Published: March 26, 2008 11:49 am            

Economic development director named

San Marcos — The San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce has named Amy Madison, formerly of the cities of Schertz and Leon Valley, as the new director for Economic Development - San Marcos.

“We are excited to have Amy join our economic development team to carry on the excellent leadership of our EDSM board and former director Kim Moore and interim director Stephanie Garcia” Mayor Susan Narvaiz said. “Economic development is not only an extremely high priority of the City Council, but also of our citizens who have designated economic development and job creation as vital goals for the future of our city.”

Garcia, who has served as interim director since November, will pass the baton to Madison in early April.

“We interviewed numerous well qualified candidates from all over the country for this position” said Phyllis Snodgrass, president of the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, contract administrator for the Economic Development San Marcos Program. “We were delighted to have such a talented pool of applicants to choose from and extremely pleased to have Amy join our team.”

“Amy's experience in economic development, her strategic thinking, regional contacts and impressive work ethic made her the most dynamic candidate. We are thrilled to have someone of Amy's caliber join the San Marcos team and can't wait to work with her to continue the amazing economic expansion currently underway in this community” board Chairman Bruce Tifft said.

“I look forward to building on the tremendous progress that has already been made in positioning San Marcos as a dynamic force in Economic Development in the Austin-San Antonio corridor” Madison said. “We will continue to strengthen our business retention and recruitment efforts.”

        

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