The College of Business\nAdministration hosted its ninth annual economic forum which focuses on a study\nof the economic conditions in Kleberg, McCulloch and Zapata counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was held from 11:30 a.m. to\n1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Grand Ballrooms of the Student Memorial\nBuilding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These three Texas counties all\nhave a similar oil well count. The host for this year was Christi Craddick with\nthe Railroad Commission of Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoads are important, pipelines\nare important and rails are important,\u201d Craddick said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citizens drive on these roads\nand marketing the ports are going to increase infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Thomas Krueger with the\nCollege of Business Administration presented three primary components which\nincluded demographic aspects, economic conditions and the economic survey. Each\ncomponent was introduced in question and answer format with five main\nquestions. The first component, the demographic aspect, determines the county\u2019s\npopulations, age distributions, ethnicities, education levels and housing\nstatistics. The second component, the economic conditions, studied the county\u2019s\ncost of living, the poverty wage and minimum wage. The final component includes\npersonnel, Kleberg County and United States\u2019 economic health over the coming\nyear. It also gave the perspective of Texas A&M University- Kingsville\u2019s\nsupport of business for the last nine years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe economic forum brings\ntogether business managers, political leaders and university personnel to\nevaluate the current economic conditions and plan for the future,\u201d Dr. Krueger\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bringing managers, political\nleaders and students together was a huge part of the survey in determining the\ndemographic and economic conditions of Kleberg County and in Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt opens your eyes to exactly\nwhat kind of opportunities are out there whenever you graduate or just while\nyou\u2019re here in school and the type of work you want to be in,\u201d Sarahi Vasquez,\nmarketing major student, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This annual event brings to\nlight different types of information and insight on the economic background of\nKleberg County, and the importance of the oil and gas industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Krueger ended with more\ninsight and the purpose of the Economic Forum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis economic forum is just\ndesigned to help you understand a little bit about what\u2019s going on in terms of\nthe demographics, the economics and what people are seeing, their biggest\nconcerns, how they spend money, where they see the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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