It’s a new year, with new beginnings and new businesses. Aldi, Kinetic Physical Therapy, Best Fender Products, Starbucks, and Aspen Dental just to name a few new buildings that are going to be finished and opened this year alone. Mount Pleasant’s community is growing fast. One Location, All The Advantages.
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It’s fall, y’all. Leaves are coming down, but businesses are going up. Contact MPEDC to learn more about our 107,000 population trade area and ask for our 2018 Retail Coach report.
“May The Workforce Be With You.”
Workforce Solutions of Northeast Texas held their #StarWars themed annual conference at the #MountPleasant Civic Center Wednesday, across the parking lot from our office! Congrats to Dr. Kevin Rose, Mount Pleasant’s & North Texas Community College’s own Skills Development Fund Jedi for winning Board Member of the Year accolades! Psst . . . we have an award-winning training center in Mount Pleasant with more than a $500,000 in company training awards in 2018 alone! If you want your business to succeed, consider Mount Pleasant, TX!
German grocer, ALDI, will be operational early 2019 in Mount Pleasant, TX. The company will be moving into 20,832 SF across from Walmart Supercenter. The facility under retrofit (construction) was formerly occupied by Hastings & is next to Hibbett Sports. ALDI, a 2018 Retailer of the Year awardee, is currently blocked off to the public for safety reasons but we wanted to give y’all a peak inside the hard hat zone. Enjoy! Welcome, ALDI USA!!
Attention Retailers: Did you know Mount Pleasant has a Retail Trade Area of 106,017 people!!! Ask for a copy of our independent retail report & profile.
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS (MAY 16, 2018) – The Mount Pleasant Economic Development Corporation (MPEDC) has selected Nathan Tafoya to be its new executive director.
Strategic Government Resources (SGR), a local government executive search firm based in Keller, Texas, conducted the nationwide executive director search. SGR’s recruitment and vetting process produced an impressive field of highly qualified candidates. Finalists interviewed with the MPIDC on May 4, 2018, and Tafoya was selected to fill the position. His proposed start date is June 18.
Candidate vetting included a comprehensive questionnaire, online interviews, a psychometric assessment, a thorough media search, and a rigorous background investigation.
Tafoya has over a decade of economic development experience and currently serves as the executive director for the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation and Lamesa Economic Alliance Project, a position he has held since 2015. He previously served as manager of the Business Resource Center for the New Mexico Economic Development Department and interim executive director for the Rio Rancho Economic Development Corporation where he also served as vice president of Business Development and research director. Tafoya holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of New Mexico and a bachelor’s degree in journalism and creative writing from the University of Arizona.
The Mount Pleasant City Council appointed two new members, Chris Elliott and Stan Garrett, to the Mount Pleasant Economic Development Corporation Board. Members of the Board are appointed by the City Council and serve a term of two years. Council may, at their discretion, reappoint Board Members for successive terms.
Chris Elliott, Managing Partner of Elliott Auto Group, has over twenty-five years of sales background. Chris is a Mount Pleasant native, graduating from MPHS and later from TCU with a BBA in Management. He currently serves on the Mount Pleasant Airport Advisory Board, as well as the Guaranty Bank & Trust Board. Chris and his wife, Shelly, have two children, Anna and Jacob.
Stan Garrett is the Chief Financial Officer of KRB Investments and has an extensive background in finance. Prior to KRB Investments, Stan was employed for a decade at Big Tex Trailers and almost twenty years at Guaranty Bank & Trust. He has served on the Mount Pleasant Country Club board since 2017. Stan and his wife, Suzan, have two children, Jacob and Katie.
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