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The Texas Film Commission has designated Huntsville as a Film Friendly Texas Community.
The city earned the designation by completing the certification process and multi-step training that helps the local economy and open jobs while promoting the state as a prime destination for television, commercial, animation, video game production and film.
“I congratulate the city of Huntsville on earning the Film Friendly Texas designation,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a release. “As our focus is on safely and strategically reopening and revitalizing all aspects of the Lone Star State — work, school, entertainment and culture — Texas is committed to working alongside our communities to ensure they have the knowledge and tools needed. Through the Film Friendly Texas training and certification process, communities large and small are readied to help match local businesses with production-related needs, creating jobs for Texas-based crew members and local residents as well as spurring on-site spending at local small businesses. And I am proud of all that the Texas Film Commission has accomplished in helping communities like Huntsville begin to open their economy."
From 2007-19, the commission has attracted $1.5 billion in spending and helped open more than 154,000 new production jobs in the Office of the Governor’s Economic Development and Tourism Division.
Huntsville now joins more than 140 Film Friendly Texas communities that are receiving guidance and training from the Texas Film Commission. Information on Film Friendly Texas is available online.
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