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Economic development staff reports pipeline, explores film locations and lab space; warns of EPA emission limits
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Economic development staff reported May pipeline totals — 27 active prospects estimated to represent about 4,000 potential jobs and roughly $4.5 billion in capital investment — and described marketing work on film locations and early talks about wet-lab space in partnership with UNT.
Economic development staff updated the board on May activity and longer-term strategy at the June 25 meeting, reporting pipeline metrics, promotion work for film-location recruitment and initial conversations about life-sciences space tied to the University of North Texas.
"We currently have 27 active projects in the pipeline — that's close to 4,000 potential jobs and about $4.5 billion in potential capital investment," Britney Saltillo, economic development staff member, told the board. Staff said May produced two new leads (one broker-sourced, one direct) and one incentive application; the downtown team rolled out a new newsletter for property and business owners called the Downtown Lowdown.
Staff reported receiving leads from the state economic…
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