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Starr County Industrial Foundation outlines retail, logistics and energy projects in Rio Grande City
Summary
Starr County Industrial Foundation staff briefed the Rio Grande City EDC on multiple retail leases, a cold-storage and international business center, foreign-trade-zone work and large renewable-energy projects that the foundation says will create jobs and raise local tax revenues.
Starr County Industrial Foundation representatives gave the Rio Grande City Economic Development Corporation a wide-ranging update on May 30, describing retail deals, industrial and logistics projects, and renewable-energy investments the foundation is shepherding into the region.
The presentation, delivered by a foundation spokesperson identified in the meeting as Miss Fernandez, outlined several potential and near-term retail projects. Fernandez said the foundation already has a letter of intent for about 15,180 square feet at the LEX facility and expects a retail user to appear before the EDC at a future meeting to request site or permitting assistance. "We will tell you it is definitely retail,"…
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