Growth in Seguin equals more job, retail opportunities

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Cindy Aguirre

(Seguin) – New retailers and job creation are often the top stats used to analyze growth in a community.

Today, the Seguin Daily News wraps up its three-part series on the evidence of growth in Seguin by taking a closer look at retail prospects and the creation of more jobs in 2024.

Continuing to shed light on the behind-the-scenes work of retail recruitment is Josh Schneuker, the executive director of the Seguin Economic Development Director.

“You kind of look at the existing land space and I think the one thing that has worked in our favor is the fact that the existing retail spaces over by the HEB and Walmart, we’ve seen so much interest from the retailers out there and those spaces being filled. What that does for us, it validates the market to the other retailers that we have been courting for several years now. They see big brand name retailers like Boot Barn and Ross and Marshals come into the Seguin market and that peaks other retailers’ interest and they say ‘hey, if they are going to come in and they are going to be successful here, we can do it too,” said Schneuker.

Although cities are often tight lipped when it comes to retail recruitment and negotiations, Schneuker believes 2024 will be a prosperous year for retail announcements.

“I can’t announce anything new, but I can tell you, we have several retail projects that we are working in the background right now. That should add in some cases over 100,000 square feet of new retail to Seguin. We are working with retailers that we know our community has long wanted and these retailers are now wanting to be in Seguin. I think that as we continue to go through 2024, I am confident that we are going to have some very exciting announcements to make before the year is up and it’s going to be I think a great year for retail in Seguin and we are going to continue to diversify what we have and expand those retail and entertainment options for our residents,” said Schneuker.

Schneuker says the remainder of this year will also welcome a handful of new manufacturing opportunities. He says the city’s skilled workforce and talent pool helps to keep Seguin competitive making it a destination for large companies.

“2024 will not only in my opinion be a big year for expanded retail growth in Seguin but we are going to see a lot of these manufacturing facilities that have been under construction start to come online and that’s going to be more job opportunities for our residents. So, Maruichi (Stainless Tube Texas Corporation) is pretty much about 95 percent of the way through with their construction. Premium Waters is anticipated to open up later in 2024. Aceroteca (Metals) is pretty much finished up with their actual physical construction and are just gearing up from the business side of things of commencing operations at their facilities so all of these projects that we have been working on in the background and we continue to support as well as they move through construction and move towards becoming operational – that is all going to start to take place here in 2024 so it’s really exciting for those new companies and we are really excited to grow that relationship with them and support their needs for years to come,” said Schneuker.

The city’s population has experienced a significant increase over the last 10 years. The city’s population alone since 2020 has grown 13.5 percent. According to officials, the city of Seguin is one of the fastest growing communities in the state and shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. City leaders say they will continue to roll out their plans – plans that they, again, say were started years ago to ensure smart and responsible growth.

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