The U.S. Justice Department has threatened legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott over the 1,000-foot floating barrier that the state deployed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass earlier this month.
So now the public finally has the extensive report of the new as-yet unopened multi-million-dollar courthouse, and there is good news and bad news to unpack.
This Monday, July 24, during the McAllen City Commission meeting, the City of McAllen will award a construction contract to Spawglass for the construction of the Center for Urban Ecology at Quinta Mazatlán. The project, in the amount of $51.9 million, will transform the 12 acres of the nature sanctuary, into an educational space with many committed stakeholders including the State of Texas, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Hidalgo County, the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley and McAllen Independent School District and others.
Note: This was one of the stranger stories published in The Advance in the second half of 2009. Fourteen years ago, and yet it seems like yesterday. Time flies.
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