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Ready to get started with your project? Kilgore EDC is here to provide assistance to establish, expand or relocate your business in Kilgore. Call or email us. Our team will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Because there is nothing better than working with great people!

Address
1001 Synergy Blvd, Suite 100
Kilgore, TX 75662

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Phone
903.983.3522

Fax
903.984.2746

Public Records Request

All requests for public information must be submitted in writing. Please describe the information you are requesting, including document titles and dates if available.

You may submit a written request for information in person or via email to smoore@kilgore-edc.com, fax to 903-984-2746, or regular mail to the following address:

Kilgore Economic Development Corporation
c/o Stephanie Moore
1001 Synergy Blvd.
Suite 100
Kilgore, TX 75662

Meet Our Staff

Ready to get started with your project? Kilgore EDC is here to provide assistance to establish, expand or relocate your business in Kilgore. Call or email us. Our team will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Because there is nothing better than working with great people!

Address
1001 Synergy Blvd, Suite 100
Kilgore, TX 75662

View Map on Google

Phone
903.983.3522

Fax
903.984.2746

Public Records Request

All requests for public information must be submitted in writing. Please describe the information you are requesting, including document titles and dates if available.

You may submit a written request for information in person or via email to smoore@kilgore-edc.com, fax to 903-984-2746, or regular mail to the following address:

Kilgore Economic Development Corporation
c/o Stephanie Moore
1001 Synergy Blvd.
Suite 100
Kilgore, TX 75662

Meet Our Staff

Lisa Denton MEDP, EDFP, PCED
Executive Director

903 983 3522 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Lisa Denton MEDP, EDFP, PCED

Lisa Denton is the Executive Director for the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation in Kilgore, Texas. Having served in this position since August 2021, she oversees all aspects of economic development for the city, including primary employer retention and expansion, recruitment, marketing, property development and sales, budgeting, project finance and incentives and property management.

Ms. Denton is a graduate of the Advanced Economic Development Leadership Program where she earned her Master Practitioner credential (MEDP) through Clemson University, Texas Christian University, University of Alabama and University of Southern Mississippi. She has also earned her Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) Certification through the National Development Council, as well as Professional Community and Economic Developer (PCED) certification through the Community Development Institute at Lone Star College in The Woodlands. She is certified as a Business Retention and Expansion Professional (BREP) through Business Retention & Expansion International. She attended the Basic Economic Development Course at Texas A & M.

Before coming home to Kilgore, Ms. Denton served as Executive Director for both Palestine Economic Development Corporation and Athens Economic Development Corporation. She began her economic development career in Kilgore, TX, where she held the position of Assistant Director for KEDC for 10+ years.

Ms. Denton has been a member of, and held positions with, several organizations, including:

Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC)-Board Member 2023-current; 2017-2021, Executive Committee 2023-current, Workforce Committee 2015-current; Committee Co-Chair 2023-current, PAC Committee Co-Chair 2017, Budget Committee 2018, Nominating Committee 2019, 2022, Certified Texas Economic Developer Committee 2023-current
East Texas Economic Development District (ETEDD) Board Member 2018-current
East Texas Regional Development Company-Board Member 2014-current
Northeast Texas Economic Developers Roundtable (NETEDR)-President 2010-2011
Marketing/Communications Committee Chair 2007-2010
I-20 Corridor Marketing Association-President 2015-2019, Vice-President 2021-current
Northeast Texas Economic Alliance Marketing Association (NETEA)
International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC)- College of Fellows 2019
Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC)
Team Texas State Marketing Association- Advisory Board Member 2022-2023
Business Retention & Expansion International (BREI)-President 2012-2013, President-Elect
2011-2012, Board Member 2009-2011, Marketing/Communications Committee Chair 2008-2010;
State Chair 2007-2010
Kilgore Chamber of Commerce-Ex-Officio Board Member 2021-current
Leadership Kilgore Graduate 2007
Kilgore College Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Technology Council (AMIT) 2021-current
Kilgore College Workforce Development Advisory Committee-Chair 2008-2014
Kilgore College Process Technology Advisory Committee
Kilgore ISD Career & Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Committee
Kilgore Boys & Girls Club Founding Council Member 2008-2011

Lisa Denton MEDP, EDFP, PCED
Executive Director
PHONE: 903 983 3522