The Local Government Unit of Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya headed by the Honorable Mayor Lucita L. Tan inaugurated the town’s Growth Center (AGC) on February 10, 2017 in Brgy. Banganan, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya.

The AGC aims to provide the consolidation of agricultural products, protection of farmers from middlemen and the provision of better service to the buying public as one stop business center. It intends to generate employment and expected to provide convenient place to acquire commodities and attract investors not only from the municipality but also from neighbouring towns and provinces.

In attendance were Honorable Governor Carlos M. Padilla, Vice Governor Epifanio Lamberto D. Galima, DILG Provincial Director Mr. Ruperto Maribbay, DTI- Nueva Vizcaya personnel and staff headed by OIC PD Henry O. Conel, Jr., Sangguniang Bayan members, the twenty-two (22) Barangay Captains and other elected and appointed officers of the municipality.

The cutting of the ribbons in the Bagsakan Center, Pasalubong Center and Eatery Stalls was followed by the blessing of each stalls led by Rev. Fr. Silverio Ablaza.