New opportunities for retailers

Check out this article on REIT.com.  There is growing opportunities for retailers, new and old, to try out a new retailing idea with smalll spaces in established retail center.

http://www.reit.com/Articles/Retail-REITs-Help-Entrepreneurs-Get-Their-Start.aspx

#retail #REIT #economic development #in

We want to congratulate the Town of Sunnyvale and its Sunnyvale 4A Development  Corporation for their successful completion of the preliminary project and financing plan for TIRZ #1 and the adoption of the ordinance which officially establishes Sunnyvale TIRZ #1.  This is a big economic development incentive for development in their critical commerical core.  Congratulations!  We are pleased to have been a part of this successful project!   #economicdevelopment #Sunnyvaletx #tedc #iedc #mundoandassociates #in

Happy New Year, its that time of year to reflect on last year and to plan for the new year.  Mundo and Associates, Inc. has adopted a new mission statment.   We believe the Mission of Mundo and Associates, Inc. is "Creating Opportunities and Options for Making Great Places!"

What is your Mission Statement? #in

New Tax Credits Available for Businesses that Hire Military Veterans

New tax credits are available for businesses hiring military veterans.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/21/fact-sheet-returning-heroes-and-wounded-warrior-tax-credits

In August, President Obama called on Congress to enact tax credits that will help get veterans back to work. The Returning Heroes Tax Credit provides businesses that hire unemployed veterans with a maximum credit of $5,600 per veteran, and the Wounded Warriors Tax Credit offers businesses that hire veterans with service-connected disabilities with a maximum credit of $9,600 per veteran.
These tax credits were included in the American Jobs Act and were signed into law by President Obama on November 21, 2011.

Encourage Businesses to hire unemployed veterans today !

SpaceX signs economic development agreement

SpaceX signed a long-term economic development agreement with the City of McGregor, Texas.
The agreement, which was partially facilitated by the Greater Waco Chamber, provides incentives to encourage SpaceX to add and maintain high quality jobs and make large infrastructure investments in SpaceX’s 630-acre Rocket Development Facility in McGregor.

The agreement could result in more than $60 million being invested in the facility and hundreds of jobs paying 30% more than the average weekly wage in McLennan County.

SpaceX has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to haul supplies to the International Space Station,

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk flew in from California to attend the event.

“We have had support from the community from the beginning,” said Musk. “I like the spirit of Texas, probably more than any other state in the country it believes in freedom and free enterprise. Texas likes doing things that are big and exciting. There is a sense of optimism and a feeling that great things can be accomplished.”

Lauren Dreyer, director of business affairs at SpaceX echoes that sentiment.

“McGregor has been a great place for SpaceX to do business. SpaceX will use these incentives to further our investment in jobs and infrastructure in McGregor," she said.

SpaceX's rocket facility is located four miles west of McGregor High School on Bluebonnet Parkway, in McGregor, Texas.

Does Advertising Work?

Here is a link to an article, by Ed Burghard on Linkedin that has some good answers to that question
Does Advertising have a Role in Economic Development?
What do you thinks about these answers?

Dunkin Brands looking for new sites

Economic development agencies and cities interested in a Dunkin Brands have an opportunity through The Retail Connection. Check with Jeremy Zidell [jzidell@theretailconnection.net]    #retail #economicdevelopment