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By STEVE CLARK

TIGER hunt, Take 2: Port of Brownsville takes another crack at federal funding previously denied

Posted: 08/13/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK

The Port of Brownville hopes to use TIGER II grant money to upgrade Dock 16, a planned project that has been scaled down since being denied TIGER I funding late last year.

Entrepreneur finds Valley perfect for algae-to-biodiesel development

Posted: 01/24/2010
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK
And God said, "Let there be light: and there was light," according to the Book of Genesis, although He might have added, "especially in South Texas."
 
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is sunshine-rich, a major factor behind Brad Bartilson’s decision to relocate to Brownsville from New Jersey. Bartilson is not working on his tan. He’s president and CEO of Photon8, a start-up company researching economically feasible methods for turning algae into biodiesel as an alternative to fossil fuel. For algae to produce the oily "lipids" required for biodiesel, it’s got to be bombarded by sunlight — lots of it. "From a photonic standpoint, New Jersey had 30 percent less photons per square meter falling than here," Bartilson says.

Group pulls counties together to sing Valley's praises to the world

Posted: 12/16/2009
Author: The Brownsville Herald, By STEVE CLARK

December 15, 2009 7:47 PM -  It’s easier said than done for longtime rivals to put aside their differences and join forces for the larger good, but that’s exactly what the Rio South Texas Economic Council is attempting to do, all in the name of job creation.