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Discover Hitchcock

Hitchcock was incorporated in 1960, and is the “Gateway to the Golden Gulf Coast”, with easy access to retail and industrial centers, recreation, education and medical facilities. Hitchcock is located on State Highway 6 just south of Interstate 45, 20-30 minutes from Galveston or Houston, making it the hub of the Greater Gulf Coast area. Major shopping malls; hospitals, colleges and recreational facilities are only minutes away.


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Life in Hitchcock

The City of Hitchcock has a well-trained police department and volunteer fire department, and encompasses 71 square miles with large areas available for future growth. Ample waterfront property is also available.

Harborwalk, is a gated, 850-acre master planned community within the city limits. This 550 plus home site development includes a marina, beach club, restaurant and boat slips, all on West Galveston Bay with easy access to the Intracoastal Waterway.

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Hitchcock Independent School District offers instruction in grades K-12 as well as a Headstart program. Also in the city limits are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Pre-K through sixth grade, and Gulf Coast Christian School, K through twelve. Full-accredited junior and senior colleges are within five to 30 minutes from the city. 

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  • 4/A Industrial Develpment Corporation (HIDC)

 

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  • Manufacturing
  • Retail
  • Healthcare

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Economic DevelopmentMajor Employers

  • Hitchcock ISD
  • City of Hitchcock
  • Baywood Foods
  • Texas First Bank

 

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City of Hitchcock Mayor Tony Matranga
7423 Highway 6 Hitchcock, Texas 77563
(409) 986-5591 rosemarietheiler@aol.com

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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