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Borderplex Alliance Wins Economic Development Award

2021-10-11 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Economic Development, Slider One comment

From the El Paso Inc.: The Borderplex Alliance has been recognized with an international award for its work on economic

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What’s Wrong With El Paso

2021-06-27 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

One time a guy called me up. I took a meeting with him at the Mexican Cottage. He was a

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Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan

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How To Cripple an Economy

2021-02-04 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but

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What Is CooL?

2020-11-12 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

For marketers, cool is the holy grail. Mostly, marketers find cool after it’s been discovered and try to monetize it,

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Retrovision: Rancho El Paso

2020-10-14 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Ethics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a

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The Destruction of Brand El Paso

2020-09-17 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The "Progressives", Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

What does “El Paso” mean to you? I threw quotes around it because I want to talk about the idea

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The Problem With El Paso

2020-09-10 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Urban Planning 8 comments

The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to

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Amazon is Coming

2020-07-26 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open one of its distribution centers in El Paso, company

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  • JerryK on The New Head of the Chamber of Commerce?
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The People Speak!

  • Helen Marshall on 7th Annual Books and Raspas Giveaway at Jalisco Cafe
  • elrichiboy on 7th Annual Books and Raspas Giveaway at Jalisco Cafe
  • elrichiboy on 7th Annual Books and Raspas Giveaway at Jalisco Cafe
  • Helen Marshall on 7th Annual Books and Raspas Giveaway at Jalisco Cafe
  • JerryK on The New Head of the Chamber of Commerce?
  • Bob on The New Head of the Chamber of Commerce?
  • elrichiboy on La Feria on Avenida Juarez
  • Youdont Likeme on La Feria on Avenida Juarez
  • Lily on Public Meeting Tonight About the Arena
  • JerryK on Public Meeting Tonight About the Arena

El Chuqueño Lately

  • Economic Indicators
  • I Love You Guys
  • “Why Roads ALWAYS Fill Up, No Matter How Much We Widen Them”
  • 50 Years of “Women Make Movies”
  • “The Lone Wolf in Mexico”

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