Dick Messbarger, executive director for the Greater Kingsville Economic Development Council, made the announcement Friday morning. Certain areas of the city are designated enterprise and reinvestment zones in hopes of creating an environment that will induce private businesses to invest in the areas that are severely distressed economically.
Zones also seek to provide employment to area residents.
Businesses located or seeking to relocate within the zones receive incentives from the state. But what is important is that this will give Kingsville a significant advantage for existing businesses and new businesses to provide jobs. The city's first enterprise zone project, Calling Solutions, was also approved by the Texas Department of Economic Development. Messbarger said Calling Solutions fulfills criteria for the Enterprise Zone and Reinvestment Zone. Supervisors for Calling Solutions are being, trained now, some paychecks will be issued before Christmas and that was our goal.