August 3, 2026 Community Update
COMING UP 1 Million Cups Brownsville and the eBridge Business Academy both earned national recognition at the FastTrac and 1 Million Cups Summit in Kansas City this past week. Neither program works without the founders who take the stage on Wednesday mornings and the business owners who show up week after week. So we’re throwing […]
DRIP No. 1: Brownsville’s Q2, By The Numbers
THE SUMMER ISSUE DRIP Data Report, Insights & Projections from BCIC Research Issue No. 01 Quarter Q2 2026 Coverage Apr-Jun The Read This is the first issue of DRIP, our quarterly read on where Brownsville’s economy is heading. Each issue turns the foot-traffic and spending data we track all year into a short read on […]
July 6, 2026 Community Update
COMING UP LAST CALL FOR BIG LIFT, DISTRICT 1! District 1 businesses, the clock is running out. BIG LIFT applications close July 10, so you have just a few days left to get yours in. BIG LIFT is a grant program for exterior improvements to locally owned Brownsville small businesses, reimbursing 80% of approved project […]
Brownsville: A Livable and Lovable City People Want to Move To
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has been ranked No. 5 in the nation for inbound moves in the 2024 United Van Lines National Movers Study. According to this annual study – which tracks moving patterns across the country – nearly 79% of all moves involving Brownsville-Harlingen in 2024 were inbound, meaning far more people moved […]
Four Community-Led Projects Flourish with Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation’s $834,130 Quality of Life Grants Announcement
PRESS RELEASE – Brownsville, TX – Friday, March 22, 2024. With a commitment of $834,130 in community-focused funds for FY 2024, the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) proudly announces four projects driven by local organizations as the latest recipients of the first cycle of its Quality of Life Grants. BCIC continues to champion community-led initiatives […]
The Ebridge Center for Business & Commercialization Receives Award at 2022’s IEDC Annual Conference
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS- The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) was recognized for its eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization project during the 2022 International Economic Development Council’s annual conference in Oklahoma City in September. BCIC and their partner, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center, received a Bronze Award in the […]
BCIC Now Accepting Applications for Third Annual StartUp Texas Ideation Pitch Summit
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The third annual “StartUp Texas Pitch Summit,” hosted by the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, is now open and accepting applications. The event will be the first ever in-person version since the program began in March of 2020. The StartUp Texas Pitch Summit, a live event where early-stage companies pitch their product/service to […]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Makes Historic Visit to Brownsville and Tours Construction of Future eBridge Center
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (EDA) made history for being the first EDA assistant secretary to ever visit a project of this scale in Brownsville. Castillo and her delegation saw firsthand how the construction of the future “eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization” is coming along, a […]
BCIC Receives HUD CARES Fund Grant to Assist Local Businesses
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) was recently awarded $581,667 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help microenterprises (less than five employees) and small businesses (50 employees or less) in Brownsville that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant’s purpose is to help our local workforce. This […]
BCIC Now Accepting Applications for eBridge Fund Program
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – Today, The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) announced they are now accepting applications for their eBridge Fund Program. One of main goals of the eBridge Fund program is for a business to use the funds to fill in financing needs and to serve as an economic development tool to encourage business expansion, […]