Tag: Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC)

City of Brownsville leaders said on Monday that they’re pressing forward with a plan to relocate a specialty minerals plant that has been negatively impacting residents of the Rey Jaime neighborhood for years.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation has announced the appointment of Elsa M. Galvan as its new director of operations and strategic partnerships.

The Bechtel Corporation began rolling out a partnership with the Brownsville Independent School District on Tuesday by donating $30,000 in state-of-the-art hand, technical and construction tools to BISD’s Career and Technical Education and Adult Continuing Education programs.

High school and college students are invited to the annual Rally in the Valley Conference, a networking event offering internship opportunities.

A performance agreement between the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and a financial services company calling itself 9Point8 Capital, signed on Sept. 29, 2021, was the focus of an audit conducted by the city auditor’s office, which turned up irregularities.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation has named Bret A. Gardella as its new executive director and CEO.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation has named Jerry Briones interim executive director and CEO.

Rich Products announced earlier this year that it planned to spend more than $116.5 million to expand its food manufacturing and distribution facility in Brownsville.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation has named Pablo Montero as its new director of business retention and expansion.

The Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation has awarded $210,000 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s office of Workforce and Economic Development to help fund research in virtual reality and artificial intelligence software for Future SQC Software LLC, which plans to commercialize the software for use in manufacturing.