Business View Civil Municipal - July 2023

229 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 7 RIVER OAKS , TE XAS Economic Development Commission and actively began assisting businesses with making flyers, coupons and helping them advertise. She created a city newsletter that is posted weekly on social media and uses it to inform citizens about local businesses. “Our local businesses are amazed at the support of the city, the Economic Development Commission, our Mayor and city council,” says Reaves. From business owners to residents, she says, “Anybody that walks in this door is the most encountered a really ‘Yes, we can attitude’ and in having dealt with counties all over Texas, that’s really rare. Normally, you get some pushback but in River Oaks, what I got was, ‘Let’s see how we can make it happen’.” In terms of business support, Ms. Reaves says, River Oaks works to make the process easy and welcoming from the beginning, initiating discussions about their opening process and necessary building improvements. Reaves was added as secretary to the