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BlueCareer: Empowering Skilled Trades in PflugervilleThe recent coverage of our BlueCareer resource by KXAN News highlights the incredible impact BlueCareer is making by providing essential resources for individuals pursuing careers in skilled trades.In partnership with the Pflugerville Public Library, BlueCareer is a valuable tool designed to support career development in...
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The Critical Connection
Jul 8 2024How a Texas community's vision is giving new meaning to the quality of life.By Alexis ElmorePflugerville’s story is one of humble beginnings. Today, the city is looking to write a new chapter in what quality of life means to a fast-growing community.Nearly 100 years ago, the city was home to...
On the road to save lives and build careers
Jan 15 2024Career prep goes mobile in Pflugerville high schools. by RON STARNER An innovative workforce development program in Pflugerville, an Austin, Texas, suburb of 70,000 people, turns high school students into emergency medical technicians (EMTs), saves lives and equips the workforce of tomorrow with marketable skills.High school students in the Pflugerville Independent School...
From Farm to Fab
Jul 5 2023Tollway opens Pflugerville to mega-projects and more.
by RON STARNER
Telling the story of Pflugerville, Texas, is what John Garrett does best.
He is so sold on this booming northeast Austin suburb of 75,000 people that he has built an entire business around it. This media entrepreneur...
The bright lights of the film and TV business are shining on this Austin suburb.
by RON STARNER
What do the films and TV shows Transformers, American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Newton Boys, Walker Texas Ranger, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas have in common?...
How One Texas City Built a Workforce Ecosystem During the Pandemic.
by RON STARNER
The global pandemic and corresponding recession forced companies and communities to devise new ways to connect people and work. In Pflugerville, Texas, the Pflugerville Community Development Corp. was the catalyst...
Entrepreneurs Pfind Pflugerville
by RON STARNER
Ever heard of a nationwide media empire being launched in the game room of a single-family house? You would have if you’ve been following the economic development success story that is Pflugerville, Texas.
How this Austin...
How an upstart Austin suburb became a magnet for additive manufacturing.
by RON STARNER
When EOS opened its North American headquarters on May 4, 2016, in Pflugerville, Texas, the global additive manufacturing leader did more than stamp its endorsement on the Capital Region of...
