Brownsville, Texas \u2013 Tuesday, September 24th, 2019.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $900,000 grant to the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) of Brownsville, Texas, towards the establishment of a state-of-the-art entrepreneurial center towards the growth of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures. The project will renovate an approximately 18,000 sq. ft. portion of the second floor in the Casa del Nylon Building and will be matched with $1.4 million in local funds.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe at BCIC believe in the capacity of the human capital in our community\u201d says Nathan Burkhart, Director of Marketing & Small Business Development for the BCIC. \u201c The eBridge Center for Business & Commercialization will mobilize the next generation of entrepreneurs and equip them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs, access capital, and scale commercially \u2013 all while remaining in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe at BCIC believe in the capacity of the human capital in our community\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan Burkhart
\nDirector of Marketing& Small Business Development<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn partnership with the Lower Rio Grande Valley Economic Development Council, City of Brownsville, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Center, Small Business Administration, United States Economic Development Administration, Office of Congressman Filemon Vela, Office of Senator Ted Cruz, and the Office of Senator John Cornyn, the eBridge Center will be able to provide entrepreneurs access to all the fundamental resources to succeed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBCIC recognizes how entrepreneurship stimulates job growth, creates new opportunities in industries that need them, and makes communities better versions of themselves.\u201d says Michael J. Limas, Chairman of the Board. \u201cThere is no clear path to entrepreneurship, but at BCIC we\u2019re trying to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n
“There is no clear path to Entrepreneurship, but at BCIC we’re trying to change that.”<\/p>\n
Michael J. Limas
\nChairman of the Board<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe eBridge Center will focus on businesses seeking advancement in the areas of manufacturing, technology, aerospace, and automation. \u201cThis project was only a success because of the partnerships we had,\u201d says Burkhart, \u201cwe\u2019re extremely proud of this collaboration and are so happy to give back to the community.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brownsville, Texas \u2013 Tuesday, September 24th, 2019. The U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $900,000 grant to the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) of Brownsville, Texas, towards the establishment of a state-of-the-art entrepreneurial center towards the growth of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures. The project will renovate an approximately 18,000 sq. ft. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,47,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-ebridge-center","category-economic-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}