2012 Wage and Benefit Survey Results
May 08, 2012
The Round Rock Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development Partnership is pleased to share the results of the 2012 Wage and Benefit Survey. 29 businesses representing nearly 10,000 employees completed the survey. Survey results include wage data by occupation, fringe benefit information, and employer rankings of their workforce. Read More »
2012 Downtown Business Survey Results
May 08, 2012
The results of the 2012 Downtown Business Survey are now available for download. 38 responses were received and covered topics including business climate, downtown satisfaction, and feedback on recent and ongoing improvements in downtown. Read More »
Austin Ranked #1 for Best Big City for Jobs by Forbes
May 08, 2012
Employment grew 2.2% year-over-year as Austin retained the top spot from last year's list. When looking at all-sized cities, Forbes ranks the Austin area No. 5 overall. Read More »
Emerson Process Management receives ABJ's 2012 Commercial Real Estate Award
Apr 26, 2012
Congratulations to Emerson Process Management for receiving the Austin Business Journal’s 2012 Commercial Real Estate Award (Office Sale Project) for the relocation of is worldwide headquarters to Round Rock. Read More »
Williamson County Ranks as One of Texas’ Healthiest Counties
Apr 05, 2012
Williamson County Ranks as One of Texas’ Healthiest Counties Read More »
Round Rock Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Cities
Feb 14, 2012
MSN Real Estate, just placed Round Rock in their top 15 fastest-growing cities. This list is compiled using informatino such as: proximity to employment, housing market as well as parks and education. In order to be ranked on this list, cities must have more than 100,000 people and also had the highest population growth between 2000 and around mid-2009. Read More »
Round Rock Chamber Executives White, Yeats Serving on Foreign Trade Zone Board of Directors
Feb 09, 2012
ROUND ROCK, Texas – Two executives from the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development Partnership, Ben White and Carrie Yeats, have been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas (FTZ 183). Read More »
City of Round Rock Receives Outstanding Municipal Utility Award
Feb 02, 2012
The City of Round Rock has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Texas Municipal Utility Association Outstanding Municipal Utility Award. The award was announced at the TMUA conference on Jan. 27 in Fredericksburg. Read More »
We Need Your Help - Downtown Business Survey
Feb 01, 2012
If you are a business or property owner in Downtown Round Rock, the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development Partnership invites you to complete this survey about doing business in downtown. The survey will only take about 10 minutes to complete. Your responses are confidential and will be shared in aggregate form only.
The deadline to complete the survey is February 29, 2012. All businesses who complete the survey by February 29 will receive one $10 gift card from a selection of downtown merchants.Click here to complete the survey. Read More »
Round Rock Continues to Offer a High Quality, Low Cost of Living
Jan 23, 2012
On Friday, January 20, the Council for Community and Economic Research released its annual ACCRA Cost of Living Index for 2011. Round Rock’s composite index, 88.6, continued to be extremely competitive with large metro areas across the country, indicative of the high quality of life available in Round Rock. New York (Manhattan), NY had the highest composite index at 218.8 while the lowest was Harlingen, TX at 81.0 Read More »