During the March 2018 meeting of the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development’s Board of Directors, the group unanimously voted to change its name to Grow Hays.
The change in name to Grow Hays is one of several changes associated with the organization’s ongoing evolution and rebranding effort.
Long known for its efforts to promote a robust local economy through business creation, retention/expansion and recruitment, Grow Hays has offered support toward numerous community successes. A few recent projects include the arrival of Hobby Lobby, a soon to be constructed convention center, development of innovative job training initiatives, and BriefSpace, a co-working space. Grow Hays also reduced the size of its governing board from 23 to 13 members, with the stipulation that the communities of Ellis, Hays and Victoria will be represented by at least one voting member.
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