DIESEL MECHANICS, BODY SHOP WORKERS NEEDED FOR GREYHOUND LINES REFURBISHING PLANT

GBIC Director Gilbert Salinas at right

Perhaps, the biggest news coming out the monthly meeting of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation Thursday evening was that Greyhound Lines, Inc. is now accepting resume's from experienced diesel mechanics and body men for their refurbishing plant to be located within the BRO Airport Business Park.

"Greyhound has given the GBIC permission to start accepting resume's at our office in the old Young House at 500 E. St. Charles," stated Gilbert Salinas, Executive Director of the GBIC.

Greyhound has leased a 68,000 sq. ft. building and will eventually employ 70 workers to restore and refurbish their entire U.S. fleet of buses and part of the Mexican fleet.

VIDA, a group purporting to fill a gap between the unemployed and local community colleges was also given its monthly stipend of $25,000 by the GBIC.

Interim City Attorney Luis Hernandez

Prepared to answer any legal questions during the meeting was Luis Hernandez, the interim City Attorney and a law partner of Rick Zayas.  Hernandez was noncommittal as to wanting the job of City Attorney full time.