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- A White Christmas in the Rio Grande Valley!
Once in 109-years, it snows in the Texas Tropics; once in a miracle, it snows just in time to make a White Christmas for the Rio Grande Valley. Commemorate that miracle through this website.
- ARTS in the RGV
A comprehensive calendar of art events, including nature-orientated activities, in the Rio Grande Valley!
- Center for Border Economic Studies
This facility at the University of Texas - Pan American monitors the major indicators of economic activity throughout Cameron and Hidalgo counties, the respective metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), and some other Texas-Mexico border communities.
- Chambers of Commerce
Access more community information through our Partnership-member Chambers of Commerce.
- Economic Development Corporations and Convention & Visitors' Bureaus
Learn more about Valley resources through our Partnership-member EDCs and CVBs.
- Find a Job in the Rio Grande Valley!
Use this database to find the job you want at the pay you need in any local zip code.
- How to Start a Business in the Rio Grande Valley
Begin here with these recommended first steps and consolidated initial contacts (a pdf file compiled by the Partnership).
- North American Butterfly Association of South Texas
Checklists, events, sites, and contacts in America's butterflying capital
- Political Action Database
Use this online database, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to search legislation, elections, and media as well as local, state, and federal officials.
- Public Officials Directory
Updated by the Partnership following each local election, this PDF file is a consolidated listing of city and county officials, Texas and United States legislators, as well as navigation, drainage and irrigation, and county appraisal districts.
- Rio Grande Valley Newcomer's Club
A networking group for women new to the area
- Rio Grande Valley Partnership Logos
Use these logos to link to our website!
- Sales Tax 2004 Refunds Report
The Texas Comptroller sent sales tax refunds totaling $143,499,484 to 43 Rio Grande Valley cities and towns in 2004, up 8.9% over 2003, according to this report compiled by the Partnership (available here in PDF format).
- South Texas Nature
Learn about the next event or access checklists!
- The Center for Tourism Research
Access reports on Mexican Nationals, Winter Texans, Spring Breakers, and Nature Enthusiasts and their spending habits in the Rio Grande Valley!
- The River Rockets
A social-athletic adventure club active in the Lower Valley
- Valley Agriculture
The Texas Cooperative Extension in Weslaco provides marketing and economic information on the local horticultural industry.
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- Interstate 69 Corridor Study
Information about Interstate 69 from the Texas Department of Transportation
- Interstate 69 Texas
Information and progress on the I-69 project from the Texas Alliance.
- Reach Out and Read - Rio Grande Valley
Reach Out and Read is a national pediatric literacy program that makes reading and books a standard part of pediatric healthcare; through this program, 30,000 Valley children receive books each year.
- Real Estate Market Overview
For a complete overview of the Rio Grande Valley, check reports on both the Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito and McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr metropolitan statistical areas.
- State Sales and Use Tax Analysis
Research Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito MSA or McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Texas Education Agency
Research school district budgets
- Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association
If you want our Texas economy to keep moving, then we must protect Texas' Good Roads.
- Texas Parks and Historical Sites
Locate information on Rio Grande Valley parks and sites--from Mission's Bentsen Park to the Port Isabel Lighthouse and the World Birding Center sites in between--through this State of Texas website.
- Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer
Distributes census information, including estimates and projections, for the entire state of Texas
- The COSERVE Data and Information Systems Center
Locate detailed statistics on the nineteen southernmost counties of Texas, their individual cities, and the seven border states of northern Mexico.
- The Handbook of Texas Online
A Digital Gateway to Texas History
- The Texas Travel Information Center
- The Texas Workforce Commission
Glean labor market data, such as pay rate and commuting patterns, for each county in the Rio Grande Valley.
- TxDOT Expressway Road Conditions
- Where to find wildflowers in Texas
Search a specific flower, county, or roadway through this website hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation.
- Who Represents Me? Identify your district and your legislator by your address
This site provides information about current districts and members of the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, the Texas delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the State Board of Education. U.S. Senators are elected statewide, rather than from districts. Texas' current senators are John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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