WALLER COUNTY, Texas (Covering Katy) – The Katy Area Economic Development Council appears to be getting ready to defend itself from action that may be taken by Waller County over a development deal it negotiated a decade ago. The dispute is over what incentives the KAEDC provided Rooms To Go to convince the retail […]
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Katy EDC Chair Woody Mann Ignores Outcry over Allegations of Public Relations Dishonesty
KATY (Covering Katy) – The Katy Area Economic Development Council Chair Woody Mann is literally standing by his man. Weeks have now gone by, and there has been no reaction to community leaders’ claims that Katy Area Economic Development Council President/CEO Lance LaCour takes credit for economic development projects for which his organization had […]
The Untold Relationship between the Katy Area EDC and Katy Magazine
Puffery for a Price: How the Katy Area EDC Buys its Positive Press from Katy Magazine KATY (Covering Katy) – For several years Katy-area leaders have complained to Covering Katy that the Katy Area Economic Development Council takes credit for economic development deals that it has little or no responsibility for delivering. Now, Covering Katy […]
Katy Area EDC Continues Move Away from Helping Katy ISD Taxpayers
KATY (Covering Katy) – The Katy Area Economic Development Council is continuing to seek Waller County development deals. By doing so it has assumed functions that were not a part of its original charter of bringing a new tax base to the Katy Independent School District. Leaders in Waller County and within the Katy ISD […]
Katy Economic Development Council Tactics Seen as a ‘Threat’ and ‘Bullying’ in Waller County
WALLER COUNTY (Covering Katy) – Leaders of the Katy Area Economic Development Council have deeply damaged any potential reconciliation between that group and economic development officials in Waller County after an email sent by the group’s vice president left some people feeling threatened. The email was received by the head of Waller County Economic […]
Katy EDC: Negative Energy Grows Here
KATY (Covering Katy) – The slogan of the Katy Area Economic Development Council is “Energy Grows Here,” but to hear economic development leaders from other local organizations tell the story, it appears to be negative energy that has grown at the KAEDC since Lance LaCour took over the organization. “The Waller County Economic Development Partnership […]
No Proof but Leaders of Katy EDC Stand Firm that they were Key Players in Amazon Coming to Katy
KATY (Covering Katy) – The Katy Area Economic Development Council has not changed its position that it is one of the entities responsible for bringing an expected 1,000 jobs to Katy/Waller County even though those who were involved in the negotiation with the internet retail giant Amazon say the KAEDC had no meaningful role in […]
Katy Area Economic Development Council Responds to Our Questions about Amazon Deal
Covering Katy’s Questions to the KAEDC Covering Katy submitted eight questions to the Katy Area Economic Development Council in light of allegations that the organization is attempting to take credit for Amazon coming to the City of Katy/Waller County. Click for the story Those involved in the negotiations say the KAEDC was not involved in […]