EDINBURG, Texas – Raudel Garza, executive director of Edinburg Economic Development Corporation, recently participated in a webinar on near-shoring.

The webinar was hosted by the Greater McAllen Area Chapter of the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos. Francisco J. Peña-Valdés, president of AEM’s McAllen chapter, moderated the discussion.

The other economic development specialists on the webinar were Keith Patridge, president of McAllen EDC, and Teclo Garcia, CEO of Mission EDC.

Garza and his colleagues spoke about the possible impact of near-shoring on the Upper Valley, the availability of industrial space for manufacturing and logistics, and the need for the Valley to have a trained workforce.

Here is an audio recording everything Garza said on the webinar:

Audio 

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Editor’s Note: The above audio story is the third in a five-part series on the recent Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos webinar on near-shoring. Click here to listen to Part One. Click here to listen to Part Two.

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