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Weslaco Chamber Celebrates 85 Years during Texas Chamber of Commerce Week
Weslaco Chamber Celebrates 85 Years during Texas Chamber of Commerce Week On October 21, 2020, the Weslaco Chamber celebrated its 85th year of existence during Texas Chamber of Commerce week! The official charter for the Weslaco Chamber was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on this date in 1935, as stated on the charter, “organizing a business of Chamber of Commerce, to acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable information and generally promote the interest of trade and increase the facilities
Progreso Bridge Upgrades
(Progreso, Texas) Progreso International Bridge Director Marga Lopez announced the ribbon cutting of the Pedestrian Inspection Lobby. “We have been busy during this pandemic, we took advantage of this slower than normal time to remodel and double the size of the pedestrian processing area.” The expansion provides U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the much-needed additional capacity to process the 1.2 million visitors that cross the U.S./Mexico border through Progreso/Nuevo Progreso every year. Nuevo
Knapp Community Care Foundation, CEO receives Outsized Impact Award
On October 8, 2020, Yvonne “Bonnie” Gonzalez CEO for Knapp Community Care foundation in Weslaco, TX, was announced as the recipient of the 2020 Exponent Philanthropy Outsized Impact Award. This award honors an individual from an Exponent Philanthropy member organization in achieving outsized or greater than expected impact. The recognition was announced via a Virtual Town Hall Meeting for members. Mrs. Gonzalez was among 3 finalists from across the nation! In a message accepting the award Mrs. Gonzalez
