Victoria Economic Development Corporation looks forward to providing you with the information you need to make an informed decision for your site location in Victoria, TX!
Located directly on the future I-69 connecting to everywhere!
Welcome to Victoria Texas
Location, Location, Location
The Victoria College’s new $22 Million Emerging Technology Center is a clear signal to industry representatives of Victoria’s ability to prepare our workforce.
Workforce & Training
Victoria’s free-flowing regional transportation network includes heavy haul roads, rail, inland barge canal, shallow-draft port, deep-water port, and a commercial airport.
Logistics
Victoria, TX was selected as the site of the $200 Million North American Hydraulic Excavator Facility, utilizing the entire 320 acre campus of the Lone Tree Business Center.
Often referred to as the “South Texas Crossroads”
Aptly named for its outstanding location on the convergence of several major highways, the well-planned regional transportation infrastructure offers a variety of choices including rail, waterway, and air to move raw materials, finished products, and people in and out of Victoria.
VEDC is partnering with Corpus Christi's Regional EDC to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on our local business community. We are participating in an impact analysis project as a member of the COVID-19 Business Resources Working Group that is conducting a series of local business surveys.
Individuals, small businesses, big corporations, hospitals and public health, federal safety net, state and local governments, and education are the six main groups that would see the largest impact from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act passed in the House and Senate.
Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products, today announced that it will permanently close its Point Comfort alumina refinery in Texas.
VEDC President Dale Fowler will lead the state association of economic development professionals as Chairman of the Texas Economic Development Council's Board of Directors in 2020.
The company is one of fewer than 10 companies in the U.S. and Canada that have an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Corrosion-Resistant Equipment Certification and they recently shipped two newly fabricated 21½-foot fiberglass containers from the Port of Victoria, confirming the local manufacturer has not only returned but surpassed previous production milestones.
Tony Schum, a Vice President in Duff and Phelps' Site Selection and Incentive Advisory practice provides a glimpse at the trends currently taking place in economic development and how the Victoria community is prepared to compete for new business investments.
The University of Houston - Victoria and Victoria Independent School District prepare Victoria's future workforce with specialized training in mathematics and robotics.
“This annual list recognizing North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers is designed to acknowledge the hard work of the top leaders in this field and elevate the conversation around economic development and job creation,” said Ron Kitchens, managing partner of Consultant Connect. “Each of the leaders represented on this year’s list are beyond deserving of this recognition for their efforts in building our communities.”
Community and regional support for business development is excellent and long-standing in Victoria. Competitive incentives including tax abatements, and training programs are designed to attract new business and industry to our community and VEDC will work to make your move to Victoria an easy one.
Victoria is home to one of Caterpiller's Manufacturing Facilities.
Victoria provides employers with a skilled labor force
With a labor pool numbering over 199,000 potential employees within a 65-mile radius, Victoria leverages The Victoria College, Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent, and Texas Vocational Schools to deliver customized training skills to a ready labor force.
The Victoria Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors have selected the Next Move Group to provide executive search services to assist them in finding the next leader of the organization.
The Victoria Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors has been asked to accept the resignation of President, Dale Fowler effective April 10, 2021.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest disaster loans to non-farm businesses of all sizes, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters in Texas counties who suffered losses caused by the severe winter storms that began February 11, 2021.