In This Issue
- Location, Work Force Keys to Success Brownwood retains, grows manufacturing base
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From Comptroller
Susan Combs - TEXpansion/
Texas Transparency - Mechatronics Brings Efficiencies to Texas Industry
Read how comptroller grants are training Texans - Partnering
for Impact:
Business, industrial parks coming up roses in Tyler - Enterprise Programs Seal the Deals
Combining state, local incentives to attract manufacturing investment - Sunshine Stimulus Powers Training
SECO renewable energy grants spark solar growth 
Diverse Industries Drive State
Manufacturing success comes from ingenuity, hard work
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Mediation services for agricultural producers
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TEXpansion
Businesses and industries are expanding their operations and building new facilities throughout Texas. Here is a sampling of recently announced expansions.
| City | Business Name | Type of Business | Type of Expansion/Type of Job | Number of New Employees/Incentives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | Baptist Health System | Health care | Has purchased a 56-acre parcel for a new full-service hospital. | n/a |
| North Texas | Aldi | Discount grocer | Plans to open 27 stores in the region. | More than 400 jobs with wages starting at $10/hour for cashiers and up to $70,000 annually for store managers. |
| Austin | Facebook Inc. | Social networking | Will open a sales and operations office. This is the company’s only U.S. location outside of its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. | Up to 200 by 2014, with average annual wages of $54,000. The city of Austin has offered $200,000 and the state has pledged $1.4 million in Texas Enterprise Funds. |
| Cedar Park | Schlitterbahn | Water park | Announced plans for a $360 million, 95-acre Schlitterbahn Boutique Hotel and Conference Center. The water park, spanning 67 acres and costing $75 million, is scheduled to open in summer 2012. | Up to 1,000 |
| San Antonio | Allstate | Insurance | Will open an $11.6 million, 75,000-square-foot customer information center in May. | 600 |
| Austin | LegalZoom.com | Online legal document services | Will move sales, order fulfillment, customer service and technical support functions from its Los Angeles headquarters. | 600. The company received a $1 million TEF grant and $200,000 over 10 years from the city of Austin. |
For more information, visit the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism Division or Texas A&M University’s Real Estate Center.
Transparent Texas Opens its Books Even Wider
Since Comptroller Susan Combs’ third day in office, Texas taxpayers have been able to go online to see Where The Money Goes. In April 2010, the state’s financial information became even easier to access with more features and tools that promote transparency. See for yourself:
- Where the Money Comes From and which agencies are collecting it.
- Open Data Center with raw datasets and databases available for download.
- Reports on how Texas is spending federal stimulus dollars.
- Which Texas local governments are opening their books online.
Your starting point for all this and more is
TexasTransparency.org.
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E-mail us at texas.rising@cpa.state.tx.us.
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