Retention/Expansion for July 2010
Total Number of New Prospect Files Opened in 2010: 7 Current Active Prospects: 12
Potential Capital Investment from Prospects: 79 mil.
Potential New Jobs from Prospects:219
Local Company Visits by Staff in 2010: 90
Expected Number of Annual Visits: 150
Business Recognition Luncheons in 2010: 2
Company Assistance Provided in 2010: 30
For more information contact: Joe Cisneros
| Attraction/Recruitment for July 2010
Total Number of New Prospect Files in 2010: 16
Current Active Prospects in 2010: 79
Potential Capital Investment from Prospects: $522 mil. Potential Jobs from Prospects: 1112
CCREDC-Hosted Prospect Visits in 2010: 12
Companies Making Multiple Visits in 2010: 6
Visits to Prospect Sites/Headquarters (YTD): 1
For more information contact: J.J. Johnston
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Shanghai 2010 World Business Expo
The Corpus Christi Region Economic Development Corp. organized and directed a delegation of sixteen officials to represent the Coastal Bend Region at multiple business development events in China. The primary mission for the trip was to increase exposure for the region as a premier location for Chinese investment.
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There’s nothing small time about Texas small business
The Lone Star State has made entrepreneurship a priority, equipping startups with both financial support and technical assistance. In 2005, the state rolled out the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, which has inveted more than $234 million with the intention of ushering new technology to the marketplace and creating high-skill jobs.
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Comptroller’s Economic Outlook
The Texas economy, the world’s 11th-largest, continues to fare better than those of many other states. But Texas felt the effects of the worldwide recession during 2009.
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Texas Exercises Its Acumen in Global Marketplace
If Texas were a country, its national gross domestic product would rank it as the 11th largest economy in the world, bigger than that of Australia, India, Mexico, Russia and just about every other country.
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Solar Capacity Heats Up Texas Renewables Industry
The sun shines bright on the Lone Star State – and not just in a metaphorical sense.
Texas has the greatest solar energy resources and potential in the nation, earning a nod in a 2007 U.S. Department of Energy Study as one of the top states for concentrating the sun's power.
The estimated potential solar capacity of West Texas alone is 351 megawatt-hours, enough to keep a 60-watt lightbulb burning for nearly 668 years.
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New CCREDC Investors and Investor Renewals
The CCREDC wants to thank the following for either renewing their investment or joining the CCREDC:
| LNV Engineering, Inc. |
International Bank of Commerce |
| AT&T Texas |
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority |
| Kailo Communications |
Borden Insurance |
| Richter Architects |
Port of Corpus Christi |
| Corpus Christi Hooks Baseball |
Rock Engineering |
| Stripes, LLC |
Gentry Company |
| Swiff-Train Company |
Morehead Dotts & Associates |
| San Patricio EDC |
Shell Land Management |
| CORT Business Services |
Overhead Door |
| Prosperity Bank |
Navy Army Federal Credit Union
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Heldenfels Enterprise, Inc.
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Peerless Cleaners |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center |
CHRISTUS Spohn |
| Sterling Personnel |
NuStar Energy |
| Adame Realty Advisors |
APAC |
| A.C. Distribution |
Alamo Concrete Products |
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