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A Regional Economic Development Update

A Regional Economic Development Update

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Garland names new economic development director Ayako Schuster comes to the role with more than two decades of experience in Garland. Ayako Schuster was named as Garland's new economic development director.(courtesy city of Garland) 7:29 PM on Jul 27, 2021 CDT Garland has named Ayako Schuster to lead the city’s Economic Development Department. In her new role, she will focus on bringing new development and redevelopment partnerships to the city, according to a news release. Ayako Schuster, who began her work for Garland as an intern in 2000, was recently named as the city's new Economic Dev...

Foam firm takes long-vacant Garland manufacturing plant Steve Brown, The Dallas Morning News The white-hot demand for North Texas industrial space is giving new life to a long-vacant Garland manufacturing plant. The 341,840-square-foot building at 3000 W. Kingsley Road has been empty since 2015, when Apex Tool Group shut down its Garland operations and moved the more than 260 jobs to South Carolina. Now Future Foam Inc. — with help from the city — will reboot the old building to create an operation with more than 100 jobs. Iowa-based Future Foam manufactures polyurethane f...