Petrina Fountain in Brownsville's historic downtown
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Romo to host 'Brownsville Day' reception April 17
(April 16, 2003)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo will host "Brownsville Day at UTSA" Thursday, April 17, at the UTSA 1604 Campus. The day is to acknowledge the UTSA students from Brownsville and to encourage additional students from Brownsville and Cameron County to attend UTSA.
UTSA students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a reception to welcome a delegation of Brownsville officials at 3 p.m. in the John Peace Library Building Regents' Room (4.03.12).
The Brownsville delegation will include Mayor Blanca S. Vela and representatives from the Brownsville Independent School District, the Brownsville Catholic School System and the Brownsville Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Vela will be guest speaker at a Texas Politics honors class at 2 p.m. in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 2.02.16.
Brownsville, the largest city in the lower Rio Grande Valley, is a border town at the southernmost tip of Texas. As a major seaport and shipping center, it ships not only the agricultural products of the area, but also that of Matamoros, its sister city south of the border.
Brownsville began in the 1800s as Fort Brown, which was built to protect the Rio Grande border area. The fort was abandoned in 1850 and given to the town of Brownsville, which had grown up around it. After the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads reached Brownsville, the town became a city which today is a resort center as well as a thriving agricultural and industrial community.
An aggressive, pro-business climate, a can-do attitude, along with a well developed infrastructure, modern industrial parks and an unsurpassed quality of life, make Brownsville a center for technology, industry and distribution.
Brownsville is the sixth fastest growing manufacturing region in the United
States, according to a national ranking by Industry Week magazine. The same
survey rates Brownsville 55th out of 310 metropolitan areas nationwide as
a good place to do business -- the highest rating of any border city.
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