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Lancaster Community Profile
The City of Lancaster affords numerous advantages for business that create an environment conducive for business expansion and relocation:
- 14% valuation growth (2018)
- Record primary job investments
- Strategic – Rail, IH20, IH35E, IH45
- Easy access for major cities in the Texas Triangle – Dallas, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio
- Loop 9
- 14,038 Households
- Proposed TIF – Campus District
- Proposed TIF – Downtown
- Access to a large and varied labor pool
- Available land and diverse business community
- Competitive utility rate schedules
- Educational and workforce training resources
- Equitable tax structure and incentives
- Strategic location within an excellent transportation network
Strategic Partners
Major Manufacturers
- 12
- Aquatic
- BASF
- Bentwood
- Bilco Brick
- Blue Bell
- Brass Craft
- Brenntag
- LGS Technologies
- Oak Creek Homes
- Oncor
- Sierra Pacific
- Texas Nameplates
Major Logistics
- AT&T
- DART
- Electrolux
- FFE Transportation
- Fisher and Paykel
- Global Fulfillment
- In-N-Out Burger
- Johnstone Supply
- Lindt
- Mars Pet Care Products
- MOBIS
- NFI Transportation Logistics
- Ollie's Bargain Depot
- Pinnacle Auto Parts
- Quaker
- Sub-Zero Wolf
- Swift Transportation
- United National Foods, Inc.
- Wayfair
Transportation
- IH35E – 15 minutes to downtown Dallas and less than 3 hours to downtown Austin;
- IH45 – Approximately 3 hours to downtown Houston
- Loop 9 – Planned to connect IH35E and IH45 by 2021
- DART – Connecting to the rest of Dallas. There is bus service at Cedar Valley College and rail half a mile north of Lancaster city limits.
- Airports
- Lancaster Regional Airport – 6,500 ft runway. A new terminal will be built in 2018;
- Dallas Love Field – 20 minutes from downtown Lancaster – national travel with Southwest Airlines
- DFW International Airport – 35 minutes from downtown Lancaster – travel anywhere in the world.
- Private services