Targeted Investments
The development entity is actively seeking investments from:
Corporations keen to relocate their national or regional headquarters
Manufacturing and industrial operations
Institutions of higher education and technical schools
Research and development firms eager to unlock their potential serving the Department of Defense as well as oil and gas operations
Research labs and healthcare companies ready to harness the economic strength of the region’s flourishing medical community anchored by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center which includes the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing and the forthcoming Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine; as well as the University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy.
Other projects eligible for economic development funding include:
- Transportation facilities such as airports
- Entertainment venues
- Sewage or solid waste disposal facilities
- Air or water pollution control facilities
- Distribution centers
- Small warehouse facilities
- Primary job training facilities for use by institutions of higher education
- Professional and amateur sports facilities
- Affordable housing
