At the Rio Grande Valley Partnership (RGVP), we work diligently every day to ensure our region is a place of opportunity, working to bring new business investment and create opportunities for Valley residents and our local economy.
Our mission...
I think there are three reasons people need to vote.
One, it is important to vote to honor the ancestors. All those people that came before us, who fought for our right to vote. People like John Lewis, the congressman...
Noche Buena, or Christmas eve, is a Mexican Christmas gift, right on our doorstep. Among other hopeful signs, “tourism is rebounding after two years in a pandemic-induced recession” (“The Rise of Mexico,” Hotels, 5 Dec 22).
Mexico beckons! Go, enjoy the...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) just announced in a webinar that border wall construction could begin in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge of South Texas as soon as this month.
The two affected refuge tracts, called Arroyo...
President Biden used his first two virtual foreign visits to usher in a new era of North American relations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
During the meetings, Trudeau and López Obrador requested Biden’s support in securing U.S.-produced COVID-19...
On Friday, October 14, our network (Valley Interfaith and the Industrial Areas Network) had the rare opportunity to visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
An interfaith delegation of 20 leaders and organizers from the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation met...
As Texas continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the state is experiencing a troubling increase in new cases, it is critical that we support our students and educators who must cope with unprecedented challenges to the learning process. In...
Four and a half score years ago, on May 10 students in Berlin and throughout Germany displayed their patriotism to the world by purging their libraries of subversive and degenerative ideas. The summer night glowed with works by Einstein,...
MADRID, Spain - At the invitation of the Universidad de Oviedo in Asurias, Spain, I delivered a presentation last month to students, faculty and community individuals on ‘La Epoca Español en Tejas Desde 1528’ (Colonial Spanish Texas Since 1528).
The...
In a recent column, I talked about the enormous economic benefits of Texas nonprofit entities.
We estimate that when multiplier effects are considered, ongoing operations of Texas nonprofits include $110.0 billion in annual gross product and nearly 1.4 million jobs...
