Publications

  • Winter 2011
    This issue: MEDC prepares for move Dec 16; Emerson announces HQ plans; Biscotti finds home in McKinney; John Valencia becomes director of BREP/Emerging Tech; and, McKinney delegation heads to Taiwan.
  • Summer 2011
    This issue: Zynga with Friends wins with Facebook; Traxxas HQ expands in scope; Blockbuster moves HQ to McKinney; Baylor office building announced; and, international leaders visit McKinney
  • December 2010
    2010 in Review
  • October 2010
    MEDC hires Abby Liu as director of international development; MEDC staff joins partner World Economic Development Association for the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago; MEDC hosts meeting between governor's economic development staff and McKinney's own Newtoy at the Game Developers Conference in Austin.
  • September 2010
    This issue: Blue Mountain Equipment opens new distribution center; McKinney businesses Manner Plastics and Statlab to benefit from workforce grant; Airport construction stirs excitement; council appoints new board members
  • July 2010
    This issue: McKinney named 5th Best Place to Live by Money Magazine; MEDC hosts TexasOne board meeting and recruitment mission; Texas wins more accolades as a place to do business.
  • June 2010
    This issue: Traxxas announces plans to build facility at Craig Ranch; Mayor to present on governor's panel at World Expo; Craig Ranch unveils plans for corporate business park.
  • May 2010
    This issue: Cutter Aviation to move maintenance operations to Collin County; MEDC Board Chair, City Mayor present awards to top real estate brokers; City officials participate in TexasOne event; and, Chamber/BREP kicks off Solutions 2010 on May 6.
  • April 2010
    This issue: NewToy, creator of Words with Friends, plans McKinney expansion; and, MEDC unveils a new website.
  • March 2010
    This issue: MEDC honored Simpson Strong-Tie and Blue Mountain Equipment at the Chamber's annual Community Awards Banquet in February: staff went on a recruitment mission to LA and attended NBAA in Anaheim; MEDC and the Chamber began polling local businesses; and, McKinney was on the top 100 list of most affluent communities.
  • February 2010
    This issue: Three McKinney projects are nominated as Dallas Business Journal Best Real Estate Deals; Mayor's Council for International Economic Development Partnerships Director James Chin begins marketing trip to China and Taiwan; mckinneyglobal.org is launched; and, work continues with City Council on numerous economic development projects.
  • January 2010
    This issue: City Council creates the Mayor's Council for International Economic Development with MEDC facilitation; P & A Graphics begins moving to McKinney from Oklahoma; both Tong Yang Group (TYG) and Collin College continue expansions; and, development opportunities begin opening up along S.H. 121.
  • November 2009
    This issue: Officials from the state, Collin County, City of McKinney, the McKinney Airport Development Corporation and the McKinney Economic Development Corporation kick off a $60M renovation project at the Collin County Regional Airport; and, Encore Wire Corp. is one step closer to constructing a LEED-certified research and development facility.
  • October 2009
    This issue: Collin County Regional Airport receives a check for $5.5M, the third allocation of federal funding for the Airport Improvement Program; Cutter Aviation launches air charter service; The Hospital at Craig Ranch officially opens; and, McKinney becomes home to the first privately funded single-stream LEED certified Material Recycling Facility in North America.
  • September 2009
    This issue: Collin County is named 15th in the nation for job growth; Raytheon Co., McKinney's largest employer, acquires BBN Technologies Inc.; Sigmetrix, the McKinney-based manufacturer of software for analyzing mechanical devices, is acquired by Cybernet Systems; and, Valliance Bank opens 115,000 sf ft, Class A office building.
  • August 2009
    This issue: Forbes Picks McKinney as 9th Best Place to Move; Emission Solutions, Inc., (ESI) a McKinney-based manufacturer of natural gas engines for trucks and buses, earns its 2010 certifications from the EPA and California Air Resources Board; McKinney-based Billings featured for robotic dinosaurs; and, StatLab finds success in new McKinney headquarters.
  • July 2009
    This issue: Erchonia Medical of McKinney announces exclusive partnership with Santa Barbara Medical Innovations (SBMI), to market and distribute Erchonia's new non-invasive body contouring laser; MEDC hires Greg Sims as Business Retention Expansion Program Director; and, McKinney ranks as the fourth fastest growing city in the nation and boasts of the highest rate of growth since 2000.
  • June 2009
    This issue: McKinney's Hie Electronics wins the North American Data Storage Technologies Green Excellence in Technology Innovation Award and also highlighted by Business Week as a Best New Security Company; and, S&S Custom Wood Moldings of McKinney is on track to become the first Texas-based wood molding manufacturer to be certified with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
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