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MPEDC Launches New Tool Designed to Assist Small and Emerging Business

Once of MPEDC’s biggest announcement during Economic Development Week was the launch of SizeUp, an empowering tool that provides markets research and business intelligence to help small and emerging businesses. The platform is free for the entire community. SizeUp Mount Pleasant is a sophisticated business intelligence platform that allows small

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Economic Development Week 2021

MPEDC Wraps Up Economic Development Week 2021 with Announcements

MPEDC wrapped up the 2021 Economic Development Week (May 9-15) with TWO exciting announcements and some volunteerism: 1) ANNOUNCEMENT: Earlier this month, City Council voted to transfer a Revolving Loan Fund valued at $234,000 to MPEDC to assist small & emerging businesses. The fund had only been used once in

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MPEDC Sponsors Career & Training Expo Event

April 23, 2021- While the career & training expo is for a variety of occupations & fields offered at NTCC, MPEDC worked with NTCC to create an additional, limited, job fair for our industrial/exporting companies. This event was held at Mount Pleasant’s award-winning Industrial Technology Center. Career advisors, local manufacturing

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State of the Economy Luncheon

Click below to view the recording of this event: Click presentation below to view/download: This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office.

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Lowe’s Distribution Center Hiring

The Mount Vernon, TX Lowe’s Distribution Center, located 10 miles from Mount Pleasant, TX, is creating 315 new jobs, taking the total Full-Time Equivalent employment to 1,300+. The jobs are a night shift addition to increase operational capacity by 28%. The new overnight shift is a 12-hour, 3-day work week

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