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Lead <br />Year 1 Task Name <br />Agency <br />Action 3: Facilitate small business development and entrepreneurship in Greater San Marcos. <br />Include links for Texas State University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), <br />Corridor Business Incubator, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), andthe Hispanic GSMED, <br />Chamber of Commerce on Greater San MarcosEconomic Development and Chamber SMAC <br />websites. <br />Expand and update the Chamber’s “Basic Requirements for Starting Your Business” guide.SMAC <br />During BRE site visits and calls, be prepared to share informati <br />GSMED <br />programs and other services available within the region. <br />GSMED, <br />Expand small business development and entrepreneurial assistanceTXST, <br />SMAC <br />Talk to home grown companies about the challenges they faced when starting their <br />GSMED <br />businesses. <br />Monitor the region’s entrepreneurial performance in annual repor <br />events to heighten the awareness of the contributions that entreGSMED <br />regionaleconomy. <br />Objective 2: Expand diverse, high wage business sectors in Greater San Marcos through a targeted <br />marketing initiative that boosts wealth and prosperity for residents. <br />Action 1: Engage in an external marketing campaign aimed at recruiting target industry businesses to <br />Greater San Marcos. <br />Expand the Grow One program name to encompass both business retention and business <br />GSMED <br />recruitment. <br />Adopt “Grow One” as the moniker for Greater San Marcos’ economic development activities.GSMED <br />Create a Grow One logo and tagline that replaces “EDSM” as the organization’s brand <br />GSMED <br />identity. <br />Work with the City of San Marcos in its upcoming re-branding initiative. Strive to create a <br />GSMED <br />citywide logo that shares a similar theme and style as Grow One. <br />Enrich Greater San Marcos Economic Development’swebsite with research, real estate, <br />business resources, and community information that show corporate executives and site GSMED <br />selectors that the Greater San Marcos area is prepared to meet their needs. <br />Incorporate San Marcos’ new Grow One brand into the design and messaging of the website.GSMED <br />Expand Greater San Marcos’ participation in Opportunity Austin IIand Texas One sales <br />missions, focusing on regions containing a high concentration of Greater San Marcos’ target GSMED <br />industries. <br />Continue hosting commercial real estate tours of Greater San Marcos.GSMED <br />Invite commercial realtors from across Central Texas to tour the <br />GSMED <br />buildings and provide them with an up-to-date listing of all available properties. <br />Update the Demographic Profile on an annual basis. Ensure that information contained in the <br />profile is available on Greater San Marcos’ economic development website in both portable GSMED <br />document (PDF) and Excel formats. <br />Design a template and content for one-page,double-sided “slicks” for each target industry. <br />GSMED <br />Slicks should be formatted so that they may be printed in-house when needed. <br />Continue to produce Greater San Marcos Economic Development’sannual report.GSMED <br />Implementation Plan 18 <br />September 2009 <br /> <br />