Industry Development

Our goal is to grow your investment by lowering tax impact of state, federal, local taxes, development fees and other workforce and development costs. We offer flexible economic development grants, fee waivers, and tax exemptions to help attract, retain and/or expand companies in targeted industries, including green tech, clean tech, corporate and regional headquarters.

EDD provides a competitive and internationally connected economic development environment that supports entrepreneurs and businesses with investment and job creation in our City. Our goal is to grow your investment by lowering tax impact of state, federal, and local taxes, local development fees, and other workforce and development costs. We offer tax exemptions, grants and fee waivers to help attract, retain and expand companies.

In an effort to further assist you, EDD has designed a briefing team made up of businesses professionals who will point you in the right direction to help your company get up and running as quickly as possible. Our briefing team will be able to advise you on available incentives, streamline site-selection, construction and renovation options. 

IEDD seeks to:

• Assist development projects at and around military bases, particularly those bases affected by Base realignment and closure, such as Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Air Force Base

• Promote development projects at educational institutions, and other nongovernmental institutions which create jobs and support growth in the targeted industries

• Promote commercial and mixed-use development projects in targeted areas, particularly in the Downtown area

• Attract new corporate or regional headquarters to the Downtown area or the retention and/or expansion of an existing corporate or regional headquarters into the Downtown area

• Promote multi-family, market rate housing Downtown to stimulate development and investment in distressed areas