Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley will now be providing student food pantries at South Texas College’s Mid-Valley and Pecan campuses with free food supplies for one year estimated at more than $10,000. “We want to make sure our students are focused on their education and not where their next meal is coming from,” said Libby Ann Saenz, Food Bank RGV co-chief executive officer. “We are very big on…
Join the Weslaco Chamber Of Commerce for its monthly Networking Lunch Mob on Oct. 5. This event is an opportunity to support local business and network over lunch. Register online to receive event instructions and location. RSVP online.
Esperanza Homes from its base in upper Hidalgo County moved into the Brownsville market in recent years. It skipped over the Mid-Valley but it was a short-lived omission. Esperanza, a division of Rhodes Enterprises, had designs on the Mid-Valley all along. It established on paper a Mid-Valley division in 2020, which in Esperanza’s case, runs from San Juan to Weslaco. The company moved this year to break ground on Texas…
The Weslaco Museum invites everyone to come and celebrate “Dies y Seis de Septiembre“ on Sept. 16 during museum hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum dress up for the fiesta and celebrates Priest Miguel Hidalgo’s determination for Mexico to have its freedom from both Spain and France. The event includes food, aguas, loteria, music, history and celebration. Attendees are invited to “put on your huipil (colorful Mexican dress),…
Join SBA Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office District Director Angela Burton as she hosts a panel on Oct. 1 on how women veterans can become entrepreneurs. This event will provide information, resources and an opportunity to network with fellow women veterans in the Rio Grande Valley. Registration and a full schedule is available online.
Weslaco’s Mid Valley International Industrial Park is the recipient of a $1.5-million federal grant to expand opportunities for commercial, cold storage and warehousing businesses. The industrial park has seen significant growth in recent years, especially with companies involved in cold storage and shipment of produce from Mexico, as well as other agricultural commodities like cotton. The federal grant to Weslaco comes from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration. The…
The Weslaco Museum invites the public to a Night of Giving on Aug. 18 to focus on raising awareness for Love 146 and Polaris. The museum will also accept donations on the organizations’ behalf.
Leadership Mid-Valley is now accepting applications for its Class of XVII to begin in October. The eight-month program seeks to bring together rising professionals with a passion and willingness to use and improve their leadership skills to enrich the quality of life in Weslaco and across the Mid-Valley. Leadership Mid-Valley participants will gain inside knowledge of the region, a new network of like-minded leaders, and develop an in-depth understanding of…
Mateo Leal saw the burgeoning growth of Rio Grande Valley cities in the early 2000s and noted a gap in how some markets were served. “How about the communities on the fringes of the Valley?” It’s a question Edward Leal recalled his father asking when the family first envisioned the hardware stores that today dot Hidalgo County. Rural areas on the outskirts of city limits were poised for growth but…
The Weslaco Museum is currently partnering with the Bullock Texas State History Museum for a powerful exhibition about human trafficking. “NOT ALONE: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking” will be on display until Oct. 1. The exhibit features projections of video testimonies of real-life survivors of sexual, labor, child and human trafficking. The Weslaco Museum feels that this exhibit is timely and expresses the dangers of being victimized.…