BCIC Approves First Round of COVID-19 Relief Grant Applications
The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) Board of Directors, the City’s Type B Economic Development Corporation, announced the first round of approved applications for the COVID-19 Relief Funding Programs today. The relief funding programs are part of the greater StartUp Texas program consisting of the Brownsville Cares Grant and the Emergency/Bridge Loan program, both of […]
BCIC and UTRGV offer program to help small businesses succeed
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Businesses in most Rio Grande Valley cities depend on shoppers and tourists from across the border. With the border closed to non-essential traffic during the pandemic, businesses have suffered huge financial losses. “There is drop and we’ve seen the effect it’s had in our businesses,” Hector Zavala, owner of Main Street Deli […]
Improving Resiliency in Brownsville
Improving resiliency: The City of Brownsville, Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, and UTRGV working together to assist businesses in establishing online revenue streams. June 1, 2020 – BROWNSVILLE, TX – The City of Brownsville, Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) and the University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) have partnered up to offer a free […]
BCIC & UTRGV ECC team up to help Brownsville Small Businesses
Jolanie Martinez • Apr 27, 2020 BROWNSVILLE, Texas — This new reality is hard for small businesses, but the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation and UTRGV’s Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center are working together to help business owners in Brownsville figure out the future. “The university has been a tremendous partner, will continue to be a tremendous […]
A Fresh Start: BCIC to begin offering COVID-19 relief for the Business Community of Brownsville, Texas.
Thursday, April 9, 2020 Brownsville, Texas – The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, BCIC, has officially developed an approved program designed to assist businesses in Brownsville, Texas to access capital as a response to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business community. Through an existing partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA), the […]
Coronavirus’s Impact on Small Businesses
BROWNSVILLE (CBS 4) — The uncertainty of a pandemic has left many small businesses in the Valley on edge and many are already feeling the impact. “We’re going to lead into our first year, maybe not open,” Michael Limas, owner of La Ramblas at Market Square explained as he showed us around his business. For […]
PRESS RELEASE: BCIC, City & County join Forces to assist Brownsville Businesses affected by COVID-19.
PRESS RELEASE: Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC), along with several other city organizations and departments, have joined forces to assist all businesses affected by COVID-19 in Brownsville, Texas. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – March 17th, 2020 As of March 13, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in Texas due to COVID-19, and as […]
New Overtime Rules for Businesses Start Jan. 1, 2020
By Abril Preciado, CBS 4 News BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KGBT) — The new year brings a new overtime rule along with a pay raise for an estimated 1.3 million American workers. The U.S. Department of Labor announced they will raise the threshold at which employees are no longer eligible for overtime to $684 per week, equivalent […]
BCIC Seeking Partners for Economic Impact Projects in Brownsville, Texas
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – January 22nd, 2020 The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC), the Type B Economic Development Corporation for the City of Brownsville, announces the start of their 2020 Economic Impact Grant Program. BCIC is seeking to partner with for profit and non-profit organizations or corporations that seek creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in […]
Proposed Rule: Title 34, Section 3.334
in the wake of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. there have been many concerns and questions regarding what the decision means for all of us in Texas. Proposed rule changes to Title 34, Section 3.334 of the Texas Administrative Code will provide clarity for cities and other local government entities of all sizes to receive […]