Kids enjoyed Pokemon, crafts, prizes, movies and popcorn at our Speer Memorial Library’s Pokemon Go – Lure Drop! In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Mission Historical Museum hosted guest speaker, Dr. Trinidad Gonzales, who presented a talk on the 1960s – 1970s Mexicano Political Struggles. RGV ANIMAL LOVERS: Our Featured Pet is believed to be about one year old and is looking for a home. If you would like to make him a part of your family, please call our City of Mission Adopt-A-Pet Program at 580-8741. Congratulations to the most recent Missionites inducted into our Mission Historical Museum’s 2016 Wall of Fame! Thank you for your service to Mission. Our Shary Municipal Golf Course was Host to the 2nd Annual Superintendent’s Golf Tournament benefitting Mission CISD’s Education Foundation. Our City of Mission Community Development Block Grant Program provided homes to three more Mission families! Mission Mayor Beto Salinas and our Mission City Council proclaim September 25th as “National Day of Remembrance For Murder Victims” in the City of Mission. Join the Rio Grande Valley Families and Friends of Murdered Children for its 4th candlelight vigil located at the Pharr Civic Center on September 25th from 6:30 to 9:00pm. The theme for the event is – “We Are The Survivors, Join Together We Are Strong.” The City of Mission congratulates our Mission Finance Department for earning the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. This marks the 15TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR the City of Mission Finance Department has applied and received the award! Mission City Manager Martin Garza visited with our Public Works Crews to oversee the maintenance taking place on our City streets. Thanks to our City of Mission Community Development Block Grant Program, two more Mission families have new homes! This wall is what you see when you step inside Mission’s new CEED building. It reads “Your Mission Starts Here.” The statement is made up of every City of Mission Employee! Our Mission EDC held an inauguration of Mission’s dynamic new CEED facility! The Center for Education and Economic Development will create an Entrepreneurial, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (E-STEAM) ecosystem in the City of Mission, which will lead to more sustainable businesses and a 21st Century ready workforce! Mission Mayor Beto Salinas and City Council congratulate all of our Mission participants who took part in the 2016 T.A.A.F. Summer Games of Texas! Our Mayor Beto Salinas and Mission City Manager Martin Garza attended a ceremony at the Anzalduas International Bridge – The Bridge will now take southbound empty trucks. Our Mission Mayor Beto Salinas, Mission City Manager Martin Garza, and Mission EDC CEO Alex Meade toured the Center for Education and Economic Development. This co-working facility will create an Entrepreneurial, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (E-STEAM) ecosystem that will lead to more sustainable businesses and a 21st Century ready workforce in the City of Mission. Local History Enthusiast Robert Ramirez took visitors to our Mission Historical Museum on a journey back in time – with his free presentation on “Ranch Life in Hidalgo County after 1850.” Ramirez gave guests an account of the daily life, traditions and dynamics of ranching life in Hidalgo County in the late nineteenth century. ‹ Previous«3940414243»Next ›