The Small Business and Entrepreneurial Council has ranked Texas in the top three states for small business and entrepreneurship in their Small Business Survival Index 2009: Ranking the Policy Environment for Entrepreneurship Across the Nation.
At KEDC our mission is to increase the City of Kilgore tax base and provide jobs for Kilgore citizens. The state of the regional economy is an important component in our ability to accomplish that mission.
Best wishes to all of you for a Happy Thanksgiving from the Kilgore TX EDC staff!
Continuing education for the KEDC staff does more than just build the resumes of our professionals. It keeps us current on the best ways to serve our constituents. I attended an excellent seminar recently on reinvestment zones and how to apply them to benefit our local economy. Lisa Denton, our assistant director, is a new board member for BREI, Business Retention and Expansion International. BREI is the leading international professional association for business retention and expansion. KEDC retention activities account for more t
What does the Texas Two Step have to do with economic development? Or the Boys and Girls Club? Or any other philanthropic organization, for that matter? It has to do with the business climate in Kilgore, what others may call quality of life. And it's important to economic development.
The Business Information Center of the Kilgore Small Business Development Center donated a SMART Technologies Airliner Wireless Slate to Kilgore Economic Development Corporation.
Brad Bunt, director of the Kilgore College SBDC, said the donation to KEDC will enhance the business services available to Kilgore employers through Synergy Center.
Dr. Charles Whiteside is a success story. He is a Texas A&M University graduate, founder of the East Texas section of the American Chemical Society, former chairman of the chemistry department at Kilgore College and owner of Ana-Lab Corp. in Kilgore, among other honors. And now he is being recognized at an ACS meeting in Washington D.C. later this month. Dr. Whiteside is among the first class to be elected as a Fellow of the ACS.
One of the strategic goals of KEDC is to foster a business climate and quality of life that is conducive to business and employee retention. To that end, I am a volunteer for the Kilgore unit of the Boys & Girls Club. Four Star Cinema is hosting the Kilgore unit for a viewing of G-Force with popcorn and a drink.
I recently returned from sharing information resources with a struggling democracy that is Kilgore's sister city in the Ukraine, Rzhyshchiv, otherwise known as RZ. Although I donated my time there it was professional as well as personal development. The people there are eager to learn and implement best practices and willing to share their own development and culture.
KEDC agreed recently to fund agreements with three companies that will keep 180 jobs and millions in investments local.
