Annexation drive, new plant push land values in La Feria

valleymorningstar.com — LA FERIA — Land values here soared 14.6 percent this year, twice the jump they took in 2006. An annexation drive and a new manufacturing plant helped push land values, City Manager Sonny Philip said. The Cameron County Appraisal District put the city’s assessed property value at $158.5 million, 14.6 percent higher than the previous year’s f