经济发展
大休斯顿伙伴关系获得2024年经济发展卓越奖
8/28/24
大休斯顿伙伴关系获得国际经济发展理事会(IEDC)颁发的2024年卓越经济发展铜奖. 该奖项是专门为500个地区在区域或跨境伙伴关系方面的工作而颁发的,000或以上居民.
The strategy formed in partnership with regional allies, as elaborated in the regional playbook, 旨在通过促进利益相关者之间的合作和协调,促进大休斯顿地区的区域经济发展. 这包括为休斯顿区域经济发展联盟(HREDA)创建一个框架,以最大限度地参与和支持.
成立于2006年, HREDA由经济发展组织和市政当局组成,他们对创造就业和投资感兴趣,以保持积极的商业环境. HREDA每月在伙伴大厦举行会议,并经常在该地区的其他地点举行会议. Hosted monthly at Partnership Tower and other regional sites, HREDA meetings include members from 98 economic development organizations, representing over 160 full-time economic development professionals.
项目的独特性和创新性在于每个阶段的成员参与, ensuring ownership of the final playbook. It addressed previous collaboration deficits noted in studies, aiming to leverage regional resources for economic growth.
The scale of marketing the region is no small feat. 覆盖8,838平方英里, the 12-county Greater Houston region, 它的中心, the 10-county Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands MSA, surpasses an area the size of New Jersey,
尽管幅员辽阔, the region's stakeholders have rallied together as allies, streamlining processes to attract prospective companies. 这一集体努力反映了确保该地区经济增长胜利的共同承诺.
“I am proud to be a part of an organization, 比如HREDA, 这体现了区域主义和合作如何能够推动经济成功,并为区域发展树立高标准,HREDA主席兼Partnership Lake Houston首席经济发展官Stephanie Wiggins说. “By uniting various stakeholders under a common goal, HREDA利用休斯顿地区的优势,创造一个繁荣和可持续的经济环境."
Every year IEDC looks specifically for economic development organizations, 政府实体, 倡议, and programs that have demonstrated consistent, exemplary performance in the economic development profession, 领导执行对振兴社区有重大影响的项目, 在塑造和完善经济发展实践中发挥重要作用.
“This group understands what it means to succeed together," Greater Houston Partnership President and CEO Steve Kean said. “When we work together as one to combine the expertise, assets and capabilities of our regional partners, the Houston region is unmatched in potential. Through this mindset of regionalism, we can create a more prosperous and inclusive future for all of our citizens.”
Learn more about the 12-county region the Partnership represents.
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