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This morning the Victoria County Commissioners Court appointed Annie LaMantia Cullen to the Victoria County Navigation District’s Board of Directors, which oversees operations at the Port. When asked about her addition to the Board, Mrs. Cullen stated, “I have always felt strongly about volunteerism and helping my community. The Por...
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has urged Congress to make a substantial investment in ports as part of the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan.
“The consequences of decades-long under-investment in maritime infrastructure are playing out in real time in the form of supply chain disruptions and delays that hav...
When scouting locations for a retailer, an experienced real estate team knows precisely what to look for: sites that have high visibility, easy accessibility, and close proximity to a population base and competing stores. By comparing options that meet this small handful of criteria, the final selection can be relativel...
One of President Joe Biden’s first acts was to announce a $2.3 trillion bill to repair and upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. The bill addresses what has become a perennial topic of debate in Congress, and one that has repeatedly been set aside for action at some future date.
It has bee...
The Biden-Harris administration today announced it will form a task force and take other steps to address supply-chain challenges to the nation's economic recovery.
Led by the secretaries of commerce, transportation and agriculture, the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force will focus on areas where a mismatch between supply and demand has been evident...
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will explore the potential of offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico, part of its goal to supercharge growth in clean energy over the next decade.
"This is an important first step to see what role the Gulf may play in thi...
Victoria County Commissioners Court voted Monday to establish a 700-acre area at the Port of Victoria as a reinvestment zone, allowing for possible future tax abatements in the area, despite concerns raised by several residents.
“This reinvestment zone is a designation with the state that enables a future tax abatement t...
Six Years In A Row – Governor’s Cup Award
Jun 7 2021For the sixth consecutive year, Texas has won Site Selection’s prestigious Governor’s Cup Award as the nation’s top performing state for capital investment and job creation.
From 2004 to 2017, Texas has won the Governor’s Cup Award nine times. The award highlights top-performing states for job creation and capital investment. Sit...
CN and Kansas City Southern chief executives, speaking yesterday at Bernstein’s 37th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, presented the case for merging their companies.
CN President and CEO JJ Ruest and KCS President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer described how the combination of the two Class Is would create a fully end-to-end merger that would deliver "significant publi...
The two western US Class I railroads are running low in space in Chicago amid another surge in imports over the last eight weeks, struggling to find solutions to satisfy the growing impatience of truckers, importers, exporters, and port officials.
Each stakeholder has a different set of concerns and some eve...
Port of Victoria Launches Newly Designed Website
May 24 2021VICTORIA, TX -- The Port of Victoria recently launched a newly designed website, created by Golden Shovel Agency, to further strengthen its online presence and the economic growth of the community. The new site is user-friendly with easy navigation and is better geared toward the economic development of the region.
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In a public meeting held last week, The Port of Victoria received positive feedback from a third-party environmental evaluation regarding the safety of a proposed steel dust recycling facility. This new development further solidifies the anticipated benefits of the proposed project, which would bring 60 economically resilient jobs to th...
Zinc Resources, LLC (ZRLLC) proposed to construct an electric arc furnace (EAF) dust recycling facility in the City of Whitsett in Live Oak County, Texas. An air quality new source review (NSR) permit application was submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Air Quality (TCEQ) for the proposed project o...
Across the state, about 2,300 jobs were created in February in the oil and gas industry for the upstream sector, according to a press release from the Texas Oil & Gas Association and data from the Texas Workforce Commission.
The upstream sector involves oil and natural gas extraction and excludes othe...
AUSTIN — Texas ended 2020 as the No. 1 exporting state in the United States for the 19th consecutive year, more evidence of the strength and resilience of the state’s economy, said Robert Allen, president and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation.
“Texas has developed a remarkable track record of economi...
AUSTIN — Texas enters 2021 as the world’s ninth largest economy, proof of the success of a long-term strategy to make Texas the best place to start or relocate a business, said Robert Allen, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation.
“This is more than just a statistic,” Alle...
