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Fort Worth Corporate & Professional Operations

A top-tier business center for successful companies

Dallas/Fort Worth has the 4th highest concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters in the United States and subsequently is renowned for its pro-business culture, transportation infrastructure, highly skilled workforce, low cost of living and quality of life. The region's central location in the United States and proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ? the 4th busiest in the world ? make Fort Worth a gateway city to the world.

Fort Worth is open for business Fort Worth's reputation as an ideal place to live and work is attractive for companies looking to establish corporate and regional headquarters or expand their existing businesses and operations. Globally recognized companies such as Alcon Laboratories, American Airlines, Bell Helicopter, BNSF Railway, Pier 1 Imports, D.R. Horton and RadioShack are just some of the industry leaders with corporate headquarters in Fort Worth. A wide array of other renowned businesses in telecommunications, life sciences, logistics and distribution, aerospace and defense, professional services, energy and manufacturing also operate in Fort Worth.

Talented and accessible work-ready labor keeps businesses thriving The workforce in North Texas represents one of the most educated talent pools in the country. The region benefits from more than 60 colleges and universities, with a combined enrollment exceeding 325,000 students, graduating in excess of 35,000 annually. There are more than 850,000 individuals with a bachelor's degree and nearly 400,000 with a graduate or professional degree in the North Texas region.*

*Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2011

Fort Worth's Corporate and Professional Operations Leaders

Acme Brick Alcon Laboratories (a division of Novartis) Allied Electronics AMR/American Airlines Bell Helicopter Textron Ben E. Keith BNSF Railway Company Cash America International Daimler Financial Services D.R. Horton DynCorp International Fidelity Investments Freese and Nichols, Inc. General Motors Financial Company, Inc. Healthpoint Biotherapeutics Jacobs Engineering Justin Brands Pier 1 Imports RadioShack TTI, Inc. Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing

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Incentives: Paving the way for business growth

The City of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Tarrant County, Tarrant County College and Workforce Solutions work collaboratively to identify financial incentives to support businesses relocating or expanding in the Fort Worth area.

The State of Texas offers incentive programs that are discretionary and based heavily on the number and types of jobs created as well as the amount of investment.

? The Texas Enterprise Fund is used primarily to attract new business to the state or assist with the substantial expansion of an existing business as part of competitive recruitment; it is the largest "deal closing" fund of its kind in the nation.

? The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is designed to help Texas create jobs and grow the economy over the long-term by expediting the development and commercialization of new technologies and attracting and creating jobs in technology fields that will propel us through the 21st century and beyond.

? 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 capital investment in the state. This program offers businesses a state sales and use tax refund on qualified expenditures made at the business site.

Additional incentive opportunities include:

? Property tax abatements ? In-transit inventory exemptions

(Triple Freeport) ? Workforce training funds ? Foreign Trade Zones ? Customs Port of Entry

Notable Facts:

? Fort Worth is home to more than 30,000 companies, including three FORTUNE 500 corporate headquarters.

? The world's largest Foreign Trade Zone in terms of the value of goods processed, the Alliance Global Logistics Hub, is located in north Fort Worth.

? The cost of living in the region is approximately 10 percent lower than the national average.

? The Dallas/Fort Worth area has the 4th highest concentration of FORTUNE 500 headquarters in the United States.

? Texas ranks third among states with the most FORTUNE 500 headquarters with a total of 51. New York has 57 and California has 53.

"Fort Worth is a top-tier business center. It has the basic assets companies need for long-term success. That begins with a business-friendly environment in a pro-business state. Fort Worth is also home to a large, talented labor pool, a favorable cost of living and strong transportation infrastructure that provide easy access to national and international markets by rail, highway and air."

Matt Rose - Chairman and CEO, BNSF Railway Company

For more information, contact: Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce P: 817.338.3392 E: EcoDev@

To find out more about why Fort Worth is a great place to live and work, visit eco/.

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