Downtown El Paso looking from Cuidad Juarez

Hispanic News starts a new category: "Economic Development" with the lead article — Microfinance Group Transforms Lives of Latin American Women. As the former executive director of economic development for the City of El Paso which included the El Paso Industrial Development Authority issuing tax exempt bonds, I prepared the application to the U.S. Foreign Trade Zones Board and obtained U.S. approval for the El Paso Foreign Trade Zone. Subsequent to this and prior to NAFTA, I bought and operated a Maquilidora in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. Prior to El Paso, I served as the economic development coordinator for the City of Tucson. With this background plus the more recent private sector experience as v.p. for planning and development for once the biggest real estate developer in Arizona, I now want to broaden the scope of Hispanic News to have Hispanic News provide economic development services to Hispanics everywhere in the USA using the Mondragon Model — Jon Garrido resume.