Opportunities

When you do business in the Horizon Communities / El Paso area, you can take advantage of:

  • A young, skilled, highly trainable, bilingual workforce

  • A strategic location, with access to an extensive air, rail, and truck transportation network

  • A multitude of international and domestic business support services

  • Access to capital and the latest technology, including an active Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) fiber optics telecommunications infrastructure

  • Higher education and training schools, including the University of Texas at El Paso, the Advanced Technology Center at El Paso Community College, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

  • A Right-to-Work state with low unionization, just 6% in El Paso

  • One of the lowest state franchise taxes in the U.S., no state income tax, Enterprise Zone tax incentives, tax abatement programs, Foreign Trade Zones, and waivers on sales and use taxes on manufacturing equipment (Freeport Exemption is available in our school districts)

 

Find Out More

More detailed information on business opportunities and the El Paso region is available upon request. Amongst other things, you can download graphic and marketing tools. Further information is available at: El Paso Chamber of Commerce or contact Horizon Communities.