The City of Brownsville and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office (LRGVDO) signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) to encourage entrepreneurship and economic empowerment through increased collaboration on entrepreneurial and financial education for local veterans as well as small business owners. In support of the SAM, the LRGVDO has scheduled an Economic Development Specialist (EDS) at the Brownsville Veterans Resource Center on alternate Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. to provide small business programs and services for local veterans. For more information contact Reynaldo D. Vasquez at 956-427-8533 x 300 or email at reynaldo.vasquez@sba.gov