On the Big City Small Town podcast, Jenna Saucedo-Herrera explains how equipment manufacturer JCB chose San Antonio for its workforce.
JCB, a British-based manufacturer of industrial equipment, plans to build a manufacturing facility on San Antonio's South Side, one of the significant foreign investments pointed to by Greater:SATX.Jenna Saucedo-Herrera offered an illuminating anecdote to describe how JCB, the Great Britain-based heavy equipment manufacturer, chose San Antonio to locate its latest plant.Success! You're on the list.
He told her that Toyota wasn’t getting the support it needed on workforce development, Saucedo-Herrera said. To sustain the operation, she said he told her, “we need your help.” Saucedo-Herrera talked about the work her team is doing to spur economic development not just in San Antonio and Bexar County, but also in the nascent “megaregion” that includes not just Austin but Mexico.
The second half of the episode features Royall, who described the role of San Antonio’s tiny-but-mightyRoyall described thethe team created based on input from communities across San Antonio. Since her episode aired last July, the Smart Cities team has won two major national awards, the IDC North American Awards and the Tech Connect Smart 20 Award.
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