The Pantego Economic Development Corporation has established a gift card program for residents of the town. Pantego residents will receive a $30 gift card and a letter explaining how the program works, including a list of participating businesses. The letter will be mailed on July 31 and the $30 gift card will be mailed on August 5. Residents … [Read more...]
Pantego Gives $30 Gift Card to All Residents to Support City Businesses
Chapter 312 and Chapter 313 “Seal the Deal” for Tesla’s Austin “Gigafactory”
Business Facilities Magazine (BF) released their rankings of states on economic development indicators. Texas was named the state with the best business climate for the fourth time. In their announcement, the staff of Business Facilities Magazine wrote about Austin’s selection over Tulsa, OK for the new Tesla truck factory. The factory is expected … [Read more...]
Distance Learning Exposes Gaps in Broadband Service
The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed a serious gap in the availability of cost-effective, reliable broadband service to students faced with distance learning or in-person classes with the potential for contracting Covid-19 and potentially spreading it to family members at home. In metropolitan areas, reliable broadband service is available, … [Read more...]
New City of Arlington Councils: Term Limits Advisory and Unity in the Community
The Arlington City Council created two committees this month that we want to make sure our members are made aware of. The Term Limit Committee and the Unity Council both have business representatives, but if you have an interest we are providing information on both and a link to the City website that will have more information. The newly formed … [Read more...]
Texas Faces $11 Billion Drop in Revenue this Fiscal Biennium
Speaking to the Legislative Budget Board this morning, Texas State Comptroller Glen Hegar released a revised revenue estimate of $110 Billion, down from his estimate last October of $121 Billion. In October, long before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic began to impact state revenues, Hegar projected a $2.9 billion surplus. Today, he projected a … [Read more...]
Arlington Ranks No. 6 Among Most Affordable Places to Live in the US
In recent rankings, Arlington comes in as number 6 as one of the most affordable places to live! SmartAsset has recently released its study, “Top U.S. Cities to Buy an Affordable Family Home.” Arlington is the highest-ranked Texas city in this study. SmartAsset has ranked Arlington in the top 15 “for housing costs as a percentage of income and … [Read more...]