Local businesses benefiting from EDC like never before
Businesses helped by funding from the EDC include Country Oak Boutique (top, left) and Packard Law Center (top, right) on North Main Street as well as Andre Eye & Optical at the corner of College Street and East Avenue. Sticker Photos By Darrell Vyvjala
Even with sales tax collections down slightly from 2023, the Schulenburg Economic Development Corporation has had its busiest and most productive year.
This one-half percent sales tax that was approved by City of Schulenburg voters in 1997 originally helped Blinn College locate a campus here but, more recently, the EDC has used the revenue to fund projects that support new and expanded business dev…