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Adopted Budget 2025 City of McAllen, Texas

Strategic Business Plan

Goal 2: Strengthen McAllen’s dominance as the retail, hospitality, sports, medical, and entertainment
destination of the region. (continued)
Department / Total Project Estimated Budget
No. Objective Time- line Status - Rationale
Agency Cost FY 23-24 FY 24-25
Sports Tourism and
Programming-Supporting
sports event infrastructure
with sports complexes:
McAllen Youth Baseball
Complex, Municipal
Parks & Recreation Parks & Softball Complex, Westside
2�3�04 Department-Promote Ongoing Ongoing Program Program Softball Fields, and McAllen
Sports Tourism Recreation Sports Park; the Parks and
Recreation Department
promotes social action,
physical play, city pride, and
generates economic growth
by creating jobs and boosting
local business�
The Champion Lakes Golf
Course will continue to
improve the premier golf
course of South Texas� This
Champion Lakes Champion includes a new partnership
2�3�05 Golf Course-Premier Lakes Golf Ongoing Program Program Program with UTRGV with completed
facilities Course UTRGV Golf Practice Facility
located next to the driving
range that includes locker
rooms, coaches’ offices and
hitting bays�
600 Sunset Drive-
Improvements include a State
City Grant for a Center for Urban
Commission, Ecology (CUE) for education
Center for Urban City Manager, October
2�3�06 Ecology (CUE)-Quinta 2021-January $55,690,489 $9,200,000 $43,537,674 about plants, animals, the
Mazatlan Engineering, 2026 land, and mankind; part of
& Convention Quinta Mazatlán’s master
Center plan to continue to attract
eco-tourism from across the
globe�
Airport Airline Incentives-This
Department will support new air service
2�3�07 Air Service Incentives Ongoing Recurring $626,389 $1,875,000 routes that will enhance
of Aviation connectivity and link McAllen
for business and tourism�
The Convention and Visitors
McAllen Chamber of Bureau (CVB), a division of
the McAllen Chamber, will
2�3�08 Commerce- Convention City Ongoing Program $1,483,664 $1,512,639 continue to actively recruit
and Visitors Bureau Commission
(CVB) Conventions and conduct
“Destination Marketing” to
increase Hotel Occupancy�
Strategy 2.4: Promote McAllen’s interests through international relations, exchanges, and mutual agreements.
The Department of
International Relations is
manages the Sister Cities
program, hosts official
International government dignitaries,
2�4�01 International Relations Ongoing Program Program Program
Relations coordinates outbound city
delegations, and participates
in international economic
trade missions/industry
events�

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