We are committed to attracting and strengthening local business enterprise, to provide products and services for our citizens, encourage job creation, and to promote and facilitate a cohesive commercial and residential development plan. Learn about our current Initiatives.
- Attract & Strengthen Local Business Enterprise: To provide incentives, technical training, and funding to attract and strengthen local businesses.
- Provide Products & Services for Our Citizens: To strategically solicit businesses that provide direct services and products to our citizens to improve quality of life.
- Encourage Job Creation: To provide incentives and training to businesses that create employment to improve the local economy.
- Commercial & Residential Development Plan: To provide a comprehensive plan to revitalize our downtown area and develop new residential, industrial, and retail infrastructures to encourage economic growth.
The Vision of the Rice Economic Development Corporation is to see continual economic growth for our residents and businesses.
The Rice EDC receives annual revenue as a result of the Type B city sales tax. Type B sales tax is intended to give communities an opportunity to undertake a project for quality of life improvements, including economic development that will attract and retain primary employers. Cities may use money raised by this sales tax for a wide variety of projects including land, buildings, equipment, facilities expenditures and improvements.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Population in a 10 mile radius 31, 810 (ESRI 05/2024)
- 57,000+ vehicles on I-45 in the Rice City Limits each day
- Rice ISD is an B-rated school district serving 960+ students from Pre-K to 12th grade.
Board Members:
Brandi Solomon, President
Donna Gipson, Vice President
Rolando Chapa, Secretary
Sarah Farley
Archa Cassel
Tristine Slayton
BYLAWS OF THE RICE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
All meetings are held at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers at Rice City Hall – 305 N Dallas St., Rice, Texas 75155. A record of meeting minutes can be found at the end of each agenda packet.
2026 Meeting Schedule
- January 12 (Special Meeting)
- February 23
- March 23
- April 27
- May 25
- June 22
- July 27
- August 24
- September 28
- October 26
- November 16
- December 14