Cass County Area Directory 2022

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Cass County was formed in 1846 from sections of Bowie County. It was named for Lewis Cass, a U.S. senator from Michigan who had favored the an nexation of Texas to the United States.

Population: 30,002 (2020 census estimate)

Cities, towns and unincorporated communities include: Linden (2,238) county seat, oldest court house still in use; Atlanta (5,458); Avinger (296); Bivins (183); Bloomburg (363); Domino (45); Dou glassville (332); Hughes Springs (1,534); Kildare (133); Marietta (90); McLeod (346); Queen City (1,461).

Ways to support local businesses

The U.S. is home to more than 28 million small/local businesses — which accounts for 99.7 percent of all U.S. businesses. These businesses have played an integral part in the fast-paced growth of our country.

1. Shop at Small Businesses

This one’s pretty self-explanatory. What better way to genuinely support small businesses than by patronizing them? You can do this whenever, wherever. Just step out your door and take a walk down Main Street.

2. Choose Small Businesses During the Holidays

The holidays are always a major boost for businesses— this past holiday season spending exceeded $850 billion, up 5.1% from the previous year—and is always a healthy percentage of consumer spending for the whole year.

3. Create a Guide to Local Small Businesses

This can be published online or as a handout. Share a list of the incredible small businesses in your area and what makes them so awesome. The guide can also act as a coupon for small businesses, if you work with them to provide incentive for customers who find their store through the guide.

4. Open an Info. Station for Local Small Businesses

If there are some centrally located small businesses around you, it’s a good idea to set up an information center to welcome tourists or locals and help them get the scoop on all the small businesses in your area. You can offer guides to local small businesses, coupons, and more. Set it up somewhere anyone passing through would see and on high traffic days like weekends, Black Friday, and Small Business Saturday. This will encourage shoppers to shop at small businesses by providing them with immediate incentives they wouldn’t otherwise know about.

5. Show Your Appreciation

Small business owners work hard for their customers. What better way to reward them than by showing them how much they mean to you and the community. You can do this in a number of different ways. Maybe send them a thank you card, or drop off a gift. You could also just say “thank you” after every visit. Demonstrating your gratitude for their hard work motivates small busi ness owners to keep doing a great job.

Linden, Texas is an awesome community currently celebrating our past, enjoying the present and planning a positive future.

We have an awesome history. Founded in 1852, we have the oldest continuously used Courthouse in Texas. T-Bone Walker and Scott Joplin were born in our com munity. We are the hometown of Don Henley, too!

Our Music City Texas organization celebrates the past and present by bringing in great country music artist.

We are currently planning a celebration of our past by creating historical markers for our community, show ing several different periods of our history. Our historic homes are being renovated, including the oldest home in our community formerly owned by one of America’s most well-known politicians, Representative Wright Patman. For tourists, there is an awesome array of cul tural assets to experience.

Presently, we are re-investing in our community. Our council recently voted for a $6 million street bond, we are repairing our water, sewer and stormwater infra

Lighting the Way to Your American Dream

The city of Linden is a city flush with unique and diverse op portunity. Whether considering the city for residence, com merce, or simply tourism, Linden is a beacon that channels the true brilliance of its residents and its history to shine as a light on a hilltop.

Linden has seen incredible growth over the past few years and is on track to continue to thrive. As a business-friendly city with accommodating regulations and incentive oppor tunities, your prospective business will be unencumbered to grow along with the city. Linden’s economic ecosystem is also one of unshakable stability even in times of uncertainty, ensuring that an investment in the city of Linden is an invest ment with a secure return.

Located in the heart of northeast Texas at an epicenter be tween the cityscapes of Texarkana, Longview, Marshall, and Shreveport—Linden offers an unparalleled blend of family & community-oriented lifestyles coupled with the convenienc es of a burgeoning economic landscape.

Because of its central positioning on the US-59 corridor, Linden’s available labor market extends north and south en compassing some of its more populous neighbors. However, Linden isn’t only a source of labor for the region, but a source of jobs as well—with opportunities for careers in timber, transportation, hospitality, construction, healthcare, and so much more.

Going into its fifth year as a Main Street city, Linden is also heavily invested in its tourism industry and the preservation of its historical resources. The city’s status as hometown to a host of musical prodigies and icons has Linden bursting at the seams with culture and art—making it the perfect envi ronment to pursue a passion and see where that passion takes you.

With a stable and safe educational environment for its youth, Linden has become the destination community for younger

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The Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce is the voice and advocate for the diverse and collaborative business community in our area.

With over 200 members from sole practitioners to large companies, we advocate for the advancement of a vibrant community where business and people can thrive.

Meet and greets, lunch locals, and mixers for members enable individuals to develop mutually beneficial mar keting strategies and foster the discussion of business strategy.

From Cruise Night to the Christmas Parade and Mak er’s Markets in between, the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to events and the population they bring.

The planning and staging of each event require the participation of all our members and the community. As we grow as a chamber, so will our events. We are proud to have such a strong community and a commit ment from volunteers.

Joining the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce provides businesses with access to resources and rela tionships that enable them to save money, market their products, and streamline their processes.

Whether your business is looking for B2B partners and sales, help with customer acquisition, or guidance on HR processes, the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce is here to help.

The Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce strengthens, and elevates business through connecting, coaching, advocating, and innovating.

Our goal is to ensure our members are connected and engaged in the community and that we collaborate with others who share a vision for our future which includes economic opportunity for all.

Linden

structure. By reinvesting in our infrastructure, we improving the present and incubating an environment for growth.

Economically, our community is in a great position and continually improving. In our community over the last year, we have experienced 12 new businesses open ing. We are experiencing more tourism and are receiv ing outside our region attention from people moving to our community. The present and future are joining together!

Our community events, from the Cass County Rodeo, Trick or Treat Downtown, Wildflower Trails Celebra tion, the Christmas Tree lighting on the Courthouse Square to our Holiday Season celebration, provides excitement and a close-knit family first community. With our schools and community investing in itself and growing, we are planning for a very positive future. We would love for you to visit, enjoy our amazing eat eries, shops, and historical assets and wonderful Down town.

We would also gladly welcome you to move to our community and come enjoy what we love here, a great past, a positive present and an awesome future!

families whose careers start amidst the bright lights and con crete spectacles of larger, urban areas and transition into re motely accessible, “work-from-home” opportunities.

Our region’s extensive rural broadband options allow these young businesspeople to continue to work for their metro politan companies while giving them a much more whole some environment in which to build their families.

Indeed, Linden can be referred to by a multitude of names. Music City Texas, County Seat of Cass County, Home of the L-K Tigers, The Light on the Hill which Cannot be Hidden— all suitable titles. But to all who have claimed their stake here, Linden can be identified by a much simpler moniker—Home. A safe place to raise a family, a beautiful place to vacation, a prosperous place to start a business.

Linden Economic Development Corporations/Linden Main Street

201 N. Main St.

Linden, TX