经济发展
Greater Houston Partnership Recognized Among Site Selection Magazine’s Top Groups
5/3/24
The Greater Houston Partnership has been awarded Site Selection Magazine’s Mac Conway Award for Excellence in 经济发展 for its outstanding regional economic development performance in 2023.
Widely considered to be the gold standard recognition for regions from the industry’s top trade publication, the award is based on the following criteria:
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Total investment associated with those corporate facility projects
Total jobs associated with those corporate facility projects
Per capita calculations of those same three metrics
"Receiving the Mac Conway Award for Excellence in 经济发展 is not just a recognition of our region’s achievements; it's a testament to our commitment to creating opportunity in Houston,史蒂夫·基恩说, President and CEO at the Partnership. “It’s a team effort here in Houston, and we are delighted to work with our partner economic development groups across the region to tell the world about Houston and attract new jobs and investment to our community.”
This is the Partnership’s first win since 2021 and 15th time winning the award. The Partnership previously received honorable mentions in 2007, 2016年和2017年, bringing the Partnership’s total number of appearances in Site Selection’s top group rankings to 18 since its inception in 1989.
“I am very proud of our organization's recognition of the prestigious Mac Conway Award for Excellence,克雷格·罗兹说, Senior Vice President of 经济发展 at the Partnership. “It's a testament to the collaborative efforts with our partners across the 12-county region, and it motivates our team to continue our mission of driving inclusive prosperity and creating meaningful opportunities for all."
Following major economic development wins in 2023, the greater Houston region has gotten off to a strong start in the first quarter of 2024, with 139 new business announcements identified.
A total of 40 businesses established new facilities in the Houston area while 97 projects were an expansion of existing Houston-area facilities. Manufacturing accounted for 32 percent of the announcements, 与专业, scientific and technical services ranking second (17 percent).
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