Royse City News Center

Royse City Community Development Corporation (CDC) celebrates National Homeownership Month during June and beyond by raising awareness about the benefits that homeownership brings to families, neighborhoods, and communities alike. The real estate market is thriving, and Royse City is striving to make homeownership a reality for individuals who dream o...Continue Reading

Business is booming in downtown Royse City. Located within the Dallas Metroplex, its business friendly climate coupled with a population that has doubled twice — and is expected to grow again by 31.9 percent from 2019 to 2024 — is a large part of the equation. But the secret sauc...Continue Reading

Area Development’s staff editor Mark Crawford recently asked Ericsson’s Dan Kerber, vice president of digital services business operations for North America — who helps companies improve their financial and operational metrics through improved resource management processes — about his thoughts on leadership, especially the need for “soft skills” during th...Continue Reading

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every facet of our economy, increasing a cultural reliance on e-commerce that is here to stay. Retailers have responded by minimizing square footage of brick-and-mortar store fronts, keeping less inventory on site, and focusing more on entertainment and experiential retail to keep shoppers engaged. A...Continue Reading

Chipotle can TikTok with the best of them, by corporate standards anyway.  It’s amassed 1.8 million followers—almost as many as rivals McDonald’s (1.1 million) and Taco Bell (861,700) combined—by embracing the kind of snappy, freewheeling content the platform’s young users crave. But between posting videos of teens dancing to song...Continue Reading

Sure, it's the industry's leading corporate site selection data tool but ZoomProspector is also so much more. Did you know it's also a compelling open access community data tool? A business intelligence portal to support your small and medium-sized businesses? A source of inexhaustible content for your digital marketing mix...Continue Reading

For many of us, we’re serial goal-setters. We find it easy to set goals and love to dream big. When it comes to reaching those goals, though, that’s another matter. The problem isn’t your goal-setting ability. Instead, our inability to reach those goals often comes down to our modus operandi, ou...Continue Reading

When I was young, I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur. Most of my school friends wanted to be doctors, lawyers or firefighters. Not me: I was driven from childhood toward entrepreneurship. I sold lollipops from my backpack when I was in grade school; being a serial entrepreneur was ...Continue Reading

In a press release, Governor Greg Abbott invited all Texans to celebrate the unique role small businesses play in the economic resurgence in communities throughout the state as he issued a proclamation officially designating May 9–15 as “Small Business Week in Texas.” Governor Abbott was quoted in the press release: “An amazin...Continue Reading

In a time of widespread economic upheaval, the life sciences industry is one of the few whose prospects have changed for the better. Called upon to rapidly develop and distribute an all-important COVID-19 vaccine without sacrificing the research and production of existing drugs, the biotech industry is expanding at breaknec...Continue Reading

After eight years of negotiations, 15 Asian countries signed the world’s largest free trade agreement — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) — on November 15, 2020. Consisting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) 10 member states, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, RCEP aims to establis...Continue Reading

Starting a business can cost tens of thousands of dollars, even if you’re working with something small and lean. If you’re trying to launch a business that requires heavy equipment, or if you’re looking to expand quickly, you might need millions.  It’s likely that you will face a financial burden upon enterin...Continue Reading

A year after my May 2020 Editor’s View, “On Plexiglass and the New Normal,” I’m still working at home 90% of the time. I could go to our offices — several Conway Data staff members are there regularly. But I don’t miss the commute, and after producing several issues o...Continue Reading

One of President Joe Biden’s first acts was to announce a $2.3 trillion bill to repair and upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. The bill addresses what has become a perennial topic of debate in Congress, and one that has repeatedly been set aside for action at some future date. It has bee...Continue Reading

Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of industries across the board, and economic development is no exception. We're all doing things we never thought we could do only 14 months ago. Virtual events? Virtual tours? Interactive online walkthroughs? These are our new normal. The economic developers that weathered these challenge...Continue Reading

Destination Medical Center (DMC) is a unique 20-year, public-private partnership and economic development initiative in Rochester, Minnesota, home to Mayo Clinic. Launched in 2013, the $5.6 billion plan is the largest in Minnesota’s history and one of the largest initiatives currently under way in the U.S. The partnership combines May...Continue Reading

Texas’s natural beauty and quality of life are among the state’s draws for business decision-makers considering a move here. Travel and Tourism Week, May 2-8, is an opportune time to see what Texas has to offer. Take an online tour of Texas — with the occasional taste of its diverse economy an...Continue Reading

Area Development recently asked Kylene Zenk — director of the Manufacturing Practice at UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a leading global provider of HR services and workforce management solutions — for her input on recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce in the age of COVID-19. Area Development: How has COVID-19 changed the employe...Continue Reading

As entrepreneurs we tend to spend many hours at work, however, this may not be the most beneficial for your health or even for your cognitive development. According to a study published by the Melbourne Institute Worker Paper , spending only 25 hours at work a week, that is, three days, could be the healthiest...Continue Reading

Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from difficult events, and if there’s one group who needs that ability, it’s entrepreneurs. Without resilience, every lost client feels like a catastrophe. Failure seems like a point of no return, despite being a normal, if unpleasant, outcome of starting a business.  Resilience, however, i...Continue Reading

A reservoir project is almost complete in Fannin County and soon be impounding water to supply areas across North Texas, including all of Royse City and Rockwall County. The North Texas Municipal Water District reported in late January that the dam at the Lower Bois d’Arc Reservoir is only about tw...Continue Reading

The coronavirus pandemic plunged the world into a deep health and economic crisis. The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine points to a “light at the end of the tunnel” for the country’s physical health, but as we collectively take stock for ways to rebuild our economy stronger and more resilien...Continue Reading

The Royse City Independent School District will soon be able to begin work on several building and expansion projects, thanks to voters who approved of the $230 million bond Saturday. "We are so thankful for the Royse City ISD taxpayers and voters for supporting these projects to help us address rapi...Continue Reading