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§ 01For Texas Communities, 50,000 and Under
A road
sign on the
digital
highway —
so your
town isn't
passed by.
Business owners are already driving around online looking at Texas. If your community has no signs pointing toward it, they pass by without ever knowing you were here.
$4,675 / Full YearOne modest line item. No multi-year contract.
§ 01Where Your Community Sits
Twelve regions.
Two hundred fifty-four
counties.
One question business owners are asking.
The Texas Comptroller divides the state into twelve economic regions. Your community lives in one of them. The question isn't whether your region is on the map — it is. The question is whether you are visible inside it when a business owner is researching their next move.
The Texas Economy12 Regions
Source — Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Doing nothing also has a cost.
You just don't get an email about it.
Scarcity-minded boards usually believe saving money is always safer than spending money. But if a company looks at Texas and never finds your community, you will not get a call telling you that you were missed.
You have a good community. Good people. Good land. Real opportunities. The problem is that business owners researching Texas may never find you. That is the quiet risk — and unlike a failed grant or a denied bid, it leaves no paper trail to point to.
TexasEDConnection is a low-cost way to make sure you are not invisible before those opportunities ever begin.
A community without visibility is like a property with no frontage.
§ 03Translate It Into Something Real
Think of it as frontage,
not marketing.
If your town owned an industrial site with no road, no map listing, and no sign — nobody would call that being frugal. They would call it being hidden.
That is what happens online when your community does not show up where business owners are researching Texas. TexasEDConnection gives you another sign, another listing, another road into the community.
It does not guarantee anyone buys the land. It helps make sure they can find it.
Plain English
- Be found.Show up where business owners look.
- Be understood.Explain who you are without jargon.
- Be remembered.Stay visible across the year, not just at one event.
§ 04What We Receive for $4,675
Nine physical things,
one modest line item.
These are not abstract deliverables. Every item is something you can hold up in a board meeting, point at, and defend. Less than the cost of one trade-show booth or one full-page print ad — but it works year-round.
- 01
Community Visibility Profile
A dedicated place online where business owners can learn about your community — your assets, your people, your land, your story. - 02
Business Attraction Storytelling
Real stories about local businesses, workforce, quality of life, and what makes your town worth a second look. - 03
Extended Partner Visibility
Additional placement where Texas-focused business owners and site selectors can discover your community. - 04
Content Distribution
Your story shared through TexasEDConnection and related channels — across the year, not in a one-time burst. - 05
Reusable Marketing Assets
Content you can use in board reports, newsletters, social posts, prospect follow-up, and your own city website. - 06
Education & Resources
Ideas, training, and examples to help your team get better at promoting your community over time. - 07
Annual Visibility Review
A simple year-end summary of what was created, where you appeared, and what you can reuse — defensible in any board meeting. - 08
Annual Texas Relocation Guide for Growing Manufacturing Companies
New for 2027A statewide guide distributed to manufacturers actively evaluating Texas — with your community profiled inside it. Your assets, sites, and workforce in front of the exact buyers who are already looking. New for 2027. - 09
Property Search Tool Listing
Your community's top 3 available sites or buildings listed on the TexasEDConnection Business Property Search tool — where business owners actively look when they are ready to move.
Approved Line Item — $4,675/yrGet the Printable One-Pager
§ 05Defend It in the Board Room
The questions you'll get,
and the honest answers.
You're not asking "is this valuable?" — you're asking "can I defend this if somebody challenges me?" Here is the language for that.
“What if the newspaper asks about this?”
You hand them the annual visibility review. It lists what was published, where your community appeared, and what your team can reuse. Year-round visibility for the cost of a single trade-show booth.
“What if a citizen says we wasted taxpayer money?”
Visibility is not waste. The waste is having land, people, and businesses worth promoting while business owners outside your community never know you exist.
“What if we approve this and no project comes?”
Nobody can honestly guarantee a project. We are not promising RFIs. We are making sure your community is findable when somebody is already looking.
“What if this is just internet fluff?”
It is not a social-media trend. It is a road sign on the digital highway. Without the sign, business owners researching Texas drive past your community without ever knowing it was there.
§ 06What's Already Running
This isn't a pitch deck.
It's already in the field.
TexasEDConnection is not a startup idea. It is a working set of channels — a podcast, a search-ready website, and an available-properties platform — already telling Texas community stories to the people who need to hear them.
WEBSITE
TexasEDConnection.com
A search-ready front door for business owners looking to expand or relocate in Texas — community stories, RFI matching, and direct access to local leaders.
Visit the sitePLATFORM
Available Sites
Searchable inventory of available Texas properties — buildings and land — surfaced to companies actively looking. Your sites belong here.
See available properties
§ 07The Honest Timeline
RFIs are fruit.
Visibility is root.
Economic development is a lot like farming. You do not plant seed in the morning and harvest that afternoon. You prepare the ground, plant consistently, keep the field visible and maintained, and trust the process.
TexasEDConnection is not the harvest. It is part of the planting. Year one is the root system — the visibility, the listings, the stories, the placement — that future opportunities will eventually grow from.
Anyone selling you a guaranteed harvest in 90 days is not telling the truth. We're telling you something quieter and more honest: get planted now, so you can be found later.
§ 08A Safer Way In
Treat year one as a
12-Month Visibility Trial.
You don't have to commit forever. You commit to one careful year. At the end of it, you review what was published, where your community appeared, what assets your team gets to keep, and whether the visibility value justifies renewal.
That gives you a clear way to evaluate the investment without pretending it guarantees projects.
Annual Investment
$4,675
Per Community · Full Year · No Auto-Renew
What you get
- All nine items in §04
- 2027 Manufacturing Relocation Guide placement
- Top 3 sites listed on Property Search Tool
- Year-round visibility
- Reusable assets you keep
- Annual visibility review
What we don't promise
- Promise RFIs, site visits, or wins. Nobody can honestly promise that.
- Replace your existing economic-development work. We add to it.
- Lock you into a multi-year contract. Treat year one as a 12-Month Visibility Trial.
- Hide our deliverables behind buzzwords. You can hold every piece in your hand.
§ 09 — The Close
The question isn't whether this guarantees a project.
It's whether we're comfortable being a good community business owners never discover.
For $4,675, TexasEDConnection gives your community a practical, low-risk way to put your name on the map and start showing up where future business owners may be looking. That isn't wasteful. That's responsible visibility.
§ 10Three Simple Next Steps
Pick the door
that fits the room.
Whichever option you choose, you're talking to a person — not a portal. Most calls start with the same question: "What does our community already have that's worth being seen?"
Direct Line
[email protected]"Super" Dave Quinn, CEcD — Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer
Day One Experts
ABC
Book a 20-minute intro call
We'll talk about your community, your assets, and whether visibility is your bottleneck. No pitch deck. No pressure.
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Request the printable $4,675 one-pager
A single page you can hand out at your next board or council meeting. Plain English, line-itemed.
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