Tag: San Benito Economic Development Corporation (San Benito EDC)
San Benito claims VARCO failed to comply with contract
SAN BENITO — Two days after a real estate company filed a $1 million lawsuit against the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, city officials are claiming the developer of the area’s first resaca-side commercial center failed to comply with agreements setting the project’s completion date.
VARCO files $1M lawsuit against San Benito EDC over Resaca Village
SAN BENITO — A real estate company has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, arguing the agency pulled “a blatantly corrupt ploy to seize control” of the $8 million Resaca Village project that’s become the city’s first resaca-side commercial development.
VARCO claims San Benito trying to ‘rob’ Resaca Village
SAN BENITO — City officials are trying to “take over” San Benito’s first resaca-side commercial development, failing to give its developer more time to complete construction, an attorney said Thursday.
San Benito city manager to head economic arm; salary increased to $210,000
SAN BENITO — After nearly six months on the job, City Manager Fred Sandoval’s signing an agreement to head San Benito’s economic development arm, bumping up his $135,000 salary to $210,000.
San Benito taps new city manager as head of economic arm
SAN BENITO — Four months after landing the city’s top administrative job, City Manager Fred Sandoval is taking on the role of economic development director.
San Benito economic arm launches search for director
SAN BENITO — The San Benito Economic Development Corporation’s new board of directors is searching for the agency’s next director, hoping to stop the high turnover rate that’s eaten into the department for more than 10 years.
San Benito economic arm’s new board names interim director
SAN BENITO — The city’s new Economic Development Corporation board has named a department official to lead the agency amid a search for its next executive director.
San Benito working to draw high-tech manufacturer
SAN BENITO — The city’s Economic Development Corporation is teaming up with Matamoros officials to help a Mexican high-tech manufacturing company bring “many” good-paying, high-skilled jobs to town, an official said.
San Benito to buy out city manager’s contract; appoints Villalobos interim city attorney
SAN BENITO — During more than six years at City Hall’s helm, City Manager Manuel De La Rosa took on some of the biggest projects in years while stacking the city’s cash reserves to record levels.
San Benito EDC funds museums to boost tourism
SAN BENITO — The Friends of the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum has been awarded the San Benito Economic Development Corporation’s Community Partnership Grant to benefit the Callandret Black History Museum and Freddy Fender Museum.
