Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research
UTSA Researchers Discuss Weslaco's Future with City Officials and Residents
June 30, 2021
During the month of June, the Center facilitated three public focus groups in Weslaco, Texas to discuss the critical topics of downtown revitalization, housing, and parks & recreation. These focus groups–which ran in both physical and virtual format–gave residents and city officials a chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing their community. The feedback will allow the Center to put local opinions into action while updating the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The Center’s researchers will continue developing the plan over the summer, present preliminary ideas to the community in the fall, and submit a final updated comprehensive plan in January 2022. Weslaco is a city of 42,000 in the Rio Grande Valley, adjacent to the Mexican State of Tamaulipas. The city is part of the fast-growing McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area.
