Round Rock Chamber Announces Expansion Agreement with KingsIsle Entertainment

Posted on: December 20th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Climate, Business Retention and Expansion

Creative video game company moves headquarters to Round Rock ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Chamber Announced today that KingsIsle Entertainment will expand and move its corporate... Read More >

Round Rock Chamber Announces Expansion of BGE

Posted on: December 20th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Climate, Business Retention and Expansion

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Chamber announced today that BGE, Inc. is expanding their presence in Round Rock with a lease for an additional 9,781 square feet and 50 new jobs at an average... Read More >

Round Rock Chamber Launches Momentum Capital Campaign

Posted on: November 7th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Retention and Expansion

We are happy to announce the official launch of the 2022–2026 Momentum Capital Campaign. Momentum is a public-private partnership between the Round Rock Chamber, City of Round Rock, and... Read More >

Talent Wars: How COVID-19 Reshaped the Battle

Posted on: October 11th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Retention and Expansion, COVID-19, Talent Development

While attending this week’s International Economic Development Council’s 2021 Annual Conference, hundreds of industry experts across the globe gathered together to address both future... Read More >

CEO Message: Annual Conference for Economic Developers

Posted on: October 11th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Climate, Business Retention and Expansion, COVID-19, Talent Development

As I’ve shared in the past, following two years of being dormant our industry is slowly returning to travel for work, training, and marketing. City visitations with state and regional partners have... Read More >

The District, a 65.5 Mixed-Use Project, Plans for Summer Ground Breaking

Posted on: June 28th, 2021 in Business Attraction

The Round Rock City Council voted unanimously Thursday, June 10, to approve Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning for The District, a 65.5-acre mixed-use project planned for SH 45 just east of IH 35,... Read More >

Round Rock Chamber Refreshes Economic Development Strategy

Posted on: June 28th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Climate, Business Retention and Expansion

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... Read More >

Switch Announces Fifth Prime Expansion with Development of Exascale Data Center Campus in Round Rock

Posted on: June 14th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Media Mentions, Press Releases

Land purchase commences second phase of Switch’s Fifth Prime campus LAS VEGAS, NV — June 2, 2021 — Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH) (“Switch”), the exascale technology infrastructure corporation,... Read More >

Benefits from Economic Growth Reach Far Beyond Business, they Reach Families

Posted on: June 7th, 2021 in Business Attraction

Without question, one of Round Rock’s milestone achievements has been the construction and opening of Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in November of 2020. The story is still inspiring to me.... Read More >

Outlook for the Economic Development Industry: Four Predictions for 2021

Posted on: May 9th, 2021 in Business Attraction, Business Climate, Business Retention and Expansion

Development Counsellors International (DCI), the leader in marketing places, released a report in April aimed to better understand how the economic development industry will emerge from this... Read More >