SEDC Year In Review: Annual Report FY 2018-19

by | Nov 4, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Discover Reports

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The City of Schertz continues to grow with each passing year. New construction increased the City’s footprint by over 530,000 square feet and this widespread development ranged from new office space to industrial commercial product. Additionally, Schertz gained a new quality of life venue, EVO Entertainment, that provides multiple amenities to residents and area visitors.

Amid this flurry of development activity, the City of Schertz Economic Development (SEDC) has been hard at work, coordinating industry roundtables and meeting with companies at recruitment events across the country, all the while remaining committed to our mission. Our Annual Report provides the opportunity to reflect on these efforts and celebrate our business community’s progress.

What Is the Annual Report?

The Annual Report covers the SEDC’s fiscal year (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019) and includes details on our: recruitment and retention efforts; data covering city demographics and the business community; summaries of active Projects; an overview of development in Schertz; and the SEDC’s annual financial summary. In short, the Annual Report tells the story of the SEDC over the past year.

Top Ten List

Below we’ve created a list of the top 10 key takeaways drawn from the pages of the SEDC Annual Report. Download the full report to explore all the details documenting the City of Schertz’ economic development progress.

  1. Agreements
    • The SEDC entered into an incentive agreement with Nexus Enterprises, a company which is currently constructing their new headquarters in Schertz
  2. Hiring
    • The SEDC doubled the number of hiring fairs this year from two to four, with these events bringing in 450 job seekers
  3. Developments
    • Ten major developments were completed, accounting for the addition of over half a million square feet of new space being added to the Schertz real estate market
  4. Manufacturing Day
    • In partnership with Caterpillar, the SEDC focused this year’s Manufacturing Day efforts on connecting local junior high school girls and STEM
  5. Reserve Strategy
    • The SEDC Board developed a Reserves Strategy to guide the use of current and future SEDC reserve funding
  6. Roundtables
    • Business Retention & Expansion hosted seven roundtables bringing together manufacturing, logistics, and human resource professionals
  7. Blogs
    • Thirteen blogs were developed as part of marketing efforts to better tell the SEDC’s story
  8. Website
    • SchertzEDC.com saw a 55% increase in pageviews from the previous fiscal year
  9. Inquiries
    • The SEDC exceeded its inquiry generation recruitment goal by 24
  10. Recruitment
    • Twelve recruitment events were held in locations ranging from California to New York

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