| Texas
see regional
maps for TX, OK, AR, LA |
Scope
 |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Texas - Office of the
Governor, Economic Development and Tourism |
State 78701 |
|
www.governor.state.tx.us/ecodevo/
www.texaswideopenforbusiness.com
Project
announcements |
No |
No |
| Texas Economic Development
(Austin) |
State 78701 |
|
now redirects to the above
www.tded.state.tx.us
www.txed.state.tx.us
|
No |
No |
| Texas Marketing Team -
Texas Economic Development Council |
Association |
|
www.texasmarketingteam.org
www.texasedc.org
|
No |
No |
|
Utilities - active in Texas economic development |
Scope |
Contacts |
|
Survey |
Profile |
| American
Electric Power |
Utility |
|
www.aep.com
|
No |
No |
| Centerpoint
Energy |
Utility |
|
www.centerpointenergy.com |
No |
No |
| Entergy Texas |
Utility |
|
www.entergy.com |
No |
No |
| Oncor Economic
Development |
Utility 75201 |
|
www.locationtexas.com |
No |
No |
| TXU Electric Delivery |
Utility 75201 |
|
www.locationtexas.com |
No |
No |
| Xcel Energy
Southwest |
Utility |
|
www.xcelenergy.com |
No |
No |
|
Dallas and east TX
(organization names link to Area Profiles if available) |
Zip Code
75xxx
 |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Allen Economic
Development Corp. |
Local 75002 |
|
www.allentx.com |
No |
No |
| Frisco
Economic Development Corp. |
Local 75034 |
|
www.friscoedc.com |
No |
No |
| Garland
Economic Development Partnership |
Local 75040 |
|
www.garlandtx.com |
No |
No |
| The Colony |
Local 75056 |
|
www.TheColonyEdc.org
|
No |
No |
| Rockwall Econ Dev Corp |
Local 75087 |
|
www.rockwalledc.org
|
No |
No |
| Plano Economic Dev Board |
Local 75093 |
|
www.planotexas.org
|
No |
No |
| City of Cedar Hill -
Economic Development |
City 75106 |
David D. Miracle
972-291-5132
|
www.cedarhilledc.com
|
Interview |
No |
| DeSoto Economic Development Corp. |
Local 75115 |
|
www.desototexas.org
|
No |
No |
|
Greater Dallas Chamber
Dallas Economic Development Dept |
Metro 75201 |
Cary Hutchings
214-746-6733
|
www.dallaschamber.org
www.Dallas-EDD.org
|
Interview |
No |
| City of Dallas, TX -
Office of Economic Development |
City 75201 |
214-670-1685 |
www.BigD-ED.org
www.dallascityhall.com |
No |
No |
| North Texas
Commission (DFW Airport) |
Region 75261 |
|
www.ntc-dfw.org |
No |
No |
| Greenville
Board of Development |
Local 75403 |
|
www.greenvilletxedc.com
www.ci.greenville.tx.us |
No |
No |
| Sulphur
Springs Economic Development Corp. |
City 75482 |
|
www.sulphurspringstxedc.com |
No |
No |
| Paris Economic Dev. Corp |
Local 75460 |
|
www.paristexas.com
|
No |
No |
| Atlanta
Economic Development Corp |
Local 75551 |
|
www.atlantatexas.com |
No |
No |
|
Red River
Commerce Park -
Red River Redevelopment Authority (New Boston, TX)

Recent Ad |
County 75570
 |
Duane Lavery
903-223-9841
|
www.rrcp.org
|
Survey
04/20/05 |
No |
| Longview
Economic Development Corp. |
City 75601 |
|
www.longviewedc.com |
No |
No |
| Palestine Economic
Development |
City 75802 |
|
www.PalestineTexas.net |
No |
No |
| Buffalo Economic
Development |
City 75831 |
|
www.buffalotex.com |
No |
No |
| Fairfield Industrial
Development Corp |
City 75840 |
|
www.fairfieldtx.com |
No |
No |
| Lufkin/Angelina County
Econ Dev Partnership |
County 75901 |
|
www.lufkinedp.com
|
No |
No |
|
Ft. Worth, DFW airport, central TX |
Zip Code
76xxx |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| The Arlington Chamber |
Metro 76004 |
|
www.chamber.arlingtontx.com |
No |
No |
| City of
Bedford |
City 76021 |
|
www.ci.bedford.tx.us |
No |
No |
| City of Burleson |
City 76028 |
|
www.burlesontx.com |
No |
No |
| City of Euless |
City 76039 |
|
www.ci.euless.tx.us |
No |
No |
| City of Hurst |
City 76054 |
|
www.ci.hurst.tx.us |
No |
No |
| City of Southlake |
City 76092 |
|
www.ci.southlake.tx.us |
No |
No |
| Ft. Worth Chamber of
Commerce |
Metro 76102 |
|
www.fortworthchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Hillwood
Properties (A Perot Company) |
Developer 76177 |
|
www.hillwood.com |
No |
No |
| Decatur TX Economic
Development Corp |
City 76234 |
|
www.decaturtx.org |
No |
No |
| City of Keller
Economic Development |
City 76248 |
|
www.cityofkeller.com |
No |
No |
| Business Development Corp of
Vernon |
Local 76385 |
|
www.bdcvernon.com
|
No |
No |
| Central Texas Economic
Corridor (Belton, Temple) |
Region 76513
76503 |
|
www.centraltexas.org
|
No |
No |
| Temple Economic Development Corp |
City
76503 |
|
www.choosetemple.com
|
No |
No |
| Development Corp of Belton |
City 76513 |
|
www.dcbelton.org |
No |
No |
| Copperas Cove EDC |
Local
76522 |
|
www.copperascove-edc.com |
No |
No |
| Greater Killeen Chamber of
Commerce |
Metro 76540 |
Phyllis Gogue
254-526-9551 |
www.killeenworks.com
www.gkcc.com |
No |
No |
| Mexia Economic Development
Corp |
Local 76667 |
|
www.mexiaedc.com |
No |
No |
| Greater Waco Chamber |
Metro 76703 |
|
www.wacochamber.com
|
No |
No |
| Central Texas
Economic Development District (Waco) |
Region 76715 |
|
www.centexecodevd.org |
No |
No |
| San Angelo
Chamber of Commerce |
City 76903 |
|
www.sanangelo.org |
No |
No |
|
Southeast Texas
(organization names link to Area Profiles if available) |
Zip Code
77xxx
 |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Greater Houston
Partnership |
Metro 77002 |
|
www.houston.org |
No |
No |
| Bay Area
Houston Economic Partnership |
Local 77058 |
|
www.bayareahouston.com |
No |
No |
| City
Development Corp. of El Campo |
City
77437 |
|
www.elcampoeco.org |
No |
No |
| Economic
Development Alliance for Brazoria County (Angleton) |
County 77515 |
|
www.eda-bc.com
|
No |
No |
| Baytown / West
Chambers County EDF |
County 77520 |
|
www.batownedf.org |
No |
No |
| Port of
Freeport |
Port 77542 |
|
www.portfreeport.com |
No |
No |
| Galveston Econ. Dev.
Partnership |
Metro 77553 |
|
www.gedp.org |
No |
No |
| City of Pearland |
City 77581 |
|
www.cityofpearland.com |
No |
No |
| Pearland
Economic Development Corp. |
City 77581 |
|
www.pearlandedc.com |
No |
No |
| Partnership of
Southeast Texas (Beaumont) |
Region 77704 |
|
www.setx.org
|
No |
No |
| Madison County Economic
Development Corp |
County 77864 |
|
www.ci.madisonville.tx.us |
No |
No |
|
Southern Texas
(organization names link to Area Profiles if available) |
Zip Code
78xxx
 |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Greater New Braunfels
Chamber of Commerce |
City 78130 |
|
www.nbcham.org |
No |
No |
| Seguin |
City 78155 |
|
www.seguinonline.com |
No |
No |
| North San Antonio Chamber
of Commerce |
Metro 78216 |
|
www.northsachamber.com |
No |
No |
| City of San Antonio Econ
Dev Dept |
City 78283 |
|
www.ci.sat.tx.us/edd
|
No |
No |
| San Antonio Economic
Development Foundation
|
Metro 78296
 |
|
www.sanantonioedf.com
|
No |
No |
| Alice/Jim
Wells County Economic Development Corp. |
County 78332 |
Dean Kruckenberg
361-664-3454
|
www.alicetx.org |
12/23/03 |
No |
| Corpus Christi Regional
Economic Development Corp. |
Metro 78401 |
|
www.cctexas.org |
No |
No |
| McAllen Econ. Development Corp
(see also Reynosa,
Mexico) |
Region 78503 |
|
www.medc.org |
No |
No |
| Sharyland
Development Corp. (McAllen TX) |
Developer
78572 |
|
www.sharylandplantation.com |
No |
No |
| Brownsville Economic Development
Council |
City 78520 |
|
www.bedc.com |
No |
No |
| Edinburg
Economic Development Corp. |
City 78539 |
|
www.edinburgedc.com |
No |
No |
| Mission
Economic Dev. Authority |
City 78572 |
|
www.missioneda.com |
No |
No |
| Bastrop
Economic Development Corp. |
City 78602 |
|
www.bastropedc.org |
No |
No |
| Elgin Economic
Development Corp. |
City 78621 |
|
www.elgintx.com |
No |
No |
| Greater San
Marcos Economic Development Council |
Metro 78667 |
|
www.sanmarcosedc.com |
No |
No |
|
West Texas
(organization names link to Area Profiles if available) |
Zip Code
79xxx
 |
Contacts GDI : Bruce |
Texas EDO
Directory Texas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| The High Ground of Texas
(54 northern counties) |
Region 79084 |
|
www.highground.org
|
No |
No |
| Amarillo Economic
Development Corporation
|
Metro 79101
 |
(806)379-6411 |
www.amarilloedc.com
|
No |
No |
| Lubbock Economic
Development Alliance - LEDA (formerly known as Market Lubbock Inc.) |
City 79401 |
|
www.lubbockeda.org |
No |
No |
| Abilene Industrial
Foundation Inc. |
City 79604 |
|
www.abilene.com/aif
|
No |
No |
| Midland Chamber of
Commerce |
City 79701 |
|
www.midlandtexasedc.org
www.midlandtxchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Odessa Chamber of Commerce |
City 79761 |
|
www.odessatex.com
|
No |
No |
| Greater El Paso Chamber of
Commerce -
El Paso Regional Economic Development Corporation |
Metro 79901
 |
|
www.elpaso.org |
No |
No |
| City of El Paso |
City 79901 |
|
www.ci.el-paso.tx.us
|
No |
No |
|
Oklahoma
(organization names link to Area Profiles if available) |
Scope, Zip
code
regional maps for TX, OK, AR, LA |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce
847-304-4655 |
Oklahoma EDO
Directory Oklahoma service providers
|
Survey |
Profile |
| Oklahoma Department of Commerce |
State 73104
 |
|
www.locateok.com |
No |
No |
| The State Chamber |
State 73104 |
|
www.okstatechamber.com |
No |
No |
| Norman Econ. Dev. Coalition |
City 73070 |
|
www.nedc.net
|
No |
No |
|
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
|
Metro 73102
 |
Robert Tucker
405-297-8956
|
www.okcchamber.com |
Example |
Example |
| South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce |
Local 73139 |
|
www.southokc.com |
No |
No |
| Midwest City Chamber of Commerce |
City 73140 |
|
www.midwestcityok.com |
No |
No |
| Lawton / Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce |
Metro 73502 |
|
www.lcci.org
|
No |
No |
| Bartlesville Dev Corp |
City 74005 |
|
www.ok-bartlesville.com |
No |
No |
| Stillwater Chamber |
City 74074 |
|
www.stillwaterchamber.org |
No |
No |
| Oklahoma Dept of Career & Technology
Education |
State 74074 |
|
www.okcareertech.org
|
No |
No |
| Tulsa Port of Catoosa |
Port 74015 |
|
www.tulsaport.com
|
No |
No |
| Claremore Area Chamber of Commerce |
City 74017 |
|
www.claremore.org
|
No |
No |
| Claremore
Industrial and Economic Development Authority |
City
74018 |
918-341-4755 |
www.claremontdevelopment.com |
No |
No |
| Tulsa Area Partnership |
Metro
74103 |
|
www.tulsapartners.net |
No |
No |
| Ada Jobs
Foundation |
Local 74280 |
|
www.adaworks.org |
No |
No |
| Vinita Area
Chamber of Commerce |
Indian
territory 74301 |
|
www.vinita.com |
No |
No |
| Miami Area Economic Development Service |
region
74354 |
|
www.miami-ok.org |
No |
No |
|
City of Miami Oklahoma -
Community and Economic Development Department |
City 74355
 |
Brian Barger
918-541-2235 |
www.miamiok.org
Economic Development |
Pending |
No |
| MidAmerica Industrial Park |
Developer
74362 |
|
www.maip.com
|
No |
No |
|
Utilities - active in Oklahoma economic development |
|
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
|
|
|
| American Electric Power |
regional utility |
|
www.aep.com |
No |
No |
| OG&E Electric Services |
regional utility 73101 |
|
www.oge.com/business |
No |
No |
| Arkansas
|
maps for TX, OK, AR, LA |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Arkansas EDO
Directory Arkansas service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Arkansas Dept of ED |
State 72201

|
|
www.arkansasedc.com
|
No |
No |
| Entergy Corp - Teamwork
Arkansas |
Utility 72203 |
|
www.considerarkansas.com |
No |
No |
| Pine Bluff
Chamber |
Local 71611 |
|
www.pinebluffchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Bradley County
Industrial Development Corp. |
County 71671 |
Mary Seymore
870-226-3760
|
www.bcidc.com
|
Interview |
No |
| Ouachita
Partnership for Economic Development, Inc. |
Local 71711 |
Fred Duplantis
870-836-2210
|
www.ouachitaworks.com |
Interview |
No |
| El Dorado Chamber |
Local 71730 |
|
www.boomtown.org |
No |
No |
| Hot Springs Chamber |
Local 71901 |
|
www.hotspringschamber.com |
No |
No |
| Jacksonville Chamber |
Local 72076 |
|
www.jacksonville-arkansas.com |
No |
No |
| North Little Rock Economic Development
Corp / Chamber |
City 72114 |
|
www.nlrchamber.org |
No |
No |
| Searcy
Industrial Dev. Corporation |
Local 72143 |
|
www.searcy.dina.org
|
No |
No |
| Metro Little
Rock Region |
Region |
|
www.mlrr.com
|
No |
No |
| Little Rock Chamber |
City 72201 |
|
www.littlerockchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Great River
Economic Development Foundation, Blytheville AR |
City 72316 |
Clif
Chitwood
870-532-2100
|
www.greatrivereda.com
|
Interview |
No |
| Greater Jonesboro Chamber |
Region 72401 |
|
www.jonesborochamber.org |
No |
No |
| Paragould / Greene County
Chamber |
Region 72451 |
|
www.paragould.org |
No |
No |
| Fayetteville Chamber |
City 72702 |
|
www.fayettevillear.com |
No |
No |
| Rogers-Lowell Chamber |
City 72756 |
|
www.rogerslowell.com |
No |
No |
| Russellville -
Arkansas Valley Alliance for Econ Dev |
City 72801 |
|
www.russellville.org |
No |
No |
| Fort Smith Chamber |
City 72901 |
|
www.fschamber.com |
No |
No |
| Texarkana Chamber |
Local 75504 |
|
www.texarkana.org |
No |
No |
| Louisiana
|
maps for TX, OK, AR, LA |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Louisiana EDO
Directory Louisiana service providers |
Survey |
Profile |
| Louisiana Department of Economic Development |
State 70804
 |
|
www.led.louisiana.gov
former :
www.lded.state.la.us
Project
announcements |
No |
No |
| Metrovision Partnership
Foundation, New Orleans |
Metro 70130 |
|
www.metrovision.org
|
No |
No |
| The Chamber Foundation, Southwest Louisiana
(Lake Charles) |
Region 70602 |
|
www.chamberswla.org
|
No |
No |
| Chennault International Airport Authority
(Lake Charles) |
Airport 70615 |
|
www.chennault.org
|
No |
No |
| Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce,
and Central Louisiana Economic
Development Alliance (CLEDA) |
Regional chamber 71309-
Rapides Parish and surrounding parishes - Avoyelles, Allen, Evangeline,
Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches and Vernon |
Rhonda Reap-Curiel
318-442-6671 |
www.cenlachamber.org
|
6/13/05 |
No |
| Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce |
Metro 70821 |
|
www.brchamber.org
|
No |
No |
| AEP Southwestern Electric
Power (American Electric Power) - TX, AR, LA |
Utility 71101 |
Arnie Frankel
318-673-3170 |
www.aep.com
|
No |
No |
| Greater Shreveport Chamber
of Commerce |
Metro 71101 |
Kurt Foreman
318-677-2512 |
www.shreveportchamber.org |
No |
No |
|
Corporate Real Estate Firms |
|
Search global commercial real estate firms |
|
This section will be used
for convenience to highlight major corporate real estate firms with
operations in the region.
See also the
global CRE
list, which can be used to find local offices of firms which may not be
highlighted below.
We may also provide selective
major property listings for the region, with links to the real estate
firms and agents involved. |
| Grubb & Ellis
Knight Frank - Best/White LLC (El Paso, Mission, and Laredo TX, Ciudad
Juarez and Monterrey Mexico) |
www.grubb-ellis.com |
| NAI |
www.naiglobal.com
|
| Colliers
International - |
www.colliers.com |
| Trammell Crow
Company |
www.trammellcrow.com |
| |
|
| Equis -
"Consultants for Workplace Innovation" |
www.equiscorp.com
Keith Zimmerman 512-349-0000 (Austin TX) |
| Commercial
Texas LLC (Austin) - Michael Kennedy, President |
|
| Travis
Commercial Real Estate Services, Ltd. (San Antonio) - no affiliation - Chuck
King, Partner |
|
| |
|
| Lincoln Harris
Corporate Services Group, Div. of Lincoln Property Co. |
www.lpc.com
David Wetherington 214-740-3429 (Dallas) |
| |
|
| |
|
| Regus -
furnished, staffed, and equipped offices on short-term leases, plus meeting
rooms, videoconferencing, and temporary (daily) space which may be useful to
project teams needing a place to operate in an area during planning or
startup work |
www.regus.com
for list of offices in over 300 locations worldwide |
|
Business
Location Consultants, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering,
Interior Design, and Construction |
|
This section will be used to
highlight major firms within the region, as well as global firms with
significant experience in the region.
See also the selective global
lists of location
consultants and
project management
services. |
| Carter-Burgess
: distribution centers and real estate services |
www.c-b.com
Gil Mayfield 817-222-8640 (Ft. Worth) |
| Site Selection Group - set
up by former Trammell Crow real estate consultants in Dallas, TX |
www.siteselectiongroup.com
King White 214-271-0580 (Dallas) |
| |
|
|
Tax and Legal
Consultants |
|
This section will be used to
highlight major firms within the region, as well as global firms with
significant experience in the region.
See also the selective global
lists of tax
advisors and
international legal advisors. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Banks, Project Finance, and Venture Capital <return to top of page>
|
| This section
will be used to highlight regional contacts relevant to direct investment
projects. |
| |
|