The GEDC invests in projects that grow the economy and create jobs in Giddings, Texas. We are aggressively pro-business with a proven track record of helping businesses bring projects in on time and under budget. Click the map below to see the projects we have supported and how they have positively impacted our community.
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Here in the heart of Texas, the city of Giddings is proud to know that we make every effort to keep our businesses and citizens informed and engaged in the community. This is why we are inviting you to join our social media accounts! We expect that creating these account...
With the help of Golden Shovel Agency, Giddings EDC is positioned for continuous online and economic growth
GIDDINGS, TX -- Giddings Economic Development Corporation (GEDC) recently launched a newly designed website, created by Golden Shovel Agency. The new site is interactive and provides relevant data in an easy-to-locate, intuitive platform fo...
Located just an hour from Austin and an hour and a half from Houston, Giddings, TX, is the perfect location for your business! Here in Giddings, we have a wide range of properties and sites available for sale or lease. We want to make it easy for site selectors an...
Here in Giddings, TX, we want to ensure that businesses big and small are a success. The Giddings Economic Development Corporation (GEDC) is helping businesses and stimulating economic growth by securing funds for infrastructure development, real estate acquisition, job training, and expert advising and support.
The GEDC also works in partnershi...
Having Fun in Giddings, TX, is Easy!
Jun 21 2021Giddings, TX, has a plethora of fun things to do in the city! Giddings is located just an hour from Austin and an hour and a half from Houston. This makes it easy for travelers and residents alike to enjoy the local amenities! residents alike to enjoy the local amenities...
Our students here in Giddings, TX, are thriving because of our high-quality educational system! Giddings makes students and families first when it comes to education. Our school system strives to provide each student with the tools, resources, and teaching services that will help them succeed. Each of our schools ha...
Here in Giddings, TX, we want all of our residents and residential businesses to stay up to date on local, regional, and national business news. One way we are ensuring this is by creating an online news center on our local economic development website. This news center is free t...
Why Giddings, TX? Find Out Now!
May 31 2021Why are more businesses choosing to locate in Giddings, TX? There are several reasons why businesses are choosing Giddings and finding success. Giddings is located just 55 miles from Austin and 106 miles from Houston at the intersection of Highways 290 and 77. This makes Giddings an ideal location fo...
Giddings, TX, is home to several amazing businesses! Businesses big and small are succeeding on a large scale here. We have businesses in many diverse industries making it the perfect place for any business idea to become a success. Some of these successful industries include Agriculture, Oil and Gas Extraction...
Giddings, TX, is a pro-growth and pro-business community. Our economic development corporation strives to invest in projects and businesses that will help the local economy grow and create jobs. One of the ways we accomplish this is by providing site selectors and business owners, looking for a location, with detaile...
Giddings, TX, continues to grow in its population and its number of successful businesses. We offer several free online tools to site selectors that are looking for the perfect location to locate their businesses. One of these tools in our new community comparison tool. This tool is designed to hel...
Businesses are quickly learning the advantages of locating in Giddings, TX! Giddings is located in the heart of Texas just an hour east of Austin and an hour and a half west of Houston. This makes Giddings an ideal location for businesses and commuters alike! Highways 290 and 77 bot...
Businesses in Giddings, TX, have the advantage of being able to choose from our very talented and hard-working workforce! Located in the heart of Texas, just an hour away from Austin, Giddings has a plentiful and diverse labor force to choose from. There are over 100,000 potential workers within ...
Located in the heart of Texas, Giddings is a rapidly rising city for both population and business, and for good reason! Giddings is located just 55 miles from Austin and 106 miles from Houston. This makes it the perfect place to live for commuters and the perfect place for businesse...
Front Line: Job Creation Through Reshoring
Apr 8 2021Back in the 1980s, the term “offshoring” became a business buzzword as more and more U.S. companies moved manufacturing to foreign countries, typically to save on labor costs. In recent years, “reshoring” has been added to the lexicon as companies decide to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., for variou...
AD: How has COVID-19 changed the employee experience in manufacturing, and what facets of this should organizations retain going forward?
Zenk: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees have been experiencing a drastically different work environment. Thousands of manufacturers across the U.S. and around the world were deemed essential during the pandemic...
The world as we all knew it changed earlier this year with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seemingly overnight, everything that we used to think was normal had changed, and things that once were deemed impossible for the workplace became the “new normal.” Now, seven months later, most o...
Pandemic Fuels Data Center Growth
Apr 7 2021In a year full of turmoil and strife caused by an unexpected pandemic, data centers were quickly recognized for their crucial presence in all lives, for maintaining communication and knowledge during a period of sudden change for humanity.
Data center operators and major services held fast throughout the troubled, early day...
Cathedrals of Talent
Apr 2 2021Does tech investment follow tech talent or the other way around? It’s actually some of both.
The question going forward, says Colin Yasukochi, executive director of the Tech Insights Center at CBRE, is the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic could upset longstanding equations and trends as 2021 unfolds into th...
Texas is becoming a popular state for corporations looking for the optimum business climate, and it’s due in large part to the work of Texas’ more than 700 economic development organizations (EDOs) serving 25 metropolitan areas, more than 40 micropolitan areas and greater than 1,200 incorporated cities in Texas. W...
There is not a day that goes by where we don’t talk about the COVID pandemic. It is on the news, in our social feeds and it has infiltrated both our personal and professional worlds. Many businesses have shifted employees to a work-from-home routine; changing everything about how the busines...
Texas PR firm to study workforce needs
Feb 20 2021Pavlik and Associates, a public relations firm in Fort Worth, Texas, specializing in public and corporate engagement, has been selected to conduct a review of skilled training needs for aerospace companies locating at the 105-acre site at Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
“The development of aerospace manufacturing and innovation opportunities is on...
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Digital Strategies to Support Your Area Businesses
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In 2020, American venture capitalists invested an unprecedented $156 billion dollars into 12,254 startups, setting records in biotech, pharma and fintech. There were a record 454 initial offerings in the U.S. markets, generating over $167 billion.
But pull out a map, and you’ll see a country full of small-scale entrepreneurs wh...
