WESLACO, Texas - The Rio Grande Valley Partnership recently celebrated its 80th Anniversary with an event at its offices in Weslaco.
According to the late Marjorie Johnson, who chronicled the activities of RGVP for 37 years, the group was formed in 1944 as the Lower Rio Grande Valley Planning Board to provide a clearing house and planning organization to promote economic diversification, better highways, improved marketing of farm products, increased tourism and more non-farm jobs for the growing population.
The Rio Grande Guardian has produced a video featuring highlights from the 80th Anniversary celebrations. The video includes commentary from RGVP President & CEO Daniel Silva, along with two of his predecessors, Julian Alvarez and Sergio Contreras.
Here is the video:
