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San Angelo cites Amazon hub and other wins as evidence its recruitment strategy is working
Summary
Mayor Tom Thompson says a newly located Amazon rural hub and other targeted recruitment wins validate San Angelo's cluster-focused economic strategy; the city highlights about 200 jobs at the facility and stresses confidentiality during site selection.
Mayor Tom Thompson said San Angelo's recent success landing an Amazon rural distribution hub demonstrates the city's targeted outreach and clustering approach to economic development. Thompson, who is six months into his term, told the Moves That Matters podcast the Amazon site is a relatively small-footprint hub aimed at younger demographics and employs "about 200" people.
The mayor said the Amazon facility is roughly a 35,000-square-foot rural hub sited on about 12 acres and was part of a strategy Amazon described as a hub-and-spoke model…
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