The Rio Grande Valley is a unique place to live and work – one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation but also one of the nation’s top tourist spots. The Rio Grande Valley is one of the few places in the country where you can enjoy a combination of beaches, Mexico, friendly people, a family-oriented environment, year-round sunshine, year-round sports, and year-round outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, birding and nature walks.

In “the Valley” you will find opportunities where your talents and skills will be greatly needed and can be maximized to their fullest potential in the health care field, which is an important and growing industry centered in Harlingen around Valley Baptist Medical Center and the University of Texas – San Antonio’s medical school, the Regional Academic Health Center.

The Valley is your ticket to the tropics at an affordable price – but within America. The combination of a reasonable cost-of-living, excellent schools, excellent health care facilities and churches; and unique attractions draws thousands of people from across the Midwest and other areas of the United States. Many of these people find the Valley to be THE PLACE which they come to call home – with plenty of opportunities for growth but without the traffic and crime problems of big cities. Many retirees have made Harlingen and the Valley their year-round home, while others, the “Winter Texans,” spend six months or more per year in the Valley to escape the icy weather back north.

As a new resident of the Valley, you will always have something to do on the weekend …. Texas’ best beach, South Padre Island, is only a 40-minute drive from Harlingen. South Padre Island features outstanding swimming and sunbathing, fishing, sailing, water sports on the Gulf of Mexico or in the bay, hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment ... not to mention some fantastic sunsets over the bay!

For a change of pace, visit the friendly towns of old Mexico … Harlingen is within a 15-minute drive from the Mexican border. Only 25 minutes away from Harlingen -- and just across the Rio Grande -- lies the welcoming Mexican tourist / border town of Nuevo Progresso, a favorite for shoppers. Also from Harlingen, you can head 25 minutes south and do some really serious shopping and dining in the large city of Matamoros, Mexico, which lies across the border from Brownsville, Texas. For even more adventures, Monterrey and the mountains of Mexico's interior are only three to four hours away by car or bus.

For more information on the many benefits of living in Harlingen and the Valley, please contact the following:

Valley Partnership/Chamber of Commerce
322 South Missouri
P. O. Box 1499
Weslaco 78599-1499
Phone (956) 968-3141

www.valleychamber.com/visitor-guide/index.html
 

Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce
311 E. Tyler
Harlingen 78550-9121
Phone: 800-531-7346 or (956) 423-5440

http://www.harlingen.com


South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce
600 Padre Blvd.
South Padre Island 78597
Phone: (956) 761-4412

http://www.spichamber.com/