
The skilled labor found in the McAllen/Reynosa Region allows companies like LG Electronics set up and grow in our area.
Who is McAllen Economic Development Corporation?
What does McAllen Economic Development Corporation do?
Where does McAllen Economic Development Corporation do what it does?
If you can’t answer any ONE of these questions, or worse yet, ANY AT ALL, you may not be alone, especially if you are not involved with the industrial community. However, keeping up with McAllen Economic Development Corporation has been known to benefit those who do so.
The truth of the matter is that McAllen EDC has been doing what it does for over 24 years. As a nonprofit organization contracted by the City of McAllen, McAllen EDC’s main purpose is to recruit businesses into McAllen and Reynosa, Mexico in order to create jobs for our community, and improve overall quality of life.
Over time, the types of businesses that McAllen EDC has been primarily working with are industrial manufacturers, suppliers and call centers. Companies like Panasonic, Motorola, Bissell, Sharp, Alps Automotive, T-Mobile, are just a few that have relocated or expanded into the McAllen/Reynosa region. So again, what does McAllen EDC do? What role does it play in bringing these companies down?
Simply put, McAllen EDC calls on these companies’ corporate offices around the globe and promotes the unique resources that the McAllen/Reynosa region offers any company looking to compete in today’s volatile business world.
First, McAllen EDC works from within our community to build these resources. Developing relationships and working together with McAllen ISD, South Texas College, University of Texas Pan American, Workforce Solutions, City of McAllen, the State of Texas Governor’s Office, City of Reynosa, the State of Tamaulipas, real estate developers and brokers, and retailers and hospitality groups, as well as utility companies and TXDot, have allowed companies to view our area as a true pro-business bi-national community willing and able to support any industry looking to invest.
Once McAllen EDC is able to spark a genuine interest from prospects, site tours are scheduled for these prospects to visit the McAllen/Reynosa region and study it as a potential site for their operation. McAllen EDC has to be able to show everything from a qualified labor force, to adequate buildings or land sites for construction, to efficient transportation routes and infrastructure for these companies to bring in their raw materials and ship out their finished product to their clients. In addition, McAllen EDC must prepare a competitive relocation or expansion incentives package in order for the prospect to choose the McAllen/Reynosa region and create new employment opportunities, rather than losing that prospect to other communities. This is where strong relationships with city and state governments make all the difference.
As a prospect transitions into a committed operation, McAllen EDC also assists these companies throughout their relocation or expansions by putting them in contact with local businesses or professionals like residential real estate brokers, accountants, doctors, hotels, restaurants, airports, etc. This is where we begin to see the positive economic impact that these companies bear on our community.
Surprisingly, not all is said and done once a company settles in the McAllen/Reynosa region. McAllen EDC visits with those same companies periodically to ensure that their operation is running smoothly and provides them with any assistance they require in order to stay in our community and grow even more. Again, McAllen EDC’s goal is to create jobs for our community. McAllen EDC’s best interests lie in providing our community with rewarding employment opportunities and a superior quality of life.
Over the last 24 years, McAllen EDC has recruited over 635 companies that have created over 137,615 jobs in the McAllen/Reynosa region. Through carefully targeted marketing and promotional campaigns, McAllen EDC has been able to reach out to companies worldwide.
However, the people in our community (YOU) can also assist McAllen EDC in its continued efforts to bring more companies to our region by referring new businesses. McAllen EDC has created a “Rewards for Referrals” program to provide you with an incentive to make referrals. For more information regarding Rewards for Referrals, South Texas Job Zone (an employment opportunity website), and to follow McAllen EDC on Social Media, go to our website: www.mcallenedc.org