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Champion Arlington
What is Champion Arlington?
Champion Arlington is our plan for economic success. It involves
stronger partnerships and collaborative opportunities with the
Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the business community,
neighborhood organizations, agencies and city departments.
It allows us to work together for the progressive change we
need to attain sustainable economic prosperity. Together, we
are working to identify new ways to assemble community
resources and talents so that everyone who lives and works

Champions for Success
Let us champion your business.
Like many first-tier suburbs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex,
Arlington is entering a stage of maturity where buildout
is beginning to limit our city’s capacity for growth and
development. Our tax base is supported primarily through

in Arlington has a stake in ensuring that our economy remains
strong and vibrant.
How do we know it is working?
We are successful when the number of new construction and
redevelopment projects in our city increases. We are successful
when land use is economically appropriate and viable.

tourism, property taxes and retail sales. Identifying new ways
to expand and diversify the tax base is critical to maintaining
quality of life.

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Our economic success starts with a renewed focus on the kind
of customer service spirit that creates consumer spending
and quality investment in our community. It continues with
job creation and quality of life that attracts new residents and
businesses. Champion Arlington is our strategy for growing
local economic success.

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