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February 2019 Social Media Dear Karen,

We are providing you with February 2019 issue of the ED Investor Briefing. If can assist you or Facebook Twitter LinkedIn answer any questions you may have, please email or In This Issue call the office.

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Upcoming Events: Lead Activity Feb 15 Business Networking Lunch Marketing/Allies

Feb 15 Annual DAM Awards Development/Networking Feb 19-20 Denton County Days

Website Activity Feb 27 WINC: Money & Mimosas

March 5 .S. Navy Concert Band Social Media Activity

March 7-10 Tejas Storytelling Festival STaND Report March 21 110th Chamber Banquet & Awards

New Business

March 27 Denton Wine Walk Quick Links

Events Held: DentonEDP

Jan 12 Denton Bridal Show City of Denton Jan 19 UNITED Tribute Denton Chamber of Jan 23-27 Denton Black Film Festival Commerce Jan 24 Chamber's Membership Mixer

Chairman's Circle Jan 30 WINC - Power Hour Lunch

Feb 1 An Evening of Raised Awareness Board of Directors Project Updates Marty Rivers, Chair Chamber ED Prospect Activity: John Baines, Vice-Chair Keely Briggs • Film Tony Clark Chris Davis 1. Consultant is searching for a location Bob Eames for a manufacturing company Steven Edgar 2. 15,000 to 25,000 SF facility on 2+ acres Carine Feyten 3. Will create 30 jobs Gerard Hudspeth Jill Jester 4. Capital investment is estimated at $3 Jimmy Mejia million to start Neal Smatresk

• Bolding Ex-Officio Members Todd Hileman 1. Company searching for an office space City Manager location in Denton 2. 5,000 SF of office space Charles W. Carpenter 3. Jobs and capital investment are not Chamber President known at this time Jamie Wilson • Office School DISD Superintendent

1. Company is searching for a new office Chamber Staff location in Denton 2. 2,000 SF office for lease with 2 to 3 offices and conference/kitchen spaces 3. Jobs and capital investment are not 414 W. Parkway known at this time 940-382-7151 City of Denton Prospect Activity: DentonEDP.com Adam Gawarecki Karen Boenker • Cren Site City Staff 1. The Office of the Governor EDT seeks a pharmaceutical facility for a biotechnology company 2. 35 acres for a build-to-suit facility 3. Will create 300 to 400 jobs over 3 years 215 . McKinney Street 4. Capital investment is estimated near 940-349-7776 $605 million CityofDenton.com Caroline Booth, Board Liaison • Red Hornet Julie Glover, CMSM

Michelle Cunningham, 1. The Office of the Governor EDT seeks CEcD sites for a technology manufacturing Erica Sullivan company Christina Davis 2. 50,000 - 70,000 SF existing, stand- Michelle Coughlin alone building with expansion options 3. Will create 60 new jobs over a five-year Private Investors period 4. Capital spending estimated at $30.5 million ($8.5 million in land and building and $22 million in machinery and equipment) Lead Activity - Chamber and City ED

January 2019

First State Bank Little Guys Movers, Inc. Rayzor Investments University of North Texas

Corporate Allison Engineering Group AXIS Realty Group Denton Media Co. First United Bank Independent Bank Links Construction Medical City Denton Peterbilt Motors Co. Scott Brown Commercial Wells Fargo

Partnership Acme Brick Adams Exterminating Co. AlphaGraphics - Denton BBVA Compass Denton Country Club Golden Triangle Mall Guaranty Bank & Trust Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP Hillwood Alliance Group Homewood Suites by Hilton James Wood Auto Park Jostens, Inc. North Central Texas College Rayzor Ranch For project updates/key inquiries, please visit the SpringHill Suites Denton Activity Report on the DentonEDP.com under Teague, Nall & Perkins Investors or send an email for more information or Texas Health Presbyterian questions. Denton Texas Oncology Denton Investor Relations Texas Woman's University U.S Aviation Group 2018-2019 Investors: 67 United Way of Denton Investors Invoiced: $68,750 County Investment Collected: $64,750 Business New Investors: Access Bank Texas Environmental & Civil Engineering Apex Companies, LLC Best Western Premier Crown www.kje-us.com Chase Inn & Suites Courtyard by Marriott Marketing / Allies Development / Networking Denton Depot Denton Public Library • Attended the DFW Marketing Team Trip to EIKON Consulting Group Atlanta/Greenville where 7 site selection firms Fairfield Inn & Suites were met with including Jones Lang LaSalle, Frazier Commercial Garner Economics, Global Location Strategies, Hankins, Eastup, Deaton, CBRE, Forsythe & Associates, KBD Group, Tonn & Seay and Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. 5 DFW Hilton Garden Inn - Denton Hutcherson Insurance communities attended the meetings including, Inwood National Bank Denton, McKinney, Fairview, Dallas, and Fort Kirkpatrick Architecture Studio Worth • Project Church held site visit on December 10, KJE Environmental & Civil 2018 Engineering • Met with Sanger Chamber of Commerce to KW Commercial Mar-Properties LTD. discuss potential regional collaboration Mason Properties • Met with UNTWISE and discussed Newland Real Estate opportunities for workforce transportation in the Ramey & King Insurance industrial area Sawko & Burroughs, P.C. • Attended the following webinars: 5 Ways to Trestle Partners-Commercial Elevate Site Selection and 5 Ways to Use Real Estate Online Data Tools for Place Marketing Valley Quest Design Vanderlaan Real Estate • Met with several DFW brokers and consultants Verus Advisors to give an overview of Denton's industrial Yorlum Realty, Ltd. market and assets • Attended pre-conference conference call with Team Texas on the upcoming MD&M Friends of ED Conference Barbara Russell KHA Accountants & Advisors • Attended conference call with Team Texas Kirk Securities Corp. updating 2019 marketing opportunities McNatt Realty • Attended the State of the City address Minor & Jester, P.C. • Met with potential and current private Stan's Flooring

Economic Development Partnership investors Website Activity

DentonEDP.com Total of All Traffic Sources: 1,009

Keywords Searches: (not provided) (not set) denton edc denton economic development amazon DENTON EDC biggest employers in denton, texas caroline booth denton economic city of denton texas economic development City of Denton wage desicion 2019

Top Sources: google (direct) bing yahoo facebook.com denton-chamber.org l.facebook.com m.facebook.com t.co ask Social Media Activity

LinkedIn: 1,761 Connections https://www.linkedin.com/in/denton-economic- development-partnership-86637121/ January Profile Views: 83 January Post Views: 318 January Search Appearances: 46 Top Post from LinkedIn:

Facebook: 777 Page Likes http://www.facebook.com/dentonedp January - Daily Total Reach: 818 January - Lifetime Post Total Impressions: 657 January's Top Reach Post:

Twitter: 1,451 Followers @DentonEDP

Top tweet from Twitter:

STaND Report

Link to the City's Economic Development monthly Statistical Trends and News of Denton. STaND Report

New Business

The following are Certificates of Occupancy, Major Commercial Permits, and Commercial Alteration Permits issued in the month of January 2019:

New Business: Certificates of Occupancy Issued

New Business: Major Commercial Permits Issued

New Businesses: Major Commercial Alterations Permits Issued

Thank you for your continued support of economic development in Denton. You are very appreciated as none of this could happen without you.

Best regards,

Adam Gawarecki Vice President of Economic Development Denton Chamber of Commerce

Denton Economic Development | 940-382-7151 | [email protected] | DentonEDP.com 414 West Parkway Denton, TX 76201