Tag: Harlingen Economic Development Corporation (Harlingen EDC)

Harlingen’s economic arm is helping small businesses buy production equipment, aiming to expand operations and open up more jobs in town.

HARLINGEN — At City Hall, officials are trying to shake off a reputation that’s dogged Harlingen for years.

HARLINGEN — The city’s economic arm is planning to “elevate Harlingen locally, nationally and internationally” as part of a program to draw new industries from inside and outside of the United States.

HARLINGEN — The city’s economic arm is launching a new strategic plan aimed at drawing businesses in industries including health care, manufacturing and logistics.

HARLINGEN — City leaders are pulling $1.4 million out of a tax-generating zone to help Cameron County expand one of the area’s main trade corridors.

HARLINGEN — When Bill DeBrooke planned to put a new roof on a downtown building, he turned to the city’s Economic Development Corporation for help.

HARLINGEN — The city's target industries might be changing amid a rapidly evolving economy.

Gov. Greg Abbott visited ITD Precision Stampings in Harlingen Wednesday to tour the facility, spotlight the company’s role in the Texas manufacturing economy, and to tout the “Made in Texas” brand known around the world.

HARLINGEN — For nearly 10 years, officials with the city’s Economic Development Corporation have been working to develop a 64-acre industrial park on the city’s northern edge, projected to create about 450 jobs.

HARLINGEN — For decades, Harlingen’s five city commissioners have each picked a representative to serve on the Economic Development Corporation’s five-member board of directors, leaving the mayor without voting power.