Business

Council approves EDC pacts with two businesses

The Decatur Economic Development Corporation (DEDC) is entering into performance agreements with two manufacturing companies to bring new jobs and property improvements to Decatur. The Decatur City Council approved $315,000 in economic incentive agreements with Onyx Specialty Processing, LLC, and Classic Steel, LLC, at Monday’s meeting. Onyx Specialty Processing is a subsidiary of Goff Aerospace, which has already made a […]

X factor leads to shared success for rodeo athletes, footwear company

Twisted X, a western footwear and apparel company based in Decatur, invested into a pair of rodeo athletes four years ago. They had not yet proven themselves but were showing promise and potential on their respective circuits. Like the company that expanded the industry with its introduction of casual western footwear 14 years ago, Twisted X rodeo athletes Shad Mayfield […]

County sees slight uptick in revenue

Wise County’s economic activity is continuing its upward trajectory, according to the January sales tax revenue reported by the Texas Comptroller. The January sales tax disbursement brought in $652,242 off the county’s half-cent tax levy. The payment, which measures sales tax revenue from November, represented an 10.56 percent increase from last year’s January figures ($589,927) and a 8.51 percent increase […]

EDC completes project at Landmark Industrial Park

The Decatur Economic Development Corporation has completed a major piece to expand its business park offerings. After purchasing 370 acres of land to expand the city’s growing industrial sector last year, the corporation has completed a waterline project that will tap into the Eagles Landing Business Park property’s infrastructure and expand it throughout the newly acquired Landmark Industrial Park property. […]

Inventory shifts in local real estate market

 For the Messenger The Wise County real estate market continues to pick up pace to end the year. Seventy-one homes sold in November, a jump of 13 for the same month in 2022, according to data from the Greater Denton/Wise County Association of Realtors. It was the second straight month for the county to see a growth in sales year-over-year. […]

HOLT CAT taps into high school pipeline

As several Wise County athletes put pen to paper Tuesday morning to signal their next collegiate destination, two juniors at Brigdeport High School partcipated in a similar ceremony. But these two students, Tate McClellan and Paul Naquin, were signing to play with equipment heavier than a ball or bat. The two students signed spring 2024 internship agreements with HOLT CAT […]


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