Baseball aficionados, fans, and admirers gathered for the 47th Annual “Leo Najo Day” at our Mission Community Center! Leo “Najo” Alaniz (1899-1978) was one of the first native-born Mexicans to play professional baseball in the United States. “Najo” considered Mission to be his home. The City of Mission has a street and the Mission High School baseball field dedicated in Leo Najo’s honor. Check out these budding Monarch conservationists! More than 120 Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas took part in the National Butterfly Center’s “M3: Monarchs, Milkweed & Me” event in Mission! The event kicks off the arrival of the Monarch migration season in South Texas and is designed to educate the Community on the needs of Monarchs – the state insect of Texas! The City of Mission was proud the American Cancer Society held its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of the Rio Grande Valley at our Mission Event Center! Thank you to the Community for showing up to support the fight against breast cancer! City Council Meeting 10/08/2018 The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is October 27th. Studies show a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. DON’T BE A DEALER – Dispose of unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications at our Mission Fire Station #3 Bannworth Park (1804 N. Shary Rd.) on October 27th, from 10AM to 2PM. Thank you to the Community for helping us kick-off Fire Prevention Week in the City of Mission with an Open House at our Central Fire Station! Our Mission Firefighters enjoy showing Residents some of their daily duties! Live PD on A&E viewers first spotted our Mission Police Officers wearing the Pink Gloves and Tweeted their support! Our Mission Fire Department has ALSO gone Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Our City of Mission Mayor and Council honored the original National Night Out Committee whose members started the program in Mission, 23 years ago. Thank you for creating an event that has grown to make a huge difference in our Community! The City of Mission congratulates the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Rose of Lima #827, on their 95th Anniversary and wish them continued success! The City of Mission proclaims October 16th as “National Feral Cat Day” in Mission – to educate the Community about the importance of Trap/Neuter/Return. Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Annual Banquet and Chamber Choice Awards, hosted by the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce and the Progress Times! Our City of Mission Deputy City Manager, Aida Lerma, received the much-deserved Government Excellence Award! And, our City of Mission Parks and Recreation Director, Brad Bentsen, along with Maxilou Link, were honored as Mr. Mission and First Lady of Mission, respectively! We thank all of the recipients for their contributions to our great City! Thank you for another successful National Night Out in the City of Mission – building camaraderie between our law enforcement and our Community! Mission’s newly renovated Leo Peña Placita Park is open and ready for play! Located at the corner of Business 83 and Conway Avenue, the historic Leo Peña Placita Park has undergone significant upgrades. The City of Mission held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to debut the new features, just in time for the City’s National Night Out Event! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the City of Mission encourages our Employees to participate in supporting the cause by purchasing a T-shirt they can wear every Friday in the month of October (the Employees compete to create the winning T-shirt’s design)! The City also hosts a Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon at our Mission Event Center. We hope these events serve to educate our Employees on the importance of early screening and early detection. (The picture below is of our City of Mission Employee, Linda Castañeda, who is a 2004 Breast Cancer Survivor!) The City of Mission is in support of the Hidalgo County Drainage District’s upcoming $190 Million Dollar Bond to improve our Drainage System. Watch as Hidalgo Co. Commissioners explain the Bond during a recent City Council Workshop. MISSION RESIDENTS: The Hidalgo Co. Drainage District will have a booth at our National Night Out on Thursday, October 4th, to give Mission Residents information on the upcoming $190 Million Drainage Improvement Bond Election. ‹ Previous«6566676869»Next ›