Tag: downtown

High School plans Homecoming week festivities

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School will kick off its Homecoming festivities next week with a parade and bonfire. The SBHS Homecoming Parade is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, downtown San Benito. The route extends from the 600 block of South Sam Houston and ends at the Adele …

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Downtown merchant meetings to produce results

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It may be in the summer when residents could begin seeing changes in downtown San Benito. Salomon Torres, San Benito Economic Development Corporation Executive Director, made that point on Friday when discussing the monthly merchant meetings he’s spearheading between downtown business owners and managers. The plan is to …

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Business owners express concerns, confidence at first EDC merchants meeting

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Economic Development Corporation held its first Downtown Merchants Meeting on Wednesday morning in what EDC Director Salomon Torres hopes will become a monthly event. At the meeting, Torres along with fellow EDC board members and business owners discussed matters such as parking on Sam Houston …

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EDC encourages dialogue about downtown

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Economic Development Corporation (EDC) planned to host a downtown merchants meeting, “Coffee with the EDC,” at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20. Slated inside the San Benito Municipal Building, located at 401 N. Sam Houston Blvd., the meeting will be an opportunity for business owners to …

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