The Best Small Town in Texas

“Top 20 Location Advantages”

1. The County Seat of Lamar County.
2. The business, retail and healthcare hub for the surrounding region of Northeast Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma.
3. Bordering a four State Region: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
4. Strategically situated to serve the Northeast Texas region, the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex (100 miles to the east) and the Southern United States.
5. In the Central time zone.

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A Location with Advantages

   

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Major highways
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Highways, rail and
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What's Happening?

  • TMAU-Commerce |
    03/09/2012

    Info on the Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference on April 10th. 

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    08/31/2011

    The Governor's Office division of Economic Development has released the latest job growth figures for Texas.  Texas continues to out-pace the nation in net job gains across five major sectors.  Check out these graphics for the full report.

  • Steve Gilbert |
    08/30/2011

    This document is a working draft of the Paris Economic Development Corp. 2011-12 Plan of Work.

  • Steve Gilbert |
    08/15/2011

    Sara Lee announced last week that it will close its Paris plant in late Fall 2011.  Steve Gilbert, PEDC Executive Director responds in this article.