BCIC Announces New Space Accelerator Program in Partnership with the Space Foundation
June 19, 2025 – Brownsville, Texas – The Brownsville Community Corporation (BCIC) is proud to announce the launch of a new Space Accelerator Program in collaboration with the Space Foundation. This initiative is made possible through key partnerships with Cameron County, the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC) and Space Foundation. Set to begin in August, […]
SpaceX Launches Waves Of Hope
By Ricardo Cavazos • Valley Business Report The city of Brownsville for decades had a motto that was simple and got to the point about the city’s allure. “On The Border By The Sea,” was the saying often attached to city marketing and official communication. As of a few months ago, Brownsville’s signature saying […]
Space Industry Leaders to Share South Texas Vision at Insights Unplugged
The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center announce a gathering of space industry leaders for “Insights Unplugged: Space Edition” on Tuesday, November 19, from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the eBridge Center for Business & Commercialization. “South Texas is not only turning into […]
Space Technology Assistance Becomes Available to Rio Grande Valley Entrepreneurs thanks to Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) partnership with Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP)
Brownsville, Texas – April 24, 2024 – The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) proudly announces a transformative partnership with the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP), paving the way to a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) to access the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP). SATOP, an […]
BCIC, Cameron County Education Initiative, Launch App Development Program
BROWNSVILLE, TX – A partnership between the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC), Cameron County Education Initiative (CCEI), Workforce Solutions Cameron, Augusta Hitech, and SoliSYSTEMS is paving the way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to engage in mobile app development. The grant funded program provides training in Flutter, Google’s open source technology for creating mobile, desktop, […]
South Texas could see SpaceX’s Starship launch next week
By Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express News • November 5, 2020 SpaceX’s 17-story-tall Starship could blast off from its South Texas launch pad sometime next week, according to documents filed with the Cameron County Court. The primary launch window is between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday for the 50,000-ft. flight. To date, the spacecraft’s […]
City Commission Approves Expanding Frontiers Funding
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The Brownsville City Commission at a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, approved the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation(BCIC) funding of $650,000 for the Expanding Frontiers (ExF) Project. ExF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of the commercial space ecosystem in Brownsville, Texas, and throughout the United States, established by […]
Expanding Frontiers to be a Concierge of NASA Technologies for Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE, TX – Expanding Frontiers (ExF) and the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center just entered into a Space Act Agreement to bring NASA technologies to entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs in NewSpace City Brownsville and the surrounding region. “We are really excited to be teaming up with NASA to provide these amazing opportunities for our […]
Brownsville aiming to become “Space City” by 2030
by: Alfredo Cuadros • February 27, 2020 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The effort continues to name Brownsville the next “space city”. Currently two cities in the U.S. have that title, Houston and Cape Canaveral. Now Brownsville wants in. It is a title that exists only by name, but with SpaceX getting ready a for launch in […]