{"id":12107,"date":"2020-09-10T18:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2020-09-10T18:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:14:41","slug":"ecotourism-center-under-construction-in-laguna-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12107","title":{"rendered":"Ecotourism center under construction in Laguna Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Center-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Center-photo.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Center-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Center-photo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>A new ecotourism center is under construction off Texas Highway 100 east of Los Fresnos.<\/em><\/strong> Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAGUNA VISTA &#8211; Sometime next year, Rio Grande Valley residents and visitors alike will be able to learn more about the region\u2019s flora and fauna within the walls of a first-class facility built for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, called Ecotourism Center, is under construction on a piece of property along Texas Highway 100 east of Los Fresnos and in an area that falls within the jurisdiction of the Town of Laguna Vista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center will be equipped with interactive gadgets and many features where visitors will receive a hands-on experience about the area\u2019s history, its wildlife, its vegetation, which changes from area to area, and about conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, if people do not learn to take care of what they have around them, things will disappear for other generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Garza, Commissioner of Cameron County Precinct 3, said the project is being done with a combination of public, visitor and vehicle funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said money from hotel-motel taxes, vehicle registrations and from an allocation from the Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife Department is behind the multi-million-dollar investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN LAGUNA VISTA &#8211; Sometime next year, Rio Grande Valley residents and visitors alike will be able to learn more about the region\u2019s flora and fauna within the walls of a first-class facility built for this purpose. The project, called Ecotourism Center, is under construction on a piece of property along Texas Highway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-12107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12108,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions\/12108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}