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🏠 San Benito Housing Authority Offers Free Classes for Future Homeowners
If owning a home has felt out of reach, the San Benito Housing Authority wants to help you get ready for it.
The Housing Authority has partnered with Come Dream Come Build, a nonprofit, on a free seminar series for residents of Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties. The classes cover building credit, managing money, and whether you qualify for down payment assistance.
Every session starts at 5:30 p.m.:
The need is real. Housing Authority Director Maricela Aguilar pointed to the waitlist: 543 applicants in 2023-24, 903 in 2024-25 and 802 in 2025-26.
"We really listen to what the client wants, where it is that they want to live and where it is that they want to buy," said Linda Marin, chief lending officer at Come Dream Come Build.
Read the full story from KRGV Channel 5
🏖️ Sandcastle Days Returns to South Padre Island, Oct. 2-4
Master sand sculptors are back on the beach for the 35th annual Sandcastle Days, Friday through Sunday, Oct. 2-4, at Clayton's Beach Bar, 6900 Padre Blvd. on South Padre Island.
Watch the sculptures take shape, enjoy live music and browse the vendors. Admission is free, which makes it an easy family day at the beach.
🍛 Indian Food Arrives in Downtown Brownsville: Leo's Grill Opens at 7th & Park
Leo and Latha Titus opened Leo's Grill in Port Isabel less than two years ago. Now Brownsville has one of its own.
The couple launched a takeout food trailer next to the 7th & Park coffee and bike shop at 1554 E. Seventh St., right across from Linear Park. Everything is cooked on site.
If you're new to Indian food, Latha suggests starting with the butter chicken or chicken tikka masala. The house favorites are chicken chettinad, Madras chicken curry, lamb curry and coconut shrimp curry.
One heads-up: the trailer carries most of the Port Isabel menu, but not the naan. That's baked in a clay oven too big for the trailer.
Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Call (956) 299-9899.
Read the full story from The Brownsville Herald
🦋 Free Family Day at the Texas Butterfly Festival, Nov. 7 in Mission
The 30th annual Texas Butterfly Festival runs Nov. 7-10 at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, at the peak of butterfly season in South Texas. For families, the day to circle is Saturday, Nov. 7: Community Day is free, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kids can play the Monarch Migration Game, get close to live reptiles, make seed bombs and crafts, hunt along the Hackberry Trail and play in the Hungry Caterpillar playscape.
Proceeds support the center's conservation programs and scholarships for low-income students and schools.
National Butterfly Center, 3333 Butterfly Park Drive, Mission. 956-583-5400.
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