HARLINGEN 100 PLAN UPDATE

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HARLINGEN 100 PLAN UPDATE

• WILLIAM A. MARTIN
• HARLINGEN EDC
• DECEMBER 9, 2008

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BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• Board adopted
• The Guiding Principles for HEDC
• Provide assistance to basic business/industry
• Help existing industry expand
• Support large-scale commercial development
• The Program of Work

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BUSINESS RECRUITMENTAND RETENTION

• Community Profile
• 350 site location consultants
• 500 national commercial and industrial realtors
• Won SEDC Promotional Materials Award
• Fact Book
• Distributed 60 to clients

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BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• Updated
• All available buildings and site information
• 4,000 target industry database
• Developed 53 new prospects
• Hosted 45 visits by 28 prospects

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BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• Marketing
• Participated in
• CORENET
• Site Location Consultants Forum
• Matamoros Maquila Association
• Reynosa Economic Development Committee
• New website being developed
• Results (5 Letters of Intent 410 jobs)

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BUSINESS RETENTION STRATEGY

• Work with Harlingen Manufacturers Assn.
• Call on 30 companies per year
• 7 firms have expansion plans
• ITD Precision - 2.2 million 60 jobs
• ACCT parking lot 50 jobs

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BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• Customer Service Training
• Assisted HR Department in training City of
  Harlingen employees
• Rio Grande Regional Center for Innovation and
  Commercialization (Rio Tech Fund)
• Funded establishment Harlingen Office

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SUPPORT MAJOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

• HARLINGEN CORNERS
• 33 million project - 375,000 square feet
• Kohls
• Logans Roadhouse
• Marshalls
• Bed, Bath and Beyond
• Famous Footwear

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SUPPORT MAJOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

• VALLE VISTA MALL
• 9.775 million renovation project
• Cricket Communications
• Circuit City
• Aeropostale
• Perfumania

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SUPPORT MAJOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

• Arroyo Grande - 11 million
• Lowes
• Texas Roadhouse
• Dennys
• Harrison Crossing - 7.9 million
• Walgreens
• Starbucks
• T-Mobile

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Tourism

• Develop a plan to attract an upscale hotel with
  meeting facilities
• Developed factual presentations and potential
  sites
• Hosted 8 visits by hotel representatives
• Hotel feasibility study under way

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Healthcare

• Position Harlingen as Healthcare Hub of the
  Region
• Attended Healthcare Council Meetings
• Worked to insure long term property solutions
• Purchased 35 acre tract for development

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Tourism

• Develop a plan to attract an upscale hotel with
  meeting facilities
• Developed factual presentations and potential
  sites
• Hosted 8 visits by hotel representatives
• Hotel feasibility study underway