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Big Opportunities, Hometown Feel


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Big Opportunities, Hometown Feel


Martifer-Hirschfeld is the latest wind-energy manufacturer to call San Angelo home The San Angelo Development Corp, city of San Angelo, Tom Green County and the state of Texas are proud to welcome Martifer-Hirschfeld Energy Systems, which is investing $40 million in a new manufacturing facility in San Angelo. With the assistance of a healthy incentive package, the company is creating 225 jobs as it ramps up production of steel towers for windturbine generators and will be producing 400 towers a year by 2013.

Let the sun shine in! San Angelo has approximately 251 days of sunshine each year, with an average rainfall of 20.91 inches, and plenty of land well suited for solar and wind farms.

Contact Information Fred Welch, CEcD VP Marketing & Recruitment San Angelo Chamber of Commerce 418 W. Ave B, San Angelo, TX 76903 (877) 655-4136 fred@sanangelo.org www.sanangelo.org

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San Angelo is Proactive for Business • Recruitment/retention programs to assist with relocation/expansion needs • One-stop business assistance • One-stop permitting assistance • Incentives for qualified businesses • Regional hub for government, commerce and entertainment

The Strategic Location Decision • Shovel-ready sites • Available workforce & training assistance • Located in the heart of the Texas wind energy corridor • Convenient access to national/international markets • Labor force of 41,000 • City owned land & industrial parks for qualified businesses • Rail, road and air routes to reach your customers

Lifestyle You and Your Employees Deserve • Active arts community • Average commute time of 10 minutes • Quality schools • Area lakes and rivers provide year-round recreation • Temperate climate • Angelo State University, member of the Texas Tech System • 100,000 friendly Texans • Ten local shopping centers with unique businesses to national chains including Target, Lowe’s, Home Depot and Best Buy • 32 parks and 25 sports facilities • Housing costs 17% below the national average

Contact Information Fred Welch, CEcD VP Marketing & Recruitment San Angelo Chamber of Commerce 418 W. Ave B San Angelo, TX 76903 (877) 655-4136 fred@sanangelo.org www.sanangelo.org Big Opportunities, Hometown Feel


Communities working together to accomplish what one community cannot do alone Texas Midwest Economic Development Alliance 325-795-8626 – 3702 Loop 322 – Abilene, TX 79602

Business Climate:

Home to:

Industries:

Skilled workforce and customized training

Dyess Air Force Base

Alternative Energy – Wind and Solar

Goodfellow Air Force Base

Oil & Gas

Low cost of real estate

Texas Tech University College of Pharmacy

Information Technology

Low cost of living Pro-business attitude

Angelo State University

Manufacturing – light and heavy

Thriving and diversified industries

Texas State Technical College

Metal Fabrication

Safe and clean environment

Abilene Christian University

Natural resources

McMurry University

Agriculture – beef, farming, vineyards, dairy

Quality of life

Hardin Simmons University

Leisure and Hospitality

Good climate – year round

Howard Payne University

Government – local, state, federal

Education and Health Services

Professional and Business Services

Regional data 488,496 279,523 $28,473 $593.20 Population

Labor force

Per capita income

Average weekly wage

Alliance Members Abilene Industrial Foundation 325-673-7349 – www.aif.developabilene.com Albany Eco Dev Corp 325-762-3133 Aspermont Eco Dev Corp 940-989-3197 – www.aspermonttexas.com Ballinger Industrial Development 325-365-2516 – www.ballingertx.org Breckenridge Eco Dev Corp 254-559-6228 www.breckenridgetexas.com/economic Brownwood Eco Dev Corp 325-646-6751 – www.brownwoodtx.com Cisco Development Corp. 254-442-2537 – www.ciscotx.com/cdc

Comanche Texas Eco Dev Corp 325-356-2032 – www.edcomanche.org

Ranger Eco Dev Corp 254-647-3910

Dublin Eco Dev Corp 254-445-1919 www.ci.dublin.tx.us/dedc

San Angelo Chamber of Commerce/Eco Dev – 800-375-1206 www.sanangelo.org/uptown

Early Eco Dev Corp 325-649-9317 – www.earlyecondev.com

Development Corporation of Snyder 325-573-1544 – www.sntx.org

Eden Eco Dev Corp 325-869-2211 – www.edentexas.com

Sweetwater Enterprise & Eco Dev 325-235-0555 – www.sweetwatertexas.net

Gorman Eco Dev Corp 254-734-3933 – www.gormantx.com

Tye Eco Dev Corp 325-695-8253 – www.cityoftyeedc.org

Mitchell County Board of Eco Dev 325-728-2298 – www.mitchellcounty economicdevelopment.org

Winters Area Business & Industrial Corp – 325-754-4542 www.winters-texas.us/wabic

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