Receive a presentation from the Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP) on activities for small business development, business retention & expansion, business attractions, and workforce development.
Receive a presentation from the Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP) on activities for small business development, business retention & expansion, business attractions, and workforce development.
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City staff’s response to Mayor Hughson’s comment: City staff will work to adjust the formatting of the presentation slides to increase readability for at-home attendees.I do not think that this presentation will be legible for the home viewers.
City staff’s response to Councilmember Baker’s Question 4 and Councilmember Garza’s Questions 10, 14, and 15: The City Manager’s office currently receives monthly reports from the Greater San Marcos Partnership staff on businesses assisted through business retention & expansion (BRE) visits and business attraction efforts. City staff will evaluate how to share these to the Council message board for viewing moving forward.Does GSMP have data regarding the utilization of the meetings, trainings, resources they're providing? Are they well attended, what demographics are attending (types of businesses, organizations, etc.)?
Do they consider their goals/successes through an equity lens?
When can we expect GSMP to translate more of their services, reports, and resources?
It was said that GSMP shares a small business report with the City Manger, are those shared with Council? I couldn't find anything in my email....
Does GSMP anticipate San Marcos growing to a point where we will have our own economic development team and no longer require their services? We're often encouraged to offer economic development incentives to presumably "some day" have enough of a tax base to support our community's needs better - When do they calculate that time will be? Is their goal to help us achieve some specific target?
Does GSMP have data regarding the utilization of the meetings, trainings, resources they're providing? Are they well attended, what demographics are attending (types of businesses, organizations, etc.)?
Response: GSMP does have data regarding who attends meetings, training, and resources; however, it varies across all activities and most commonly only the individual attendee and company/organization they represent. The attendees range from individual residents, regional partners, various business community members, not-for-profit organizations, and other community organizations.
Do they consider their goals/successes through an equity lens?
Response: GSMP has, and continues, to diversify our offerings to meet the needs of our community through the lens of economic development. Over the past few years, GSMP has continued to do all we can to meet the needs of as many community members as we can.
When can we expect GSMP to translate more of their services, reports, and resources?
Response: GSMP continues to translate materials related to specific programs or offerings.
It was said that GSMP shares a small business report with the City Manger, are those shared with Council? I couldn't find anything in my email....
Response: GSMP provides monthly reports to the city manager's office based on the deliverables as outlined in our agreement.
Does GSMP anticipate San Marcos growing to a point where we will have our own economic development team and no longer require their services? We're often encouraged to offer economic development incentives to presumably "some day" have enough of a tax base to support our community's needs better - When do they calculate that time will be? Is their goal to help us achieve some specific target?
GSMP continues to do all we can to diversify the city of San Marcos and the regional economy through attracting and growing business investment and jobs. This effort provides more opportunities for the residents in our communities while increasing the commercial tax base in the city and region. GSMP provides the city a significant advantage over other communities in the State of Texas by leveraging additional resources, alongside a team of 10 individuals, to execute economic development on behalf of the city. In FY21 alone, the City of San Marcos experienced a more than 20 times return on their investment in new tax revenue alone from announced businesses, not including all other support provided by the organization.
As a contractor for the city, GSMP is here to execute the vision and economic development policy.