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Article: Santa Ana lands Mexico trade center
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 5, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Mar 5-Mar 11, 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Santa Ana late last month beat out rival cities in Southern California and Texas in a bid to host Mexico's first U.S. trade center, which is set to open later this month.
The city was picked over Los Angeles and San Diego for the center, as well as Houston and Dallas. New York and Chicago also were in the running.
"It's a big coup for us," Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido said.
Mexican President Vicente Fox made the decision to put the center in Santa Ana a couple of weeks ago, according to Pulido, and plans to visit Santa Ana later this month to open the California-Mexico Trade Center.
The center, at 900 N. Broadway in the city's downtown, is set to eventually host representative offices ...