Manor, Texas

5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5 all of the physical attributes that businesses need to thrive.” In terms of location, Manor is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, 12 miles northeast of downtown Austin on US 290. Perfectly centered between all of the major happenings in Texas – with the advanced manufacturing boom to its West, Tesla to the Southeast, and the new Samsung plant to the North – a golden triangle of opportunity is forming around Manor and the city stands prepared to take advantage. “We’re looking for clean industry, we’re looking for distribution, we’re looking for any type of industry that’s going to create jobs and capital investment, and be a boost to the city tax rolls,” Jones says. “Headquarters – even smaller ones for corporate locations – are another big target market for us because Manor is an absolutely perfect fit for those companies.”