Editing Brownsville, Texas (section)

====Revitalization====
Downtown Brownsville has received several revitalization projects from the city government to increase tourism and safety.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sealey |first1=Stephen |title=City of Brownsville revitalizing downtown area |url=https://valleycentral.com/news/local/city-of-brownsville-revitalizing-downtown-area |access-date=January 6, 2019 |work=Valley Central |date=October 17, 2018 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153343/https://valleycentral.com/news/local/city-of-brownsville-revitalizing-downtown-area |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Texas Historical Commission]] named Brownsville as part of its Main Street Program in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Derick |title=City's Downtown Revitalization Sees First Milestone |url=https://www.kveo.com/news/local-news/citys-downtown-revitalization-sees-first-milestone/536690797 |access-date=January 6, 2019 |publisher=[[KVEO-TV]] |date=August 18, 2016 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204456/https://www.kveo.com/news/local-news/citys-downtown-revitalization-sees-first-milestone/536690797 |url-status=live}}</ref> Several historic buildings were restored, including the Stegman Building, a historic building named after Baldwin G. Stegman, one of the city's first [[streetcar]] line developers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Contreras |first1=Kaila |title=Renovations helped refresh downtown Brownsville |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/renovations-helped-refresh-downtown-brownsville/article_033116b6-edd2-11e7-9b24-4f7bb55a465a.html |access-date=January 6, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=December 30, 2017 |archive-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231052105/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/renovations-helped-refresh-downtown-brownsville/article_033116b6-edd2-11e7-9b24-4f7bb55a465a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) selected Brownsville as one of six cities for their "Greening America's Communities" program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greening America's Communities |url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-04/documents/17_12_11_epa_final_report_brownsville.pdf |website=[[Environmental Protection Agency]] |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204258/https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-04/documents/17_12_11_epa_final_report_brownsville.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency worked on a revitalization project for Market Square, a building constructed in 1850.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Steve |title=Restoration of Market Square bell tower complete |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/business/restoration-of-market-square-bell-tower-complete/article_1dd69284-7eb0-11e7-89f4-0bbfe555b03a.html |access-date=January 6, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=August 5, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The city also received a $3.4&nbsp;million grant from the Façade Improvement Program for this project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sealey |first1=Stephen |title=Brownsville plans to revitalize its downtown district with $3.4 million budget |url=https://valleycentral.com/news/local/brownsville-plans-to-revitalize-its-downtown-district-with-34-million-budget |access-date=January 6, 2019 |work=Valley Central |date=May 9, 2017 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153402/https://valleycentral.com/news/local/brownsville-plans-to-revitalize-its-downtown-district-with-34-million-budget |url-status=live}}</ref>