HELO showcases Puerto Rico's emerging economic development. (National League of Cities' Hispanic Elected Local Officials) From: Nation's Cities Weekly | Date: July 6, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 National League of Cities. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The HELO board of directors met in a retreat in Villalba, Puerto Rico to address issues of concern to the Latino community. Other business dealt with revised bylaws and the group's new advisory council made up of past presidents of HELO.

NLC's Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO, President Bernardo Negron Montalvo, Mayor of Villalba, Puerto Rico, recently hosted HELO Board members and NLC leaders at HELO's Summer Board Meeting and Retreat in San Juan, P.R.

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