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Economic Development / February 24, 2025
Apple’s Major Investment Cements Houston as a Leading U.S. Manufacturing and Tech Hub
Like every city, Houston experiences setbacks. The difference is Houston doesn’t dwell on them. It adapts, rebuilds and always comes back stronger. That’s exactly what the region is doing with biotech, an emerging sector where Houston is determined to lead.
Life Sciences / April 28, 2025
From Setback to Strategy: How San Jacinto College and Generation Park are Building Houston’s Biotech Workforce
Living In Houston / September 30, 2024
Exploring Houston: A Guide to the Eclectic Montrose Neighborhood
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Energy | December 12, 2022
How NRG is Preparing for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
NRG is North America’s leading integrated power, gas, and home services company, serving roughly six million customers across the US and Canada. In 2021, NRG consolidated its corporate headquarters to Houston. Currently, NRG’s largest employee base, more than 3,000 is located in the greater Houston region.
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Membership | December 12, 2022
Rise to the Top: Esi Akinosho of Ernst & Young
In this episode of the Partnership's Rise to the Top podcast, we talk with Esi Akinosho, Houston office Managing Principal with Ernst & Young. Esi is an accomplished risk executive with more than 30 years in the industry, helping global clients across a diverse range of sectors with their Risk management needs.
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Living in Houston | December 9, 2022
Uniquely Houston Holiday Gift Ideas
What do you get the Houstonian who has everything? If your friend or family member isn’t being cooperative with a wish list and you hate the impersonality of gift cards, here are a few outside-the-box suggestions to help wrap up your holiday shopping.
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Membership | December 8, 2022
Partnership Members Making News – November
The Greater Houston Partnership celebrates our members making important announcements and sharing news about their operations and impact in our community. Learn more about some of those announcements over the last month below.
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Economic Development | December 8, 2022
Houston Outperforms Texas Peers in New Global Ranking
A new report is reinforcing why Houston is a great global city after it ranked No. 42 globally, beating Dallas and Austin, and ranked No. 1 in Texas. Resonance Consulting recently released its 2023 World’s Best Cities Report, ranking the top 100 cities with metro populations of more than one million based on a city’s performance across 24 areas, including education, quality of life, infrastructure and investment.
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Economy | December 6, 2022
Bayou Business Download: The Recovery of the Oil Market and the Houston Job Surge
In this episode we discuss the oil market and what the resurgence of drilling activity means for the sector here in Houston. We also look at the latest metro Houston job figures from the Texas Workforce Commission and why they seem just too good to be true. We're joined once again by Partnership Senior Vice President of Research Patrick Jankowski.
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Living in Houston | December 5, 2022
Downtown Houston’s Newest Park Increases Green Space Access
The official opening of downtown Houston’s newest park will mark a key milestone in the ongoing effort to improve the city’s prime commercial district – everyone living downtown will be within walking distance of a park.
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Education | December 1, 2022
UH’s Khator Discusses New Challenges and Big Achievements During State of Education
Meeting the needs of a new generation of students while preparing them for a competitive and evolving workforce are just a few of the challenges discussed during the Partnership’s fourth annual State of Education event this week.
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November 30, 2022
Houstonians Approve Big Infrastructure Spending
Texans, including Houstonians, aren’t shying away from big spending on infrastructure projects. During the November midterm elections voters in Texas approved more than $35 billion of borrowing for infrastructure projects, according to an analysis by the Houston Chronicle.
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October 24, 2022
$1M Gift to Fund Manufacturing Lab in Sugar Land
A major gift will help fund a University of Houston manufacturing laboratory in Sugar Land aimed at assisting emerging businesses. University of Houston alumnus and entrepreneur Brij Agrawal and his…
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Public Policy | October 7, 2022
New Partnership Members in September
The Greater Houston Partnership welcomed 24 new member companies in the month of September. The Partnership works to connect companies with resources, information and networking opportunities to help…
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Public Policy | October 6, 2022
Partnership Urges Advancement of Coastal Spine Project for a More Resilient Houston
In late September, the Greater Houston Partnership, in collaboration with the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD), coordinated a trip to Washington D.C., to educate on the importance of the Coastal…
