What is marketing? Do you have a marketing plan for your business? “Art of Marketing” on May 23 will help new and existing businesses with critical information to create or refresh their marketing goals and objectives. Session highlights: Understanding the Seven Steps of the Marketing Process Identifying Your Target Market Determining Your Pricing Strategy Creating Customer Awareness Presented by the UTRGV SBDC. Register online.
Are you looking to launch or expand your business? Do you need funding to get started or to move to the next level? Join the the UTRGV SBDC on March 21 for “Show Me the Money! Small Business Financing Options,” a forum on financing options for small businesses. Guest speakers include: U.S. Small Business Administration PeopleFund LiftFund Lone Star National Bank This event also includes a mini-fair and an opportunity…
The Rio Grande City Annual Lighted Christmas Parade takes place Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. The Spectacular and Historical Christmas Parade makes it way down Main Street from Britton Avenue to the Fort Rinngold entrance.
Join the Rio Grande City Greater Chamber of Commerce for an open mixer event on Sept. 14. Connect, network and grow. The event takes place at 6 p.m. at Rio Brewing Company. Refreshments will be served.
Its start was a modest one with a few classes in historic buildings where Fort Ringgold once stood in Rio Grande City. It was the 1994-95 school year and the beginnings of the South Texas College in Starr County. The school went by South Texas Community College in those early years. No matter how humble the origins, it would prove to be transformational for Rio Grande City and area communities.…
The Rio Grande City Freedom Fest presented by Grupo Solido takes place July 2 at the Basilio Villarreal Municipal Park. The event features live music, a car show, kiddie rides, a fireworks show and more.
With three ports of entry, trucking is the lifeblood of international commerce and the economy in Starr County, according to Rose Benavidez, chairwoman of South Texas College Board of Trustees and president of Starr County Industrial Foundation. That’s why Rio Grande City Grulla ISD board members have approved a new partnership with STC to provide CDL training in Starr County this summer. “There is little doubt that in these uncertain…
Christopher De La Cruz Wycoco of WYCOTAX LLC is SBA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley District’s Small Business Person of the Year. District Director Angela Burton made the announcement last week, along with the awardees for nine other small business categories. Wycoco, born and raised in the Philippines, came to the United States in 2010 to work in the healthcare industry. Within five years, Wycoco’s journey led him from nursing to…
Rio Grande City holds its first annual free Community Health and Wellness Fair March 4 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and March 5 from 9 a.m. to noon at the AC2E Elementary School in Fort Ringgold. Dedicated to the health and wellness needs of families in the Rio Grande City area, local clinicians and health professionals will provide free health screenings, medical information, education and health-related services including the…
South Texas College’s enrollment centers at Starr, Mid Valley and Pecan campuses are open on all Saturdays throughout August to help students with registration for the fall semester. Both enrollment centers and financial aid areas will be open for students by appointment only. Students can sign up for an appointment online, or by downloading the Qless app and searching for South Texas College. Enrollment centers will be open from 10…