Visit the following links for helpful tools, information and resources:

Professional Organizations:

• International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
• Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC)
• Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC)
• Texas Municipal Leage (TML)
• Texas Travel Industry Association
• Texas Downtown Association
• Texas Festivals and Events Association
• Texas Community Development Institute

Data and Resources

•  Demographics
  • Texas County and City QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)

State and Federal Government:

• State Government
  • Office of the Governor
    • Economic Development  & Tourism Programs and Resources
    • Texas State Travel Marketing and Research
      • Interactive Tourism Economic Impact Data (for Texas, regions, House and Senate districts, counties, metro areas, and selected Texas cities)
  • Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 
    • Texas Ahead - one-stop portal to economic resources for growing and governing Texas
    • Texas EDGE - economic data for growth and expansion
  • Texas Department of Agriculture
    • Rural Economic Development division
    • GOTEXAN program
  • Association of Rural Communities in Texas (ARCIT - formeraly Office of Rural Community Affairs - ORCA)
  • Texas Historical Commission (THC)
  • Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
    • Grants Information
  • Texas Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
• Federal Government
  • SBDC National Information Clearinghouse
  • U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

 Grants:

• Office of the Governor, State Grants Team
• Kronkosky Charitable Foundation
• Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas
• Preservation Texas
• Texas Department of State Health Services
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• USDA
• U.S. Fire Administration
• Regional Foundation Library

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