte grew up in Brownsville with a favorite spot by one of the city’s many resacas. Ringgold Park lay nestled next to one of Brownsville’s oxbow lakes. In the 1930s and 40s, a young Roy loved being at the park, forming memories of his hometown that would never leave him.  He would grow up and go on to success and wealth in the insurance industry. He and his wife,…

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