Kilgore Economic Development Corp.

06/18/2026

Life is good here in Kilgore, TX.

Summertime in Kilgore, Tx!

06/12/2026

🏭🌲 Industrial Property Feature: Lots 9–11, Synergy Park

Lots 9–11 offer approximately 12 developable acres, light industrial zoning, and utilities to the curb. Located in Synergy Park, this site gives growing companies a professional setting with I-20 access, infrastructure, and room to scale.

👉View the listing: https://hubs.la/Q04kvYyr0

06/11/2026

🦺 A skilled workforce is a safe workforce.

Kilgore College's Risk Management Institute continues to make a meaningful impact across East Texas. By expanding access to grant-funded safety training, they are strengthening employers, employees, first responders, healthcare professionals, and communities across East Texas.

From OSHA certifications and CPR training to forklift operation, HAZWOPER, and active shooter preparedness, these programs help organizations build safer workplaces while developing a stronger, more resilient workforce. 💪

Workforce development goes beyond technical skills—it includes creating environments where employees can work safely, confidently, and productively every day.

⚡ Thank you to Kilgore College and its partner, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, for investing in the people who power our regional economy.

Read the full story: https://hubs.la/Q04kV1hg0

06/11/2026

Kilgore’s culture and character make our community a great place to live and work.

Thank you Texas Highways for showcasing historic Driller Park. ⚾️ Built in 1947, Driller Park has been a gathering place for generations of baseball fans.

Over the last decade and a half, writer Cameron Maynard and his father have chosen a stadium to visit every few years. This experiment in father-son exploration has landed them in Busch Stadium, Wrigley Field, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial, and “The Big House” up in Michigan. Each location carries its own weight, and each offers an atmosphere untempered by its continuous smelting of historical largesse.

Driller Park in Kilgore may not host the World Series or a national championship, but it’s drenched in a vernacular architecture that’s hard to come by, Maynard writes. "That alone makes it a worthy stopover along any journey through the nation’s great sporting venues," he says.

Driller Park was built for the Kilgore Drillers, the team that only played from 1947-50 but still managed two championships and one other finals appearance. Concrete slabs stack 3,000-some-odd seats to the base of a corrugated, cantilevered canopy, and pipes salvaged from the East Texas Oil Field pitch the roof outward. The outfield wall is a patchwork of flattened boiler tanks. From the grandstands it resembles a green ribbon, but up close it’s a hopscotch of dings, dents, and gouges, offering a texturized coat that might best be described as reptilian.

But Driller Park isn’t all oil tributes; far from it. The actual playing surface—the grounds that help determine whether hops are true and scorecards are clean—is top-notch, Maynard writes.

Read more about Maynard's visit to Driller Park here: https://bit.ly/4g78tPt

06/10/2026

🚚✈️🚢Your freight strategy starts with your location strategy.

Manufacturers need efficient access to customers, suppliers, and labor to compete and grow. That's why logistics remains one of the most important factors in site selection.

Kilgore offers:
✔️ Direct access to Interstate 20 (coast-to-coast reach)
✔️ Connectivity through US 259/59 (border-to-border reach)
✔️ Access to major Texas markets
✔️ Proximity to commercial airports, ports, and 3PL

Because the right location can reduce costs, improve delivery times, and strengthen your supply chain.

➡️ Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04kDFHJ0

06/09/2026

🌟Why do companies choose Kilgore?
Workforce strength. Industrial ecosystems. Local collaboration. Strategic location.

The Gone To Texas Kilgore Spotlight Series brings employer, education, and economic development voices together to show how East Texas manufacturing keeps moving forward.

👉Watch and see why companies like Communications and Power Industries succeed here: https://hubs.la/Q04ktvT30

06/08/2026

🏭Energy, modern manufacturing, metalworking, and logistics have shaped Kilgore's industrial landscape. With these industries, a practical, problem-solving workforce and a strong supplier ecosystem have developed.

For expanding companies, that means fewer unknowns and more momentum.🚀

It's why manufacturers like Merritt Preferred Components choose Kilgore: https://hubs.la/Q04kshC30

06/05/2026

⏱️ Every project has a timeline. Kilgore understands deadline pressures.

You can count on KEDC for accurate information to help you evaluate sites, connect with local resources, explore incentives, and move projects forward with clarity and speed.

In Kilgore, economic development is not just responsive. It is practical, prepared, and ready to work for your manufacturing business.

☎️ Let’s talk about your expansion plans: +1-903-983-3522.

06/05/2026

The SBA is strongly represented in East Texas and supports our business community, helping to solidify our region as a thriving locale for manufacturing.

America’s manufacturing boom is powered by small business!

Learn about funding options and other resources to help small manufacturers grow and create jobs right here in the United States: https://www.sba.gov/manufacturing