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General and Tourist Publications:

Annual Guide to the Rio Grande Valley
This annual Guide, in full-color magazine format, features vibrant photography and authoritative articles on area attractions and resources.  As an official publication of the Partnership, it is distributed throughout Mexico and the United States in order to recruit new tourist, residents, and industry.  Linked here

Map of the Rio Grande Valley
This map marks featured attractions across the Valley region and includes up-to-date street maps of 21 individual cities.

Rio Grande Valley Bird and Butterfly Map
A biennial publication of the Partnership, this unique publication caters to the regional $100 million nature enthusiast market; the full-color map pin-points nearly 100 nature hot-spots across the Valley with illustrations, description, and directions.

Calendar of Events
With an expansive listing of community activities, this booklet targets the $350 million Winter Texan market (also available online).

Historic Rio Grande Valley (sold out)
Published in 2001, this comprehensive table book documents the history of the region, with featured articles on established local businesses.

Rio Grande Valley (sold out)
A 22-minute audio-visual presentation on the region, this VHS was produced in 1998.

Valley Proud History Cookbook (sold out)
These "Tales and Recipes of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas include 243 pages of personal stories and 111 pages of family recipes, both with regional flavor.

Business Publications:

Agriculture in the Rio Grande Valley
A 16-page booklet published through a VARDC grant covers basic agricultural information.

Business Barometer
Every month for more than thirty years, this one-page tri-fold brochure reports bank deposits and building permits in 28 cities, non-agricultural employment in 2 counties (Cameron and Hidalgo), crossings at 9 bridges, and boardings at 3 airports (also available online).   
  
Manufacturers Directory
An 88-page listing of manufacturers by city and by SIC codes, it includes contact information, product description, number of employees, and year established for facilities throughout four counties.

Maquiladora Directory
A 65-page booklet containing contact information for both Rio Grande Valley headquarters and corresponding Mexico facilities, this director is compiled and produced annually.

Metro Facts Directory
A broad introduction to the physiographic, economic, and socio-politic influences on the "Rioplex, these 57-pages detail year-end tabulations on trade, labor force, retail sales, bank deposits, and construction projects.

Public Officials Directory
Updated after each local election, this  consolidated listing includes city and county officials, Texas and United States legislators, as well as navigation, drainage and irrigation, and county appraisal districts (also available online).

Economic Analysis and Forecast for the
South Texas Border Region
Designed to educate the local businesses about regional trends relevant at the state and national level, this comprehensive publication, produced in cooperation with the Center for Border Economic Studies (CBEST) at the University of Texas-Pan American, assesses various economic indicators and projects those variables into a future market consensus

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