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City plans refresh of economic development strategy; councilmembers seek clearer goals and data before consultant solicitation
Summary
Staff presented plans to refresh San Antonio's economic development strategic framework, fold in an updated small-business ecosystem assessment and an international strategy; committee members asked for clearer deliverables, cost estimates and data on program outcomes before issuing a solicitation.
City economic development staff on Sept. 24 outlined a planned refresh of the city's economic development strategic framework for fiscal year 2026 that will incorporate a small-business ecosystem assessment and an international strategy, and highlighted performance reporting tools used to track program outcomes.
Economic Development Director Brenda Hicks Sorensen said the refresh will include a target-industry deep dive, a supply-chain gap analysis and a site-identification study. She said staff had previously solicited a small-business ecosystem assessment earlier in the year but canceled the solicitation and decided it would be…
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