Round Rock Chamber: Round Rock Chamber Refreshes Economic Development Strategy

Press release from the Round Rock Chamber:

June 28th, 2021

In 2017, Garner Economics conducted a comprehensive assessment of Round Rock’s economic development competitiveness and created an action plan to serve as a roadmap to enhance the community’s competitiveness. With various market changes over the last four years, including game-changing project announcements in the Greater Austin region such as Army Futures Command and Tesla, the Chamber re-engaged Garner Economics in January 2021 to refresh and recalibrate the economic development action plan that will serve as the strategy for the next five years.

The three phases to the action plan included: discovery, analysis, and strategy/recommendations. The first phase included a local stakeholder survey along with a compilation of local facts and data points with quantitative analysis and some subjective opinions. The results of the first phase are what helped identify the target industries for Round Rock:

In addition, Garner Economic provided key recommendations for Round Rock’s continued success:

The Chamber team will take the findings and the recommendations suggested in the Garner Economics report to ensure the city can attract the types of activity that would benefit the city while also growing the area’s quality of place assets. Click here for a high-level summary of Jay Garner’s presentation of the refreshed economic development strategy.

This press release was produced by the Round Rock Chamber. The views expressed are the author's own.