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Published on: 5/16/2007
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"The MEDC focuses its efforts on the economic growth for the City of Mansfield, located in Tarrant, Johnson and Ellis counties in North Central Texas," says Melissa Woodall, director of the MEDC.Currently, there is a focus on attracting retail developers to support the growing population in Mansfield."In addition, the MEDC has placed an emphasis on attracting industrial and office parks that are primed to support any of the three medical centers that Mansfield has on the drawing boards," Woodall says.During the past year, the MEDC has retained several major companies in these areas, including Mouser Electronics and Forest City Enterprises as well as the three medical facilities."Mouser Electronics has been located in Mansfield for many years, and within the last year has expanded its facilities from 173,000 square feet to 432,000 square feet.Mouser has also doubled its workforce," Woodall says."Mansfield has also attracted Forest City Enterprises, which has slated nearly 1.2 million square feet of retail space for its Shops at Broad Street development."While the MEDC has recently focused on retail and office parks, it is still reaching out to the medical community."The MEDC has attracted three state-of-the-art medical facilities, with the first, Methodist Mansfield Hospital, which will employ an estimated 700 healthcare professionals, scheduled to open in December," according to Woodall.