Texas Commission of Environmental Quality reminds you - Resolve to Make a Difference in 2016:

Reduce Junk Mail

Resolve to save time, conserve energy, and preserve trees by opting out of junk mail! Households  and businesses receive over 80 billion pieces of junk mail each year; most of this ends up in  our landfills.

You can easily opt out of offers of credit and insurance on the Consumer Credit Reporting Industry  website at www.optoutprescreen.com. Visit the Direct Marketing Association's Mail Preference  Service at www.dmachoice.org to stop receiving commercial mail from many national  companies. Important: Both secured sites will ask for personal information, such as your address.

Replace Older Toilets

This resolution is a little more difficult and a bit more costly. However, it makes a big difference in  water conservation. Toilets use the most water in the home. By replacing one older toilet with the  most water-efficient type, you can save up to 13,000 gallons of water and over $100 each year. If  just one in four families in Texas replaced one older toilet with a 1.28-gallon-per-flush toilet, it  would save more than 28 billion gallons of water every year. (takecareoftexas.org)

The South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation and the City of South Padre Island have approved an incentive policy in order to assist qualified new and existing businesses and to benefit the economic climate on the Island. Businesses can apply for property tax abatements as well as sales tax abatements for improvements that will contribute to the economy of South Padre Island. The City and the EDC will evaluate the applications to determine if they meet the established criteria for the programs. You can find a link to the policy, guidelines, and applications on both the City web page ( www.myspi.org) and the South Padre Island EDC web page ( www.southpadreislandedc.com) 

For more information, contact Darla Lapeyre, South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation Executive Director, at (956) 761-6805 or [email protected] ; or Dr. Sungman Kim, City of South Padre Island Development Director, at (956) 761-8113 or [email protected] .

Calling all South Padre Island businesses! Please be sure to update your FREE business listing on the Convention & Visitors Bureau website ( www.sopadre.com ). If you haven't been provided with your login credentials, please contact Carlos Centeno by phone at (956) 761-8390, or email at  [email protected] . By using your FREE business listing you have the ability to upload images, coupons, business description, and much more. Take advantage of this FREE marketing tool provided by the Convention & Visitors website.