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The City of Galveston lies on Galveston Island, located across the entrance to Galveston Bay (an inlet to the Gulf of Mexico). A causeway connects the Island to the mainland for easy access to Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States.


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  • 9 Elementary (K-5)
  • 4 Middle Schools (6-8)
  • 1 High Sschool (9-12)
  • Alternative (K-12)

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Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development

  • Site Selection Assistance
  • Contacts with industry and government leaders
  • Information resources
  • Streamlined permitting process
  • Analysis and assistance with tax or other business incentives

Economic DevelopmentIndustry Clusters

  • Life Science
  • Offshore Oil
  • Banking, Insurance, Finance
  • Government
  • Tourism

Economic DevelopmentEconomic Incentives

  • Foreign Trade Zone
  • Freeport Exemptions
  • Industrial Revenue Bonds
  • State Enterprise Zone
  • Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
  • Texas Skills Development Zone
  • Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
  • Tax Abatement
  • Franchise Tax Credits for Economic Development
  • State Sales & Use Tax Exemptions
  • Economic Development & Diversification
  • In-State Tuition for Employees
  • Property Tax Rule 9.105

Economic DevelopmentMajor Employers

  • University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Galveston ISD
  • Galveston College
  • Landry's Restaurants
  • Galveston County
  • American National Insurance Co.
  • Moody Gardens
  • City of Galveston
  • Feritta Hospitality

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Galveston Economic Development Partnership President Jeff Sjostrom
P. O. Box 8029 *** Galveston, Texas 77553
  (409) 770-0216 sjobiz@att.net

In The News
Carroll Cobb New SBDC Director - Monday, May 17, 2010
Carroll Cobb has been named the Director of the Galveston County Small Business Development Center. Carroll brings more than 15 years of management, administrative, and consulting experience to the job. Carroll has a bachelors degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of South Carolina.
Carroll worked as Section Chief-Legal Division for the F.D.I.C. and was founder and President of DocuSearch, Inc. a privately held litigation support service company with offices in three states.
Carroll's knowledge and many years of business experience will greatly enhance the Galveston County SBDC ability to assist new and existing businesses.
Give her a call at 409-933-1414. 
     

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