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A Wealth of Business Opportunities

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If you're looking for the ideal location to do business ... look no further than Duncanville ... a city where you'll find a wealth of business opportunities. Duncanville provides business owners and business professionals with the tools they need to succeed. When it comes to geographic location, qualified employment base, aggressive incentive programs and a mature infrastructure system, no other city delivers like Duncanville. Centrally Located in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Located in the heart of one of the nation's strongest economic epicenters, Dallas Fort-Worth, Duncanville has a lot to offer businesses of all shapes and sizes.

Minutes from downtown Dallas and less than 20 minutes from Fort-Worth, cost effective and efficient business regionally, nationally or internationally is possible. Business professionals have instant access to major thoroughfares including I-20, I-35 and Hwy-67 as well as major airports including DFW International Airport and Love Field. Whether you operate a retail store, restaurant, distribution facility, services company, manufacturing business or other types of organizations... Duncanville's geographic location can help you do business more efficiently and more cost effectively. Aggressive Business Relocation & Refurbishing Incentives Choosing where to base your business is a highly strategic decision.

You must take several things into account including the cooperation and assistance you'll receive from the city you choose to do business in. That includes, among other things ... incentives, grants, loan assistance programs, and tax abatement programs. Duncanville understands this and has put in place comprehensive programs to recruit and retain quality businesses that will add value to the community.

Whether your business expansion, relocation or refurbishment project requires an investment of $5,000 or $5,000,000, the city of Duncanville is here to help. Incentive and grant programs are available for relocation, facility/office expansion, refurbishment (paint, landscape, signage), tear down/rebuild plans, and more. The city also assists local business owners with obtaining low-interest loans and qualifying for tax abatement programs.

Duncanville understands that "success breeds success" so the city's Economic Development Corporation is also here to help you work with local and state community, civic, and governmental agencies to ensure you have the support you need to be successful. In addition, Duncanville has an active Chamber of Commerce that is dedicated to promoting business and community prosperity through economic, civic and educational programs.

Well-Educated, Professional Employment Pool

Finding and retaining well-qualified employees with a strong work ethic is critical to the long-term success of any business. Therefore, it is important you're able to tap into a quality employment pool. Fifty percent of Duncanville's workforce earns more than $50,000 per year, have a college degree and are between the ages of 24 - 54. Seventy percent of Duncanville residents also hold white collar positions within the Business Management, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Education, Health and Social Services sectors. In addition to the quality employment pool available in Duncanville, you'll also be able to tap into the large, diverse employment base in the Dallas Fort Worth area. So if you're planning to set up a boutique clothing store or relocate your semiconductor plant to Texas, you'll have access to the talented, well-trained and educated workforce you need to be successful in Duncanville.

Mature, Efficient Road, Rail and Air Transit Systems
Businesses are driven by transactions. Transactions are conducted when goods and services are exchanged. How efficiently you are able to make those transactions happen have a large impact on revenue and profits. Therefore, it is important the city you choose have a mature transportation infrastructure and convenient access to major freeways, railways and airports. Duncanville offers all of this and more.

Doing business by air is both convenient and cost effective. Duncanville is literally
10 minutes from Love Field (Southwest Airlines main hub) and DFW International
Airport (American Airlines headquarters and one of the largest airports in the country) is just twenty minutes away. In addition, Duncanville business professionals can take advantage of Dallas Executive Airport, a municipal airport operated by the City of Dallas that has two runways and provides corporate and general aviation services to the public.

With I-20 on its northern border and Hwy 67 bordering its east, Duncanville is easily accessible to major interstate and highway systems in North Texas, including I-35 the NAFTA Corridor.

Duncanville also has a rail service running through the heart of the city, providing businesses with yet another means by which to move inventory in a timely manner. Locating your business in Duncanville means you make it more convenient and cost effective for customers, partners and suppliers to do business with your organization.

Well Known, Leading Businesses Are Moving In
Restaurants, Specialty Stores, Telecommunications, Software, Hardware, Hotels,
Electronics, Telemarketing ... the list goes on. Duncanville is home to businesses that span more than 23 different industries. Well known, leading businesses such as Pappas Restaurants, Holiday Inn, Hilton Hotels & Convention Centers, Texwood Industries, the #1 Sonic Drive Thru in the nation, The Dr Pepper StarCenter and others have made the smart decision to do business in Duncanville. You can too.

Duncanville still has business opportunities for quality mixed-use, big-box retail, specialty retail, full-service restaurants and business services companies within the city. If you are looking for a prime location to do business in a diverse, thriving community look no further than Duncanville, Texas.

Duncanville truly is ... the perfect blend of family, community and business.

To learn more about the business incentives and opportunities that are available in Duncanville, call 972-780-5090 or email us at info@ci.duncanville.tx.us.

City of Duncanville, Texas
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
972-780-5000
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