Local and State Incentives

LOCAL INCENTIVES

Local incentives are determined on a case-by-case basis by the Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors and must have final approval by the City Council. A cost-benefit analysis is prepared for eligible projects to determine the potential direct and indirect economic benefit to Cedar Hill. 

The following are the guidelines that will be used by the Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation to qualify projects and determine incentive level and type of incentive.

Eligible Projects:

The CHEDC is a Type A Development Corporation. According to the Texas Development Corporation Act of 1979, allowable projects applicable to Cedar Hill include:

  • Land, buildings, equipment, facilities, improvements, and expenditures related to:

    • Manufacturing, industrial, research & development, recycling, small warehouse and corporate headquarter facilities, and distribution centers.

    • Job training for primary jobs and commercial/retail.

    • Clean-up of contaminated project sites (with a special election and specific ballot language).

    • Infrastructure assistance to retail or commercial projects.

    • Business-related sewer utilities and site improvements.

    • Projects designed to attract new military missions

    • Light rail, commuter rail, or motor buses.

    • Type B projects with voter approval.

  • To learn more about Type B Eligible Projects, click here

    • Water supply facilities (with a special election and specific ballot language).

    • Projects that improve a community’s quality of life, including parks, professional and amateur sport and athletic facilities, tourism and entertainment facilities, affordable housing, and other improvements or expenditures that promote new or expanded business activity that create or retain primary jobs.

    • Projects designed to attract new military missions.

Incentives can take the form of reimbursement for infrastructure improvements, cash bonuses for capital improvements, bonuses for job creation, assistance with job training, payments in place of tax abatements, and loan guarantees.

State Incentives

Texas invests in its future by offering competitive incentives to companies who are creating jobs and driving innovation.  

  • The Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) is the largest “deal-closing” fund of its kind in the nation. The fund is used as a final incentive tool for projects that offer significant projected job creation and capital investment and where a single Texas site is competing with another viable out-of-state option.

  • The Skills Development Fund assists Texas public community and technical colleges in funding customized job training for their local businesses. Grants are provided to help companies and labor unions form partnerships with local community colleges and technical schools to provide custom job training.

  • The Texas Workforce Commission, in conjunction with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism, provides access to a team of highly skilled professional who provide technical assistance, at no charge, to help streamline the development of projects and proposals.

    For further details on these incentives and many more offered by the State of Texas, please visit: businessintexas.com/

  • The Texas Enterprise Zone Program is an economic development tool for local communities to partner with the State of Texas to promote job creation and significant private investment that will assist economically distressed areas of the state.