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By Angie Bertinot, Economic Development & Tourism Marketing Manager
College Station is growing — new businesses, new development, and new opportunities. But growth works best when it reflects what the community wants.
That’s the vision behind Shape College Station, a quarterly survey that gives residents a direct say in our city’s future. Each quarter, Shape College Station invites residents to take a short survey.
In this round, we’re asking a simple question: What restaurant brand would you like to see in College Station next? It takes less than a minute to weigh in, but your feedback plays a real role in behind-the-scenes conversations with future businesses.
Why Your Input Matters
College Station’s growth isn’t accidental — it’s intentional. Grow College Station, the City’s economic development team, works to drive long-term economic diversification by attracting new employers, supporting local business expansion, strengthening workforce pipelines, and aligning community leaders around a shared vision.
Listening to you is vital to that work. When we talk with site selectors, developers, and business leaders to showcase why College Station is the right place for their next investment, your feedback gives us real, up-to-date data straight from the community. Shape College Station gives us real, current data straight from the community.
College Station’s strength has always been a combination of steady roots and forward momentum, anchored by a university-powered talent pipeline, expanding healthcare, biotech, and innovation sectors, and a hospitality-driven culture that welcomes new people and ideas.
Shape College Station helps ensure our continued growth stays purposeful and reflects the people who call this city home.
About the Blogger
Angie Bertinot is in her second year as the City’s economic development and tourism marketing manager. She came to College Station after a quarter century in high-level marketing positions in the Houston area. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.
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