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Hidalgo County Judge Cortez spoke eloquently during a meeting where leaders met to find a solution. He said, “We have a disproportionate percentage of people in poverty in Hidalgo County when you compare it to the percentage of Texas or the United States as a whole.” He continued, “We have created a prosperity task force to look into the complex issues of poverty.”

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VEXUS Fiber is scheduled to invest 200 million in laying the fiber primarily in McAllen and Harlingen. Roberto Gonzalez was a guest of VEXUS Fiber. He is the publisher of Social Confidential, Mega Doctor News, and Texas Border Business.

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(Mission, TX) – Mission Regional Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the second time Mission Regional has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing hospitals in the U.S. The annual list was published today by Fortune. Mission Regional also received, for the second year in a row, the “Everest Award”, which recognizes hospitals that have earned the “100 Top Hospitals” designation and ranked among the top 100 hospitals in the nation for rate-of-improvement during a five-year period.

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Mission, TX- The City of Mission signed a sister city agreement with Fortin de las Flores, Veracruz. The signing took place at the Mayor’s International Brunch on Jan. 25, 2020dat the Mission Event Center.

“Together, Mission and Fortin will strive to promote cultural exchanges, and stimulate economic development through our newest sister city relationship,” Mayor Dr. Armando O’Caña said. “We look forward to this new beginning. This agreement goes beyond a declaration on paper. It truly speaks to a historic connection and genuine ties with our friends across the border.”

The City of Mission has already begun forging ties with the Mexican city, on Dec. 11, 2019 the Mission Fire Department donated a fire truck to Fortin Mayor Antonio Mansur. The brunch signing with Fortin de las Flores became one of the largest celebrations of this kind in the City of Mission. Photos by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez. www.SocialConfidential.com

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14th annual “A Night with the Stars” scholarship fundraiser on Oct. 10. The annual fundraising event took place at the Corinthian Banquet & Special Event Center in Mission. Valley Scholars Class 16 alumnus Joe Garcia served as the guest speaker. Garcia received an Associate of Science in Physics in 2013 and an Associate of Science in Engineering in 2014 from STC before moving on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2017.

For more than two decades now, the Valley Scholars Program has provided educational opportunities for the brightest students in the Rio Grande Valley.

Since its inception in 1997, the Valley Scholars Program has continued its mission to provide educational opportunities, leadership development, and scholarships to academically gifted and highly motivated students.

So far, more than 965 students have participated in the program, and have benefited from more than $1.8 million in donations from the community. Socialconfidential.com

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Mission, TX-La Bonanza Avocados, an avocado export company, located in Michoacan, Mexico, opened for the first time a USA distribution warehouse in Mission, Texas. The grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony took place inside of a state-of-the-art cold storage unit located at 802 Trinity St. Mission, TX.

La Bonanza Avocados is managed by a very dedicated family that prides itself on the production, packaging, processing, transport, and distribution of avocados for more than two generations.

Now in its second generation, Gabriel Alejandro Villasenor Zurita president has grown and packed avocados for more than 25 years. Social Confidential Photos by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez

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Mission Regional Medical Center is proud to welcome Dr. Frank O. Vélez into the Drs. Marquez and Villarreal Medical Group. Dr. Vélez was celebrated and given a warm welcome by the Rio Grande Valley community during his welcoming ceremony at the Cimarron Country Club last night.  Members of the community were able to meet and greet Dr. Vélez while enjoying great food, music and socializing.

Dr. Vélez graduated from the Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicaid and completed his residency at the University of South Florida Morsani School of Medicine in 2018. He now performs his surgeries at Mission Regional and has made a commitment to serve the RGV with his expertise.

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IDEA’s class of 2019 shattered a record as the largest senior class in IDEA’s history with 1,185 scholars. This year, we had the pleasure of witnessing 15 senior classes announce their college choices during five College Signing Day ceremonies, including inaugural ceremonies in Austin and San Antonio.

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