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, […]
BCIC Announces Grant Recipients for the 2nd Round of the BIG Grant 2.0 Program
BROWNSVILLE, TX – Today, The Board of Directors for the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) approved the recommendations to fund three applicants in the second round of the Business Improvement and Growth (“BIG”) Program 2.0. With funding provided by the Musk Foundation, this latest round of assistance from the BIG 2.0 program totals $370,000 of […]
BCIC, RSTEC to host Virtual Tour of RGV Border Region for British Consulate
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – From River Thames to the Rio Grande, the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporations (BCIC) and the Rio South Texas Economic Council (RSTEC) are set to host a virtual tour of the Rio Grande Valley border region for the British Consulate General in Houston. “We are essentially taking what would have been an in-person […]
Over $5 Million Invested in Brownsville Community for COVID-19 Relief
This is the eBridge Center network at work, these partnerships will not only assist in addressing the pandemic we’re in now, but towards future programing that will help Brownsville businesses accelerate, innovate, and grow sustainably Nathan Burkhart, BCIC Director of Marketing & Small Business Development Over $5 Million Invested in Brownsville Community for COVID-19 Relief […]