The Katy Economic Development Council has a new president and CEO with a renewed vision for helping businesses in the Katy area flourish. Chuck Martinez has been in his new position for a month, and he’s already established a clear path for the EDC to bolster and grow the area moving forward.I come to the Katy community having over 30 years of experience in economic development here in Texas, as well as in the state of Virginia.
The world of economic development involves helping companies in their search for a location where they can excel in the marketplace. Sometimes those are companies in the community that have reached a point of growth, and they're making decisions about whether they should continue to stay in the same community or to relocate.
That brand of togetherness is by far one of Katy’s greatest competitive advantages. In furthering that brand, the thing that I want to focus on is serving as a regional partner and making it very clear that our team is going to be a servant to not only our regional partners, but also opening new pathways with local or state or federal or national groups. I want to establish that the Katy area is a phenomenal place to do business.
The Katy community has been evolving since its founding, but there's always been kind of a really rich history of coming together as a community. The most important thing is that communities need to ask a very big question of, “Who are we?” Or, “What do we want to become?”