The East Texas Council of Governments exceeded the annual criteria necessary under contract to earn $33,333 in Kilgore Economic Development Corporation incentives. The contract called for ETCOG to maintain at least 50 employees over a three-year period. In its first of the three-year contract, the association employs 61 and plans to renovate its regional headquarters in Kilgore.
The members of Business Retention and Expansion International have elected Lisa Denton, Assistant Director for Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, for a three year term on the BREI board.
Halliburton Energy Services earned $300,000 from KEDC for investment in infrastructure improvements at its FM 349 Kilgore facility as Phase I of its expansion. The company agreed to invest up to $12,100,000 and add 120 new jobs over three years.
Amanda S. Nobles, Executive Director of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, received Business Retention and Expansion International’s Individual Service award to acknowledge an individual for innovative, effective and exemplary retention and expansion programs in economic development.
The 2010 season will be the Texas Shakespeare Festival’s 25th season and the TSF Foundation wants to celebrate its impact on the East Texas economy.
