Pflugerville Economic Development Arm Wins Award For Amazon Site

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — Pflugerville Community Development Corporation has been awarded the 2021 Community Impact Award from Trade and Industry Development Magazine for recruitment of the Amazon bulk fulfillment center, officials said Thursday.

The Amazon site is a 3.8-million-square-foot facility creating 1,000 jobs to the community and $250 million in capital investment, officials said. The site is expected to open by August 2021.

“This is the first time Pflugerville has received this distinguished award, and we are honored to be recognized by Trade and Industry as having one of the top projects in the country,” said Amy Madison, the executive director of Pflugerville Community Development Corp. “The decision Amazon made to locate in our community has already had a profound impact this year and will continue to provide benefits far into the future.”

For the past 15 years, Trade and Industry Development Magazine has recognized key projects throughout the country with Community Impact Award honors — colloquially knowns at the CiCi Awards — in showcasing projects making an extensive capital investment or community impact in the communities where they locate.

Due to COVID-19, this year the 2021 CiCi Awards were expanded to include 30 winning nationwide projects announced in 2019 and 2020. Seven of the projects were in Texas — two of them in Travis County. Besides the Amazon project in Pflugerville, the Tesla Gigafactory Project in Del Valle, located just 20 miles south of Pflugerville, received the Corporate Investment Award.

Trade & Industry Development serves executives within specific vertical industries with a mission to help companies perpetuate success by providing clear and crucial insight into the challenge of site selection and facility planning.

By working with thought leaders and experts in various fields, Trade & Industry Development provides actionable content that is both innovative and forward-looking, officials said. "We are committed to being a valuable and trusted partner for C-suite executives, corporate real estate professionals and site consultants, enabling them to make the best possible decisions – for themselves, their companies and their shareholders," officials said.

Due North Media provides the business publication, as well as a comprehensive online portal, tradeandindustrydev.com.

For its part, Pflugerville Community Development Corp. is tasked with luring, retaining, and expanding businesses to create jobs and increase tax revenue in furthering community development. The economic development agency can provide funding for use as an incentive for companies locating and growing in Pflugerville. The corporation's funds — which are 4B money generated from a half-cent of the city’s sales tax revenue — also can be used to construct needed infrastructure such as roads, utilities and drainage, as well as the development of parks and recreation projects.

More information is available on the Pflugerville Community Development Corp. website.