Category: Business

AEDC: Athens sees strong growth

AEDC press release

The last several months, Athens has seen significant commercial and retail growth. A number of new construction projects have been completed while several more are still on-going. This all points to a bright future for Athens. 
 
The projects that have been completed are: Dollar General, JD Tenders, MooYahs Hamburgers, Mooreliscuious Frozen Yogurt, and Pizza Hut/Wing Street. Still under construction are Ag Power, Oak Wood Place, and Arabella. Just starting construction is Legacy Plaza.

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MED-LOGICS breaks ground in Athens

Officials at the ribbon cutting incluced: Kelly Smith, Eddie Lick, Tere Lawyer, Athens City Manager Pam Burton, Athens Mayor Jerry Don Vaught, MED-LOGICS President Betty Ross, MED-LOGICS CEO Rod Ross, David Holdredge, Maurice Cox, Mark Rathe, and Becky Smith. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)
Officials at the ribbon cutting incluced: Kelly Smith, Eddie Lick, Tere Lawyer, Athens City Manager Pam Burton, Athens Mayor Jerry Don Vaught, MED-LOGICS President Betty Ross, MED-LOGICS CEO Rod Ross, David Holdredge, Maurice Cox, Mark Rathe, and Becky Smith. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)

 

By Michael V. Hannigan

MED-LOGICS — a medical device manufacturer which started in California in 1992 — broke ground on its new facility in Athens Wednesday, June 19.

NEW HOME FOR MED-LOGICS

  • MED-LOGICS is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art medical devices used in Lasik, Dsaek, and Cataract surgeries.
  • The Athens facility will become the new corporate and manufacturing home for MED-LOGICS.
  • The company will be moving from its location in Laguna Hills, Calif. and will employ 20 people initially and will make over $1 million investment in the new Athens facility.
  • MED-LOGICS plans to be operational this November.
  • The company will build its facility on a four-acre site in the Athens Industrial Park.
  • Construction is under the direction of Montgomery Unlimited.

QUOTABLES

Athens EDC Board Member David Holdredge: “We are very pleased that you are coming. We hope that you will be a big part of our business community, and we certainly welcome you and your California employees as citizens of Athens.”

MED-LOGICS CEO Rod Ross: “We truly appreciate all of your hospitality and we do feel welcome. We do want to contribute in a variety of ways, and one of the ways that I hope I can help is to help bring more medical device companies here to Athens. Because the more medical device companies you can bring here the more that will come, and the more vendors, suppliers, molders, tubing extractors, machine shops … all of that will follow. That’s the way it has always happened.”

MORE

Photo album on the HCN Facebook page.

MED-LOGICS website.

Athens EDC website.

 

 

Long Cove off to fast start after grand opening

Long Cove press release

Long Cove, a new private residential community on Cedar Creek Lake just over an hour away from Dallas, recently hosted a successful grand opening over Memorial Day weekend, selling more than 40 percent of waterside cottage inventory and 100 percent of custom homesites available in its first phase of development. Boasting gourmet food trucks, live music, children’s games, face painting, bounce houses, fly fishing lessons, Nautique wake board demonstrations and more, the open house-style event gave more than 1000 guests from the surrounding areas and Dallas-Fort Worth the opportunity to experience the Long Cove lifestyle.

Three Dallas School of Rock bands – Zeppos, Destroy on Contact and The Dean’s List – delivered all-star performances throughout the day-long event, paying tribute to some of the most popular musical talent of all time, including Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Rush, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. The students, spanning from neighborhoods including Highland Park, Lakewood, Lake Highlands and Plano, also shared some original compilations, which were met with much support and excitement from the crowd. To honor the students’ musical accomplishments, Long Cove presented a donation of $1,500 to the organization.

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Med-Logics to build new facility in Athens

AEDC press release

The Athens Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) Board of Directors and Athens Mayor Jerry Vaught are excited to announce with Med-Logics, Inc. the location of a new facility in Athens. Med-Logics, Inc., is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art medical devices used in Lasik, Dsaek, and Cataract surgeries.

Med-Logics plans a ground breaking ceremony to be held on Wednesday, June 19, at 9 a.m. The Athens facility will become Med-Logics new corporate and manufacturing home for the company. Med-Logics will be moving from its location in Laguna Hills, Calif. and will employ 20 people initially and will make over $1 million investment in the new Athens facility. Med-Logics plans to be operational this November. They will build their facility on a four-acre site in the Athens Industrial Park.

Med-Logics chose Athens over other communities because of the low tax burden in Texas, Athens’ existing ancillary medical device industry, workforce and location.

According to AEDC president Brian J. Malone, “Med-Logics is a great fit for Athens” and “We were able to show Med-Logics that it made great business sense to be here in Athens.

Sales tax rebates generally up around the county

The Texas Comptroller’s Office released its Monthly Sales Tax Rebate report yesterday.

Across the state, sales taxes collections are up about 8 percent.

Growth in state sales tax revenue was led by collections from the information services and construction sectors,” said Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. “Restaurants also showed notable growth, while oil and natural gas-related activity remains a major source of strength.”

Local results were mixed, with the biggest shopping areas in the county — Athens and Gun Barrel City — both seeing small increases.

Overall, Henderson County is up 4.52 percent for the year.

Click here for a complete state chart broken down by county.