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Mission EDC highlights cross‑border engagement, new entrepreneur program and $1.5M private investment
Summary
The Mission Economic Development Corporation reported a visit from San Luis Potosí economic officials, launched a quarterly Mission Mind Share entrepreneurship series, partnered on a UTRGV market lab and noted a $1.5 million private investment for Point Paddle Club creating about 15 jobs.
Candice Rodriguez, communications manager for the Mission Economic Development Corporation, told the City Council on Feb. 10 that the EDC is strengthening cross‑border economic ties and launching new programs to support entrepreneurs.
Rodriguez said the EDC recently hosted Jesús Salvador González Martínez, the secretary of economic development for the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and that the visit ‘‘reinforced our growing partnership’’ with that region. She introduced the EDC’s new Mission Mind Share—an entrepreneurship circle built as a collaborative working session rather than a traditional workshop—and said it will meet quarterly with the next session scheduled for April.
The EDC also continues to host a UTRGV Market Lab at The Seed in partnership with the UTRGV Robert C. Vacker College of Business, providing a free six‑week initiative for business owners. Rodriguez highlighted an upcoming Market Mix event on March 6 and said the EDC supported the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Point Paddle Club, a private project the EDC described as a $1,500,000 investment with a 19,000‑square‑foot facility that will create more than 15 local jobs.
Rodriguez closed by thanking partners and encouraging councilors and residents to attend EDC events that promote small‑business training, customer discovery and pitch practice.
The EDC update was presented as an informational item; council took no formal vote on the report.
