Three ribbon cuttings are being held this week in Robstown. The new small, local businesses are meant to grow the city, increase employment and attract new people to the area.
Tesla wants to invest $350 million to build a lithium refinery, the first of it's kind in the US. Tesla is seeking tax incentives from Nueces County and surrounding school districts.
"Our part is just to make sure everything is safe for the people that are there, and the people that are around there and coming into our community," Robstown mayor Gilbert Gomez said.