Vision SMTX Appendix Adopted 2024

APPENDIX D: POLICY BASELINE AND DEVELOPMENT

and mobility, quality of place, resiliency, and so on. The resulting Strategy includes actions and tactics designed to address challenges, capitalize on opportunities, and advance the region and its distinct communities, residents, and businesses forward to a new period of heightened competitiveness and prosperity, and, where appropriate, worked to integrate some of the emerging, though still uncertain, implications of COVID-19. The following are regional assessment key findings: · A top destination for residents · The greater San Marcos region continues to grow rapidly. Factors that attribute to this include population growth in Texas and the state’s los cost business environment and abundant job creation. · Quality of life and place · Features and items that promote a good quality of life and place include the San Marcos River, social offerings, safety, and family recreation. Mobility and housing affordability were items that needed more focus and improvements. · Regional talent and community patterns · While the educational attainment rate is growing, data shows that many residents are not working in the region. This demonstrates that the region is not yet a major job center. · Economic growth and target sector performance · Wages in the Greater San Marcos region have roughly the same pace as national wage growth even though jobs have been growing rapidly. Job sectors that saw growth include business service and support, destination attraction, IT, life sciences, materials sciences, regional distribution. · Planning for quality growth and development: Business climate factors · Greater San Marcos needs the necessary infrastructure to support knowledge-based jobs as well as maximizing the economic impact of the regional airport.

SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024

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