Invitation for Membership

The Katy Area Economic Development Council (Katy Area EDC), a private, non-profit, full-service economic development corporation, invites your company to join. The activities of Katy Area EDC include recruiting companies and corporations in the light industrial, office, back-office, and medical sectors, as well as large scale lifestyle retail and mixed use projects. Other objectives of KAEDC include retention and expansion of existing businesses and promotion and facilitation of infrastructure projects to support business development and to improve the quality of life for residents of the Katy Area. The primary service territory of KAEDC is generally defined by the boundaries of the Katy Independent School District (181 square miles) which includes the City of Katy, parts of Harris, Fort Bend and Waller Counties; and, the Houston “Energy Corridor”.

Services offered by the KAEDC and its staff
of professionals include:

• Building and maintaining a "state-of-the-art" geographic information system, including over 70 layers of development data for prospects and users of the information
• Marketing and branding the Katy Area.
• Responding to Site Selectors and the State of Texas with proposals and information about the Katy Area.
• Providing confidential site selection services to business prospects.
• Recruiting new businesses to locate in the service area.
• Providing existing, expanding businesses with technical assistance and information on permitting, financing, incentives, site selection and training.
• Developing and maintaining business, demographic, and available building and site databases.
• Conducting Economic Impact Analysis of economic development projects in the Katy Area.
• Developing and administrating incentive policies and programs.
• Discouraging and/or opposing projects adverse to the quality growth and development of the Katy Area.
• Monitoring and supporting infrastructure projects which enhance business infrastructure and improve the quality of life in the Katy area.
• Providing a forum for members to be informed of new project issues that will affect and enhance the Katy Area as a top place to live and a grow a business.