BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Mike Willis, executive director of the South Texas Manufacturers Association, says about a third of the manufacturing jobs in the Rio Grande Valley are located within the triangle of north Brownsville, Boca Chica, and the Port of Brownsville.
Around 5,000 of the Valley’s 15,000 manufacturing jobs are located there.
Speaking at the September meeting of STMA, Willis said this part of Cameron County is starting to fulfill the potential he always knew it possessed. “It’s a huge economic development generator,” Willis said.
Willis said he is now more optimistic than ever about the Valley’s manufacturing base.
Here is Willis’ jobs report from the STMA meeting:
