Brownsville's economy is augmented by tourism, based on the nearby Boca Chica Beach, the Padre Island National Seashore (established 1962), and gateway facilities to Mexico.
On a chilly day in March, we began Project IMPACT, an eight-week leadership-through-storytelling journey at JCCA Gateways, a residential facility for youth who have been victims of commercial sexual exploitation or domestic trafficking.
The group, named for a once-thriving enclosed mall in the city's northwest, plans to reframe the area as an international marketplace, with thematic gateways and transportation facilities.
But the road into the port is choked with trucks waiting to pass through the facility's single gateway.
Maersk's UK and Ireland operations manager, Mark Cornwell, says London Gateway will be "an outstanding facility", but Maersk remains committed to Felixstowe.
Millions are being spent on improving Central station as the gateway to the City; yet a facility that should be promoted as a top visitor attraction, as Harrogate and Carlisle have done, is neglected.
EFDA has launched the Gateway project as the first computing facility to be jointly used by EU fusion associations.
"Continental did a great job converting Newark [Airport in New Jersey] from a second-rate facility to a premier gateway," PaineWebber's Samuel Buttrick says.
"Continental did a great job converting Newark [N.J.] from a second- rate facility to a premier gateway," PaineWebber's Samuel Buttrick says.
"This may be a major international airport, a gateway to New York City and the United States, but any facility that is built on water, sometimes your neighbors come in a hard-shell variety," Mr. Kelly said.
