Why Hondo?
An exceptional place to do business!

Available land suitable for residential and commercial development!

• Low city taxes
• Reasonable labor rates
• Workforce training
• Accessibility to major highway system
• Existing rail/future rail spur planned
• Proximity to San Antonio major metropolitan area
  and associated business amenities. (San Antonio is the Nation’s 9th largest City and site of the newly announced Toyota Assembly Plant.)
• Exceptional quality of life!

Access: U.S. 90 & State Highway 173. The State of Texas has identified Highway 90 and Highway 173 as important growth and strategic transportation mobility corridors for South Central Texas.

Local Taxes (per hundred-dollar valuation)

• City Property Tax Rate: $0.3939
• Medina County: $0.5486
• Medina County FM/Lateral Road: $0.0764
• Medina County Groundwater
  Conservation District: $0.0085
• Independent School District Tax Rate: $1.46
• Homestead Exemption
• Economic Development Sales Tax

Background

In February 2004, the citizens of Hondo approved a 4B ½ cent sales tax to fund economic development initiatives. The city’s sales tax rate increased from 7.75% to 8.25%, effective in September 2004.

City Council appointed the City of Hondo Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), which is composed of (1)City Councilmember, (1)member of the Medina County Appraisal District, and (5) local business owners who are also residents of Hondo.

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