The reasons are simple: location, strategy, finance, and diversity.
Dumas sits at the crossroads of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, linking US 287,87 Interstates 27, 40, and 25. No better distribution point exists for reaching the interior of the US, or for going from the Mexican border in Texas to Canada and the West.
Our business development strategy is simple: create modern business and manufacturing facilities and encourage the relocation of major corporations.
Our financing is equally simple: if a development will favorably impact growth in the region, help make it a reality with EDC dollars.
The large corporations that call Dumas home have created significant growth opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. Our economic development corporation has an aggressive policy of seizing these growth opportunities, investing in infrastructure, and creating an environment in which new businesses have a tremendous inside edge when it comes to surviving those first crucial five years of start-up.
These investments are two-fold: First is our business park. Many communities across the U.S. have dedicated funds to business and industrial parks, only to find them languishing for new businesses. We'll get to that in a moment, but first we'd like to brag a little on our business park, which is a state-of-the-art facility that provides 21st Century infrastructure for entrepreneurs and established companies looking to ride the wave. All utilities are underground, which makes the business park more attractive. Click here to see small and large maps of our business park.
The second prong of our small and medium-sized business development strategy is revolutionary--and it works. The Dumas Enterprise Center is where the Dumas Economic Development is housed. Also available are warehouse bay areas to be used for start-up, expansion and growth needs for business beginning in the Dumas Business Park.
Most Business and Industrial Parks sit stagnant while waiting for that first business to warrant the cost of installing infrastructure. More appropriately called green field sites, these "business parks" are slow to develop and find it difficult to catch the eye of new businesses. The Dumas Business Park has "shovel ready" sites available now! All utilities are in place and we are located on the best north-south trade corridor in the country! When you need to do things the right way, DU them in Dumas!
Growth from the ground up. Dumas is the fastest growing city in the Texas Panhandle, and one of the fastest growing in the Great Plains region of the U.S. The Dumas Economic Development Corporation is a committed and active part of that growth.