TYLER 1ST UPDATE
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  • Home
  • About
  • Implementation Status
    • Downtown
    • North End Revitalization
    • Historic Preservation
    • Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
    • Housing, Neighborhoods, and Community Identity
    • Business and Economy
    • Transportation
    • Public Facilities
    • Education
  • FACTS AND FIGURES
    • General
    • TRANSPORTATION
    • PARKS AND RECREATION
    • Historic Preservation
    • HOUSING AND NORTH END REVITALIZATION
    • Public Facilities
    • Downtown
    • Education
  • Community Survey
  • Contact
TYLER 1ST UPDATE
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IMPLEMENTATION.

business and economy

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GOALS:
​Continue City review of all plats in the ETJ for consistency with the Master Street Plan and the Comprehensive Plan as adopted.
​Continue incentives for industry expansion.
100%
​Continue policies that result in low property taxes and avoidance of general obligation debt. 
100%
Continue to promote a diversified economy.
​Aggressively pursue industry recruitment and expansion effort.
100%
​Continue and expand support for tourism.
100%
Establish Tyler’s identity as a regional market leader for retail, medical services, and higher education.  
​Coordinate a community effort to market Tyler as a regional retail market, and a center of medical and educational institutions.
100%
Encourage international partnerships for future economic development.
​Foster relationships with sister cities and other international contacts. 
100%
Provide physical and social infrastructure to support economic development.
Ensure completion of Loop 49.
100%
​Extend water and sewer infrastructure to support growth.
100%
​Support investment in the public school system. 
100%
Protect and enhance Tyler’s road, air and rail networks, facilities and services. 
​Support rail facilities and policies that ready the region for new rail opportunities.
100%
​Protect potential expansion area around the airport from residential encroachment.
100%
Promote more commercial flights to and from Tyler.
75%
Continue to lead regional coordination for legislative support.
​Work with regional partners for state attention to East Texas’ issues.
100%
Continue to support and expand the implementation of the Industry Growth Initiative.
​Expand opportunities for economic impact of graduate school education in Tyler.
25%
​Expand opportunities for economic growth associated with 21st Century Energy.
83%
​Expand opportunities for economic growth through tourism.
21%
​Create opportunities for economic growth through the attraction of retirees to the community.
48%
​Create opportunities for economic growth through the expansion of the Healthcare and Biomedical sector.
60%
​Create opportunities for economic growth through development of arts and entertainment assets.
82%
CHAPTER IMPLEMENTATION
73%
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