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Eagle Pass Main Street outlines downtown lighting, business incubator and grant wins
Summary
City staff updated the Main Street Advisory Board on 2024 projects including a Union Pacific-funded lighting pilot, a business incubator renovation supported by a $3.5 million EDA grant and a $50,000 USDA equipment award, plus other grants, events and a proposed wayfinding program.
The Eagle Pass Main Street Advisory Board heard an update on downtown projects and grant-funded programs at a special meeting, including a pilot streets-lighting project, the renovation of the Riskin building into a business incubator and several recent grants that funded the work.
City staff summarized why the topics matter: the lighting pilot is intended to increase evening activity and perceived public safety downtown, the renovated Riskin building will house short-term office leases, a rentable commercial "ghost" kitchen and a business incubator, and multiple grants have provided seed funding for those efforts. Senayla Rodriguez, assistant city secretary, gave the presentation.
Rodriguez said the downtown lighting pilot covered the 300–400 block and helped “enhance the area's evening…
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