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Presenter highlights San Angelos manufacturing, tech and workforce strengths
Summary
A Chamber of Commerce presenter outlined San Angelos economic strengths, citing 85 manufacturers, major local employers and workforce challenges tied to an unemployment rate under 3% while urging greater education-industry collaboration to retain talent.
A presenter representing the Chamber of Commerce on stage in San Angelo opened the session by welcoming visitors and laying out the citys economic pitch: a diverse manufacturing base, growing technology presence and mounting workforce pressures. "Welcome to San Angelo," the presenter said, and proceeded to list local assets and statistics aimed at visiting officials and industry partners.
The presenter said San Angelo is a city of about 100,000, roughly three hours from Austin, and positioned it as a regional linkage point between Texass major economic corridors and tertiary markets. The presenter said the city currently hosts 85 manufacturers and highlighted several large local employers, adding: "We have 85 manufacturers" and asserting that a Johnson & Johnson suture plant in San Angelo accounts for "80% of the…
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