Texas' now certifying it's retirement communities : Laredo not on list

Hmmmm, No entries for Laredo ??

The state of Texas is now certifying cities and towns that meet certain criteria as "retirement communities. As today's Valley Morning Star  proudly proclaimed "Harlingen is on board". That means that Harlingen, along with South Padre Island, meets this criteria that serves to ensure that cities are doing their part in providing a good quality of life for residents and visitors. This includes being able to meet residents living, education, employment and health needs among other things.

A list of all certified cities and towns in Texas can be found at retireintexas.org. Also,  the stie contains details on what cities wanting to achieve the status of a certified retiring community need to do. It reads: 

The GO TEXAN Certified Retirement Community Program is a certification and promotion program provided by the Texas Department of Agriculture. To become a certified retirement community, each community must complete a rigorous application process including a retiree desirability assessment. Each application is reviewed and scored by an independent advisory committee comprised of volunteers who are experienced in various aspects of community and economic development.

The GO TEXAN stamp of approval ensures each certified community has demonstrated through its application that it can meet the living, employment/volunteer, health, entertainment, education and safety needs of its citizens and visitors - all the things that make Texas a great place to retire. 

Please take a moment to review each of Texas' certified retirement communities.  Additional communities are added as they are certified...So come back often.