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RGV Goes To D.C. As ‘One Force’

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Historic low levels of water at Falcon Lake were a topic of discussion from RGV leaders on a recent group visitor to Washington, D.C. (Courtesy)

Highlighting Daniel Silva’s two-year tenure as the chief executive officer of the Rio Grande Valley Partnership is his organization’s “one region, one voice” message. Silva’s predecessors also preached regional unity when it came to the Valley’s nearly 50 cities working more collaboratively when marketing and promoting the region. He has tried to intensify those efforts by having the many economic development corporations in the Valley band together under one regional flag…

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Partnership CEO Building Regional Reach

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Daniel Silva has spoken across many RGV venues to promote the Partnership's one region, one voice message. (Courtesy)

Daniel Silva spent 19 years at the Mission Economic Development Corporation, starting as a fresh college graduate and ascending to being the organization’s chief executive officer.  The climb to the top job was fulfilling, but eventually there was an aspiration for another challenge. In 2022, when the opportunity to serve more than one Rio Grande Valley community came along, Silva took it in seeking to have a bigger footprint. In…

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RGV Economic Summit Promotes Unity

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Edinburg Mayor Ramiro Garza signs an alliance compact promoting RGV economic development partnerships as other area leaders support those efforts. (Courtesy)

Edinburg Mayor Ramiro Garza called it a need for the Rio Grande Valley to do a better job of telling its story. “Our area is talked about a lot by so many other people but ourselves,” Garza said in a recent media interview. “I think it’s time we come together as one region and talk about all our region has to offer.” Garza was a leading force along with other…

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Local Governments Must Get it Right When it Comes to Broadband Investment  

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Local governments across the Rio Grande Valley are wisely prioritizing high-speed internet as they consider ways to invest American Rescue Plan funds to improve their communities. This money – roughly $10 billion slated for our region – represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is imperative that local leaders making these decisions look well into the future to ensure the way they’re spending this money is the right way.   At the…

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Silva Takes Top Leadership Spot At RGV Partnership

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Daniel Silva

The Rio Grande Valley Partnership has a new president and chief executive officer, and the new leader is a familiar face in the region’s economic development circles. Daniel Silva started as the Partnership’s new chief executive last week after an over three-year stint in the same role with the Mission Economic Development Corporation. Silva had a 15-years-plus stay with the Mission EDC, working his way up to the top spot.…

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VIA Sees Resurgence In New Flights & Bookings  

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Viva Aerobus jet, the airline has recently started direct Harlingen-Monterrey flights with one-stop connections to Cancun, Guadalajara and Mexico City. (Courtesy)

Valley International Airport is experiencing its best growth numbers since 2008 as longstanding airlines return daily flights and new international flights to Mexico have been established. Marv Easterly, VIA’s director of aviation, provided that overview recently during a commercial and investment tour hosted by the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation and the Rio Grande Valley Partnership. The Harlingen-based regional airport has gotten through the worst of the cutbacks brought on by…

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Analysts See RGV Economy Making Gains

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Major hospitals are expanding and growing across the Valley.

The Rio Grande Valley’s real estate market currently has a scarcity of existing homes for sale. Residents holding on to properties as the region and country exits out of an economy influenced by the pandemic.  This analysis was among the views offered recently during a 2021 Rio Grande Valley Economic Forecast & Market Incentives virtual summit co-hosted by the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation. The event, which spanned over three hours,…

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Pandemic Jolts Valley Life With Changes

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The month of March started like any other with businesses to run, bills to pay and jobs to fill. There was also a general awareness of a growing threat. The COVID-19, known as the coronavirus, was making its way across the oceans to the United States.  In fact, it had already arrived. By mid-March, the threat was very real. Coronavirus outbreaks hit both coasts of the United States. Texas would…

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Census Official Urges Accurate Valley Count in 2020

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Bishop Daniel Flores addresses the audience at a Census 2020 Forum.

The 2020 U.S. Census will go out to a nation that’s more technologically wired than ever. Census Bureau officials expect the nation’s official population count to be the first of its kind. A solid majority of respondents will do so online. “The fact we’ve moved beyond paper only makes us more relevant to the American people,” said Timothy Olson, the associate director of field operations for the U.S. Census Bureau. …

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RGV First Advocates Going Local

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The negotiations that led to the creation of a single Rio Grande Valley metropolitan planning organization meant more than being a positive sign of regional goodwill. It also spurred the Texas Department of Transportation to announce it would spend $1.1 billion over the next decade. The money is solely for highway and mobility projects in the Valley. The state agency believed the merger of three Valley MPOs into a single…

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