The Tijuana City Hall presented key progress updates to the Business Advisory Council this week, highlighting advancements in priority initiatives aimed at boosting the city’s competitiveness.
Speaking on behalf of Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz, Municipal Secretary of Economic Development Pedro Alejandro Montejo Peterson said that a year and a half into the current administration, significant results have been achieved thanks to close collaboration with the local business community.
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Montejo Peterson thanked council members for their active participation in working groups, noting that their continued engagement will help ensure the completion of several key projects by the end of the current municipal term.
Among the initiatives discussed were the Urban Development Program for the Tijuana Population Center (PDUCPT 2026), the Infrastructure Investment Plan, public security applications and devices, the regularization of donations and green areas, a roadmap for digitizing municipal procedures, and the “Acorde” self-regulation program. Some of these efforts, he noted, have already reached 95% completion.
Other actions are currently at 50% progress, which Montejo Peterson described as an opportunity to reassess and fine-tune their direction.
“We are on track to finish everything we set out to do in October 2024, when Mayor Burgueño launched these working groups to improve the city’s economic development,” he said.
Given Tijuana’s dynamic nature, the secretary also invited council members to speak up if priorities have shifted, adding that “the goal is to focus on the projects and complete them as originally planned.”
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Montejo Peterson emphasized that the strong relationship with the business sector continues because both sides share the same objective: keeping Tijuana competitive and attractive for investment, for the benefit of all residents.
Carlos Jaramillo Silva, coordinator of the Tijuana Business Advisory Council, acknowledged the productive relationship between the city government and the 85 presidents and coordinators representing the city’s various business chambers. He predicted effective outcomes that will help turn Tijuana into a “Competitive Tijuana.”
The assembly also included participation from Virginia Vargas González, Secretary of Territorial, Urban, and Environmental Development; Nelly del Carmen Pabello Vega, Chief Administrative Officer; José Alejandro Avilés Amezcua, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection; Karina Pérez Dorsey, Secretary of the Digital Agency; Juan Diego Mascareno, Director of the Metropolitan Planning Institute of Tijuana; as well as Roberto Lyle Fritch, President of the Business Coordinating Council.
