Industry: Distribution

Market: National

Of Note: Sherwin-Williams will spend at least $20 million adding 200,000 square feet of space to the distribution center it opened locally in 2018. Sherwin-Williams spent $39 million to build its current 615,000-square-foot facility on Aviation Parkway, having outgrown its leased space on Texas Central Parkway. Read more.

Industry: Manufacturing

Market: National

Of Note: Howmet Fastening Systems plans to invest $9.2 million in its Waco facility with the installation of new Blind Cell machinery and a new Electroplating Line. This expansion will add 17 new jobs, resulting in a total of 504 full-time employees at the facility. Read more.

Industry: Manufacturing

Market: National

Of Note: Alcom Trailers has expanded operations to Waco's Texas Central Park for its fifth manufacturing site. The company produces high-quality aluminum trailers used for vehicles. The operation absorbed over 130,000 square feet of existing space on Imperial Drive. The company has already hired 80 employees, with plans to expand up to 150. Read more.

Industry: Healthcare

Market: Regional

Of Note: Waco Family Medicine broke ground on a $61 million central facility. This expansion will continue Waco Family Medicine's mission to provide patient care regardless of income or insurance status. The new facility will include examination and treatment rooms, offices, dental service rooms, a teaching kitchen, a fitness center, a covered portico space, and a community garden. Read more.

Understanding that talent and workforce remains one of the greatest challenges facing our business community, the Greater Waco Chamber has developed and launched inWaco, a targeted, national-in-scope digital talent recruitment initiative seeking to attract allied health professionals, engineers, and industrial technicians to our marketplace. The initiative also features the introduction of a new inWaco companion website that powerfully portrays our community’s outstanding quality of life. The initiative is underwritten by your Chamber, the City of Waco, McLennan County, and the private sector.

Texas State Technical College (TSTC) and The TSTC Foundation, along with McLennan County, the City of Waco, and the Waco Industrial Foundation, are partnering to create the Central Texas Industrial Training Center to produce workers needed for technical fields.

“Economic development is a team sport,” said Waco City Manager Bradley Ford. “We need local government, businesses, and education partners to work together to be fully successful. The experience we have in this project proves being collaborative brings people closer together to solve problems that we could not solve on our own.” Read more.

(Waco Tribune) Hundreds of athletes, family members and volunteers gathered at Brazos Park East Sunday for the inaugural Waco Rowing Regatta hosted by the Waco Rowing Center. The 5000-meter head race brought in about 300 entries to test the skill of athletes of a variety of ages. … Read more.

(KWTX) The Greater Waco Sports Commission is helping five athletes overcome financial, mental and physical barriers to participate in this weekend’s IRONMAN Waco...Read More.

(Waco Tribune) The Texas Legislature will convene Jan. 10, and lawmakers will start deliberations enjoying a nearly $30 billion budget surplus. But Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday he still dreads delivering his session-opening report......Read More.

(Dallas Business Journal) The filing details an estimated $7 million renovation and alteration will begin in January 2023 at 228 S. 8th St. in Waco and is slated for completion in July 2023...Read More.

(Waco Tribune) Sharp-eyed visitors to the Mayborn Museum may soon notice an addition to the museum’s signs: a subtitle identifying the museum as a Smithsonian Affiliate. It is an addition that brings pride to the museum’s staff and supporters, a seal of approval that only 12 other Texas museums carry...Read More.