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Jim Wehmeier
Director of Economic Development , City of Lufkin
President / CEO, Lufkin Angelina County Economic Development
Partnership
O: 936-633-0251
F:
936-634-8726
jwehmeier@cityoflufkin.com
Lisa M. Villarreal
Economic Development
Assistant
Lufkin / Angelina
County Economic Development
P.O. Box 1606,
Lufkin Texas, 75902
1615 S. Chestnut,
Lufkin Texas 75901
Ph: 936-633-0251
Fax:
936-634-8726
ecodev@cityoflufkin.com
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Welcome to the City of Lufkin Economic Development
Corporation’s home page. We hope that you find this in-depth look at
Lufkin and Angelina County, Texas useful in your expansion or relocation
search. Lufkin /Angelina County is a progressive, proactive and
pro-business community that prioritizes quality economic development. On
this site you will find everything from in-depth Community Profile
information, to available buildings and sites, to GPS mapping, to code
and zoning requirements in what we hope to be a one stop shop for your
development needs.
Lufkin is truly an amazing community with an abundance of
characteristics that make Lufkin the largest small city in Texas. Named
the #1 Micropolitan city in Texas by Polycom Corp., Lufkin is the
largest community between Houston to the South and Tyler to the North
and serves a broad service area for jobs, education, entertainment,
governmental services, medical services, and retail shopping. This
creates a daytime population estimated at over 100,000 and a service
sector to support this size of community.
Again, welcome to our website. We hope that it is useful, easy to
navigate, and provides a good over-all feel for our community. However,
we would be happy to personally help you with any and all of your
inquiries! If you would like to contact an economic development staff
member with any questions or comments, we encourage you to do so at
ecodev@cityoflufkin.com or
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 Local
officials and Lockheed Martin employees break ground on the
company's new section at their Lufkin operations, located off North
John Redditt Drive, Thursday afternoon. It was quite the event
Thursday afternoon as congressmen, judges, city council members and
company executives alike came together to celebrate the
groundbreaking on a new section of the facility which will
essentially double the size of the plant.
Read more about it in the Lufkin Daily News.
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The new boat ramps at Cassels-Boykin
Park are in the lake! Drewery Construction has placed two
ramps in the lake, one two lane ramp and a three lane ramp.
The ramps were poured on dry land and slid into the lake. This
is one of the first times this procedure has been successfully
preformed. We have a
high definition video of five bulldozers and assorted other
pieces of heavy equipment pushing the ramp into the lake.
Click on the "HD" button at the bottom of the player to play the
video in HD. We also have a Windows Media version
in standard definition.
Phase one of the new facility is scheduled
to be completed in time to host
Dr. Bill Shelton's Totally
Awesome Fishing Adventure scheduled on May 9. |
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 The
City of Lufkin plans to purchase Kurth Lake and
AbitibiBowater's 13 water wells for $15 million — a move
Lufkin Mayor Jack Gorden called "the single largest
event to secure the future of Lufkin."
City officials in late January signed a letter of intent
to obtain the company's rights to both ground and
surface water in Angelina County. The company shuttered
its Lufkin paper mill in 2003.
In recent years, water has become a highly sought-after
commodity across the state. City officials say the
purchase of AbitibiBowater's water rights would greatly
benefit Lufkin.
"It puts the city in one of the most envious positions
in the state," said City Manager Paul Parker. Read
more about it in the
Lufkin Daily News.
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 At
the first First Friday Luncheon of the year, Mayor Jack Gorden
and Angelina County Judge Wes Suiter each gave an address on the
state of the city and the county at Crown Colony Country Club
Friday afternoon.
The luncheon, hosted by the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of
Commerce, was a chance for local officials and business leaders
to hear what's in store for 2009.
Watch the video and read more about it in the
Lufkin Daily News. |
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 Fifty
new jobs will soon be available to area residents with a company
that “stretches” around the world. Lufkin Mayor Jack Gorden
announced at First Friday that PG Films, LLC is buying the
“shell building” owned by the Lufkin/Angelina County Economic
Development Partnership (an entirely privately funded county-
wide economic development organization), to house its
manufacturing business. The multi-national company produces
plastic stretch and shrink wrap for the shipping-logistics
industry. They have facilities in San Diego, California and
Queretaro, Mexico.
Delighted to include the announcement in his annual State of the
City Address, the Mayor said, “Landing PG Films was the
culmination of a year’s worth of intense work by a lot of people
in our City who are dedicated to creating new jobs. Three years
ago our citizens voted to designate 1/8 of each penny from our
sales tax to economic development. That decision helped us
provide the incentives to ‘land’ this dynamic company.”
Read the
press release. |
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Local Plant to Reopen
 The Lufkin 4B Corporation and the Lufkin / Angelina
County Economic Development Partnership announced June 12 the addition
of a large National and International player in the food processing
industry to Lufkin.
With the leadership and assistance of the City of Lufkin, Angelina
County, and Angelina College in providing incentives to bring the
project to fruition, Loggins Culinary, LLC , a woman owned company,
announces the opening of a major production operation which will be
located in the facility recently vacated by Armour Eckrich Inc.
Lufkin City Manager, Paul Parker stated, “We are pleased to have an
established East Texas company with a reputation of being a stable and
community oriented business that will greatly enhance the local economy”
Mayor Jack Gorden stated, ““This is a success story for our entire
community. Not only does it take an idled and vacant commercial facility
and create new jobs, it does it with a new 21st century process that
should fare well for the long run. We need to take this opportunity to
thank the many local people that work tirelessly to improve our
economy.” We have a
video of the 4B
Corporation meeting and the announcement.
Read more
about it. |
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“Lufkin Ranks Tops in Texas as the Strongest
Economy among Micropolitan Statistical Areas”
Economic Strength Rankings - 2006
By William H. Fruth
“Economic strength is the long term tendency for an area to consistently
grow in both size and quality.”
POLICOM specializes in studying the dynamics of local economies. From
its research, it determines if an area is growing or declining, what is
causing this to happen, and offers ideas and solutions to communities to
improve the situation. Read More
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LI nation's No. 64 fastest growing company
By HINA ALAM
The Lufkin Daily News
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Lufkin Industries has another feather in its cap. The September issue of
Fortune magazine has ranked the company as No. 64 on its list of
America's 100 fastest growing companies.
With a net income in the past four quarters of $52.3 million and a
revenue of $524.2 million for the past four quarters, the 104-year-old
Lufkin Industries had a sales jump of 38 percent in 2005.
Lufkin Industries is honored and proud to be recognized by Fortune
magazine, said Paul Perez, vice president, general counsel and secretary
for Lufkin Industries. "We hope that our shareholders and employees also
enjoy the national recognition that's given to Lufkin Industries," he
said. Read More |
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Lufkin Post’s Near Perfect Score in Becoming
Inaugural Texas
Certified Retirement Community
The City of Lufkin’s Certified Retirement Community Initiative Committee
was notified late Monday that Lufkin has indeed become one of the State
of Texas’ Inaugural three communities to enjoy the “Texas Certified
Retirement Community Certification”. Mayor Jack Gorden stated, “Lufkin
has been green, clean, and safe, just what lots of folks are looking
for. But becoming a certified retirement community ads a new dimension
to verification of the quality of life we offer. Our future is bright,
and we welcome those looking for the uniqueness of small town good life
combined with the best attributes of metro areas” .
Read More |
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Contact Us
Jim Wehmeier - Director of Economic Development
936.633.0221
jwehmeier@cityoflufkin.com
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