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Many of the streets of Edinburg were named after Southern Pacific railroad officials in an attempt to persuade Southern Pacific to build a line to the Rio Grande Valley. Street names include Van Vleek (Van Week), Lovett, Peter, Loeb, Kuhn, McIntyre, Harriman (later changed to University), Mahl, Stubbs, and Fay.

Rio South Texas Economic Council Members Participate in Two-Week Corporate Location Assessment With Hopes Of Visioning “One Place With the One Voice"
Sofia Hernandez
June 19, 2009 marks the end of a two-week tour of sites in the Rio South Texas region that could fit industries looking for the next great place to do business.  read more >
Edinburg Winning Back Local Customers
Jared Janes
To keep its residents shopping locally, the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce and the city's economic development corporation set out a plan to get residents to visit small businesses and to offer more retail options to entice residents to stick around.

In the five years since the study, the city's results are reflected in annual sales tax revenues that have grown nearly $5 million, a similar pace in percentage increase to both McAllen and Mission.

But in the year since a retail development opened off Trenton Road — a byproduct of the city's attempts to expand its retail options — Edinburg has bucked a national trend of falling sales tax revenues.

As sales tax revenues in Hidalgo County wither during the worst recession in decades, Edinburg has pulled in 13 percent more this year so far than it did by this point last year.

Retail king McAllen, still dominant in sheer volume, has seen its sales tax revenues fall by 6 percent thus far this year. Mission is down 2 percent and Pharr's revenues declined 6 percent.
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