Showcasing the Competitive Advantages of the Rio South Texas Region to Consuls from Mexico and the USA
By Viviana Cervantes
November 18, 2023
Consuls of Mexico and the United States learned through the presentation “Rio South Texas Binational Overview” of the main competitive advantages and infrastructure projects offered by the region of southern Texas and northern Tamaulipas, to binationally promote the arrival of new investments.
The territory extends from Laredo to Brownsville in Texas, and from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros in Tamaulipas.
Members of the Council for South Texas Economic Progress (Costep) in collaboration with Mexico Industry, highlighted its strategic location in logistics; with international bridges, rail, maritime, air, and highway connectivity, as well as industrial parks, educational offerings, health, quality of life, cost accessibility, and the workforce, which guarantees the success of any project in the region.
Strengthen alliances
Consul Brianna Powers of the United States Consulate General in Matamoros, Consul Froylan Yescas Cedillo, of the Mexican Consulate in McAllen, Consul Sun Lee, of political and economic affairs of the United States Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo, reinforced alliances to review various joint work topics, with the aim of strengthening economic development in the region.
In total there was representation from 20 cities:
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>Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation CIC. >Corporaciones de Desarrollo Económico (EDC por sus siglas en inglés). >Donna EDC. >Edinburg EDC. >Harlingen EDC. >Hidalgo County. >McAllen EDC. >Mercedes EDC. >Mission EDC. >Roma EDC. >Weslaco EDC. >Laredo City y Port Laredo. >Rio Grande City con Starr County Industrial Foundation.
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>Reynosa and Bravo; the Binational Council for the Economic Development of Reynosa (Cobifer). >Matamoros and Valle Hermoso; the Committee for the Economic Development of Matamoros (Codem). >New Laredo; the Logistics and Supply Chains Cluster in Tamaulipas. >Ciudad Guerrero, Miguel Alemán, Mier, Camargo and Diaz Ordaz; the Business Council of the Ribereña Region (Coner). |
Economic development
Presentations were given by: Adam Gonzalez CEO of Costep, Rick Carrera Director of Economic Development at Costep, Teclo García of Mission EDC, Steven Valdez of Weslaco EDC, Ralph Garcia of McAllen EDC and Beverly Loftus of Harlingen EDC, Nathan Burkhart of Brownsville CIC, Rose Benavidez of the Starr County Industrial Foundation and of the City of Laredo and Port of Laredo, Alma Saldaña.
In attendance were Luis Cantú, president of Cobifer, Maricarmen Cadena of Codem, Jorge Viñals Ortiz de la Peña, of the Logistics and Supply Chains Cluster in Tamaulipas and Rafael Cueva de Coner.
The presence of Sergio Gracia, president of Mexico Industry, Ricardo Solis, president of South Texas College (STC), Jim Darling of Costep, Daniel Uribe, of WorkForce Solutions, Juan Gonzalez, director of economic development of Hidalgo County, Dalith Cantu and Ingrid Ulloa from Grupo CIL, and Alejandro Barrera, City Manager of the city of Roma, Texas.