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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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