Business View Civil Municipal June 2023

27 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 6 plan that was put together in just nine months, and it was put together by the people, for the people,” she elaborates. “It has been fantastic. All of our decisions are based on that information and what came out of that 2050 plan.” Bock asserts that this plan is also the backbone of the city’s economic development, as efforts are made to transform Kerrville’s economic landscape. Focusing on sectors such as aerospace and light manufacturing, KEDC aims to attract new business in the aerospace and light manufacturing sectors, which will not only provide economic growth but also enhance the city’s reputation as an innovative hub. He acknowledges, “Our organization is funded by our local funding partners, which consists of the Economic Improvement Corporation, the City of Kerrville, the Kerrville Public Utility Company, and the county. We have buy-in from all of our major stakeholders and all of our funding sources in this town, which consists KERRVI LLE , TE XAS LEADING PROVIDER of telecommunications andbroadband services in the Texas Hill Country . HCTC deploys fiber optic technology throughout its territory to provide customers the most advanced broadband services available and to assure its business customers remain competitive in a global economy. BETTER BROADBAND TO RUR A L T E X AS | (800) 292-5457 | HCHT.NET | EQD Rural ILECs like HCTC serve 86% of the 268,000 squaremiles of the State of Texas Honoree of the FCC’s Digital Opportunity Equity Recognition (DOER) Award