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Outside agencies brief Weslaco commissioners on FY2026 requests; EDC flags large balloon payment next year
Summary
The Chamber/Visitor Center, EDC, museum, Frontera Audubon and Valley Nature Center presented FY2025-26 budgets at a workshop; the EDC forecast income contingent on industrial-park lot sales and noted a large balloon loan payment due Aug. 1, 2026 that drives a reported $5.6 million deficit in its projection.
WESLACO ' Representatives of outside agencies presented proposed budgets and program updates at the Weslaco City Commission workshop on Aug. 19.
Barbara, speaking for the Chamber and the city's visitor center, reviewed the Discover Weslaco marketing program and said the visitor center recorded about 28,000 visitors in the fiscal year to date and that recent billboard advertising (including placements in Monterrey, Mexico) had produced cross-border referrals. She requested increased hot-funds support for a statue project,…
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