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Open for Business
- Transportation to take you where you need to go
- A cost of doing business that doesn't consume your profits
- Incentives to motivate
- Workforce that gets the job done
- Available industrial sites and buildings
- Abundant water supply
- Leadership that is pro development and pro growth
- Low cost / No cost land
- Business incubator system
- Relocation and moving expenses
- Rent subsidies
- Business retention program
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Transportation
Sulphur Springs - Hopkins County is located in Northeast Texas on the Interstate 30 corridor just a short drive east of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex and its 34 major transportation routes. That position in the right corner of Texas makes it accessible to multiple points of business and interest, including one of the busiest NAFTA corridors in the United States Intersate 30. State Highway 11, State Highway 19 and US 67 augment the transportation network.
Not only Does Kansas City Southern serve Sulphur Springs with Main Line Rail Service, but also Blacklands Railroad, a short line track which connects with both KCS and Union Pacific, offering a choice in rail service. And added to the easy access of DFW airport, the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport provides corporate jet service and won the Airport of the Year in Texas for 2002.
Our interest is in making your business profitable here. Voters formed the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation to receive sales tax funds that allow us to consider assistance with
- Infrastructure upgrades
- Workforce Training
- Loan guarantees
- Capital grants
- Tax Incentives
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- Low cost / No cost land
- Business incubator system
- Relocation and moving expenses
- Rent subsidies
- Business retention program
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Resources
One of our most important resources is our people. With an unemployment rate of 5.6% and a pool of workers consisting of more than
128,575 within 30 miles, we stand ready to meet your needs. With the addition of the Higher Education Center, a joint project of the EDC,
Sulphur Springs ISD and Paris Jr. College, we offer a technical training center in Sulphur Springs. Just 15 minutes west is Texas A&M Commerce,
a four year university that is a member of the Texas A&M University system.
Leadership
Do you need one acre or one hundred? The Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC owns more than 500 acres of industrial and commercial land.
Need a building? We have that, too. We'll even build to suit if we don't.
Closed to hassle
- Contemporary lifestyle
- Inviting retail environment
- Local heritage
- Recreation offering an antidote to the bustle of business
- Friendly community
- Cooperative business environment
- And traffic. What traffic?
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Lifestyle
Hopkins County is the first county outside the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex beyond the non-attainment area for air quality.
You won't miss the poor quality air. Neither will you miss anything else in a contemporary lifestyle.
For instance, you will find
- Medical Care
- Higher Education
- Pleasing retail environment
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- State recognized schools
- Parks, activities, things to do
- Friendly communities
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Recreation
To balance the contemporary lifestyle, you'll find an active, cohesive community. Tangible signs include family activities at festivals, learning experiences at
museums and quiet time to recharge at Cooper Lake, one of the newest and largest state parks in the area.
Business environment
Clayton Homes, Ocean Spray, Morningstar, JELD-WEN... we could go on, but you get the point.
The best in the business call Sulphur Springs home.
You can too. Because we have it all
within reach.
Life is good. Business is great.
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About Sulphur Springs