Downtown McAllen hosted a New Year’s Eve ball drop last year for the first time.
Leading up to the event, city officials wondered how many people would watch it. Police worked crowd control, and bands played an outdoor stage located near South 17th Street’s intersection with Austin Avenue. Eight vendor booths sold food on the street, [...]

2009 is winding down, Heart Of The City and the City of McAllen is making plans to celebrate the arrival of 2010, with a huge celebration and ball drop, in downtown McAllen, December 31.
If any band, vendors, organization would like to be part of the annual celebration or if anyone would like to be a [...]

Heart of the City is committed to improve & revitalize the urban core of McAllen thru public and private interest.
Proudly Celebrates:
The Past, Present, and Future of the Heart of the City
Honoring Abdala Kalifa and family
& Respectively the 17th St. Investors
We cordially invite the businesses of the Rio Grande Valley and fellow neighbors across the border [...]

2009 New Year After Party
Event Date:
Dec 31 2008 5:00PM
Description:
Doors Open 5:00PM Tables - include - 4 table seat - Bottle of Grey Goose with Ice, - cranberry juice - six pack of Sprite
Venue:
Flesh
200 S. Main Texas McAllen
To purchase tickets click here
Del Castillo
Event Date:
Dec 31 2008 10:00PM
Description:
Doors open at 9:00PM All Ages Welcome
Venue:
Cine El Rey
311 S. [...]

The two women stand impatiently outside the Boiler Room, listening to what they’re missing.
The muted indie-rock melody and the clamor of the crowd drift past them down McAllen’s South 17th Street. In high heels and designer dresses, they don’t look like the type who wait in line on a Saturday night.
And, it turns out, they [...]

Candlelight Posada
December 5-6, 2008
Each year, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the City of McAllen Parks & Recreation host the largest and most anticipated event of the year, Candlelight Posada held at the historic Archer Park.
Last year, Candlelight Posada brought in over 40,000 attendees from around the community.  The fun starts with a lighted Christmas [...]

MCALLEN, TX—McAllen’s Heart of the City Development Corporation in association with Sir Kingston is hosting the New Year’s Eve Bash in downtown McAllen and invite the community and the media to join them for the festivities. The bash and festivities begin at 7pm on December 31st and ends at 2am January 1, 2009. The [...]

“Past, Present and Future” is the name given to this years event honoring Che Guerra and Judge Arturo Guerra and their families.
The event will take place on Thursday Oct. 2, 2008 planned by the Heart of the City Improvement Corp. This semiformal dinner is being held at Cine El Rey on South17th Street (South Guerra, [...]

With the coming of the new millennium, McAllen’s civic leaders realized that there were changes in the downtown dynamic that had to be addressed. The development of suburban shopping centers and offices had resulted in some decline of the downtown McAllen area. On the other hand, it was realized that there continued to be a [...]

City planners are hoping a section of downtown McAllen will one day become as popular as Sixth Street in Austin.
McAllen’s Heart of the City Improvement Corporation is trying to transform the downtown portion of 17th Street into an entertainment district.
It will be your one stop for cuisine, cocktails and culture.
Though that may be a long [...]