HARLINGEN — Drink your morning cup of joe with some of the movers and shakers in Harlingen tomorrow morning.
“It’s open to the public,” said Ed Meza, Downtown Harlingen director. “Normally 30 to 70 people attend.”
Many of the downtown business owners, business professionals and members of the community are expected to attend the monthly “Good Morning Downtown” meeting.
Meza said there will be coffee, sweet bread and door prizes will be passed out at the end of the meeting.
The one-hour meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. sharp and goes on for an hour so no one is late to start their work day.
“It’s to network, learn more about downtown and for the public to learn what is going on down town,” Meza said. “It is a real good meeting that we have every month.”
This month’s meeting is hosted by the Jackson Square Event Center located downtown.
Harlingen Farmers Market Manager Kate McSwain will be talking about the new farmers market location.
Meza said the farmers market will open this month on Oct. 14. Its new location will be at the parking lot on the East side of City Hall.
“She is going to be talking about working with City Hall,” Meza said. “They have been working on the canopies for shade.”
Meza said McSwain will also announce information about a farmers market fundraiser she is organizing for November.
A representative from the Harlingen Parks and Recreation Department will be presenting information about the downtown Halloween event.
“We are planning on getting more people involved,” Meza said. “We are getting more candy purchased.”
Last year, the event was so good it ran out of candy for the young trick-or-treaters.
Meza said all the candy was collected last year, and organizers had to go back to the store to buy more for the event that night.
“It was very, very popular,” Meza said. “The costumes were incredible.”
The morning’s last speaker will be a representative from the local museum who is gong to talk about an exhibit on the Day of the Dead the museum plans to showcase for the community to see.
