Having a reliable and committed workforce is crucial to successful businesses and to fueling economic growth, and the Texas Workforce Solutions-Borderplex office in Alpine helps achieve that goal. The Texas Workforce Commission, a state agency that oversees and provides workforce development services for employers and job seekers, is also a part of Texas Workforce Solutions, which has an office in Alpine.

When it comes to efficient and humane solutions to reduce the area’s feline overpopulation, Big Bend Pets is at the forefront, with the help of county resident Patsy Culver. She founded the nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the fall of 2019.

Big Bend Regional Hospital District has partnered with Desert Imaging’s Mammos on the Move program to bring mammography services back to the Big Bend. Big Bend Regional Hospital District was established in 1991 to provide health care for needy residents in Presidio and Brewster counties.