Business View Magazine | November 2020

229 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 ROSENBERG, TEXAS While launching new projects and landing new businesses are key to Rosenberg’s growth agenda, helping existing businesses to expand their facilities and create additional jobs is equally important. To that end, Heath reports that over the last few years, the City has provided infrastructure reimbursements and tax abatements to aid in the expansion of Benedettini Cabinetry; OCuSOFT, which develops and manufactures eye and skin care products; Seatex, Ltd., a chemical blending company; and Si Environmental, a water utility service provider. “Those expansion projects, combined, retained about 600 full-time jobs and are projected to create about 150 new jobs over the next five years,” he notes. “It also sends a message to other current businesses in our community that we value their investment, and we will work with them to grow and prosper.” Another important aspect of Rosenberg’s attention to growth is a focus on community development because it directly affects the City’s ability to attract new businesses and the workers that will be employed by them. “Existing companies that are looking to relocate or expand into different markets obviously look at workforce, land price and whatever incentives we can offer when making their ultimate decisions,” says Heath. “But they also look at quality of life factors because they have to be able to recruit talent, and their ability to recruit talent hinges on the attractiveness of the community. That talent looks at factors such as public safety, access to public parks, dining and shopping options, and, of course, the local public education system. So, the City places a premium on funding vital resources for our police and fire departments to ensure public safety and on maintaining and improving our public parks. Every year, the City and the Rosenberg Development Corporation budget funds for new sidewalk projects and park improvement projects. We also provide funding to the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists