Helen Ramirez discusses Madeira master-planned community project

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - In a Zoom interview with the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service, Helen Ramirez has discussed the Madeira Texas Living master-planned community project.Ramirez is deputy city manager for the City of Brownsville and executive director of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. The Madeira project encompasses 1,300 acres of land just east of I-69 East and just south of State Highway 100, just north of Brownsville. Working with Cameron County, Brownsville leaders have set up a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone to help finance the cost of the project. There could be as many as 3,000 residential lots, six miles of commercial property on the frontage of I-69 East, as part of 290 acres of mixed use development. The project will see over 13 miles off hike and bike trails, community parks, pools, tennis courts, clubhouses for Madeira members, restaurants, retail shopping, and, if voters approve, an arena. This podcast includes the segment of the Zoom interview that focuses on the Madeira Texas Living project.To read the full story, go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website. Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.