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May 5, 2023

ROCKDALE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CITY OF ROCKDALE ANNOUNCE RECOGNITION OF 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

The international event will highlight local efforts to increase the quality of life in every community over the course of May 8 to May 12, 2023

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Apr 28, 2023

The CWE's Texas rural woman grant program fosters greater economic development activity in rural Texas by encouraging and enabling rural woman owned , small businesses to undertake new and innovative projects.

https://twu.edu/center-women-entrepreneurs/texas-rural-woman-grant/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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By Jim Gibson | Apr 19, 2023

FORT CAVAZOS GARRISON COMMANDER TO VISIT ROCKDALE, TEXAS

Col. Chad Foster to Speak on Leadership

(April 19, 2023) ROCKDALE, Texas –  On Thursday, May 18, 2023, Colonel Chad Foster, garrison commander at Fort Cavazos in Killeen, Texas, will be coming to the Patterson Center in Rockdale, to talk about Leadership.  The Leadership Rockdale program, working with the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce and in partnership with the City of Rockdale and Rockdale MDD are the event... Read More

By Jim Gibson | Apr 6, 2023

Reasons to be Optimistic for Rockdale’s Future

Recently, we read about how Rockdale/Milam County’s economy turned a corner after bottoming out in 2020 and slightly grew in 2021.  We concluded that there is some optimism for sustained growth and prosperity in the community.

I would like to offer four trends and developments that can give reasons for that sense of optimism.

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By Jim Gibson | Mar 23, 2023

Milam County’s economy grew in 2021

We have been talking about some rather depressing topics in this space like traumatized economies and company towns. How about we talk about something positive?

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