Town pledges $10,000 for active tourism

By MARTHA McCLAIN
Special to the PRESS

Laguna Vista officials this week pledged $10,000 to fund a Brownsville-based transportation plan to develop an active tourism strategy throughout the South Texas region.

Geared for tourists who prefer active vacations, the plan focuses on bicyclists who, as a whole, are highly educated and spend more and stay longer at their destinations, said Ramiro Gonzalez with the City of Brownvsille.

Proposed is a bike trail possibly connecting the Palo Alto, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, the Fine Arts Museums, South Padre Island beaches, and potentially the Bahia Grande Ecological Center projected in Laguna Vista.

The local Eco Center’s construction is contingent upon award of grants through the Coastal Restoration Funding for Texas from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill grant program, otherwise known as the RESTORE Act. County Commissioner David Garza said he is working with Congressman Filemon Vela and the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife on the Bahia Grande project that would involve building a visitors’ center on the Town of Laguna Vista-owned 23-acre tract of land located adjacent to the Stripes Convenience Store on Hwy. 100. That grant application for the first phase of development is being submitted today, he said.

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