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From Comptroller Combs

From the retail meccas of Dallas and Houston to the unique boutiques and craft stores in Fredericksburg and Gruene, Texas towns boast a variety of retail opportunities that entice tourists and generate sales. Retail drives dollars into communities and boosts the economic development efforts of community leaders across our great state.

As your strategic partner for local government management, the Comptroller’s office is pleased to offer this month’s Texas Rising, packed with information, insight and analysis focused on vital economic development topics. In this issue, we spotlight retail and how it drives economic development for Texas towns. We share valuable local government tools that Texas cities can use to attract and expand their retail offerings and boost development. We also highlight how our office can help you and present other resources available to take your economic development to the next level.

We are also pleased to announce a new online resource that will give Texas communities and businesses the edge they need to succeed in a global market-place. Texas EDGE (Economic Data for Growth and Expansion) offers up-to-date data for accurate planning and powerful economic analysis, and other research tools to help you make the wisest decisions today to impact the success of tomorrow. Visit us at www.window.state.tx.us/texasedge. We’ll share more about Texas EDGE in future issues of Texas Rising, so stay tuned.

When it comes to economic development, creating jobs and generating new levels of prosperity, local governments in Texas are focused on rising to the occasion every time.

Susan Combs