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A MAGAZINE FOR DECISION MAKERS It’s a great magazine, I’ve read it and when they see it, they need to pick it up because it’s interesting all the way from cover to cover. It’s a great magazine, and it’s great not only for McAllen, I think it advertises the whole area... we got to have more publications like City. -MAYOR JIM DARLING / CITY OF MCALLEN CITY MAGAZINE RGV
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SEGURIDAD • CALIDAD DE VIDA Con una poblacion de 78 mil habitantes Mission es la tercera ciudad mas grande del Valle de Texas. En 2014 nuestra ciudad fue reconocida como la ciudad de mayor crecimiento en los Estados Unidos. Los invito a que usen el puente Anzalduas y nos visiten... Aqui son bienvenidos. -Norberto ‘ Beto’ Salinas Mayor de Mission
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TRANSPORTANDO NEGOCIOS E INDUSTRIAL AL SIGUIENTE NIVEL Localizado en el sur de Texas – el tercer mercado más grande en el estado de Texas y el número 23 en los Estados Unidos – La ciudad de Mission cuenta con la infraestructura necesaria para las compañías de fabricación bodegas par almacenamiento y empresas de transporte interesadas en expandirse o reubicarse. La visión e ideología progesista de los líderes de nuestra comunidad contribuyen a que la economía local registre uno de los más altos índices de crecimiento en los Estados Unidos.
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