OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON:MID PLAN REPORT 2011

AUSTIN I BRAZORIA I CHAMBERS I FORT BEND I GALVESTON I HARRIS I LIBERTY I MONTGOMERY I SAN JACINTO I WALLER

TARGETED INDUSTRY CLUSTERS

ENERGY & PETROCHEMICALBIO & NANOTECHNOLOGY

AVIATION & AEROSPACEDISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS

ADVANCED MANUFACTURINGHEADQUARTERS

TIMELINEOFSUCCESSTIMELINEOFSUCCESSTIMELINEDEC’05

GHP 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN APPROVED

OCT’06

CAMPAIGN FOR OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON LAUNCHES FUND RAISING GOAL OF

$40 MILLION

GHP LAUNCHES NEW OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON LOGO/BRAND

’07

OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON IS AN AGGRESSIVE FIVE-YEAR MARKETING AND LEAD GENERATION PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP GROW JOBS BY 600,000, INCREASE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY $60 BILLION, AND EXPAND FOREIGN TRADE BY $120 BILLION FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA BY 2015.

JUL~NOV’07

OH PROGRAMMING COMMENCES WITH OUTBOUND & INBOUND RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES

FIRST SUSPECTS COLLECTED

OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON 1ST ISSUE

ON NANOTECHNOLOGYFEATURES JOHN HOFMEISTER

NOV’07

OH PASSES $30 MILLION MARK & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

G.I.S. RFP FINALIZED

JAN’08

MCKINSEY STUDY COMPLETED CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING RESOURCES FOR OH

NEW SENIOR OH STAFF JOINED GHP

’08

LAUNCH OF OH MARKETING CAMPAIGN

“WHERE’S YOUR HOUSTON OFFICE?”

AUG’08

JAN’09

GHP LAUNCHES ENHANCED WEBSITE WITH CONTENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MARKET

REP OFFICE IN BRAZIL ENHANCES HOUSTON’S GLOBAL POSITION

MAR’09

GHP BREAKS JOBS RECORDRETAINING OR CREATING MORE THAN 19,000 JOBS

DEC’09

JAN’10

OFFICIALLY LAUNCH WORLD BANK PRIVATE SECTOR LIAISON OFFICE IN HOUSTON

HOUSTON DELEGATION SUPPORTED BY OH ATTENDS

SHANGHAIWORLD EXPO

JUN, AUG’10

GHP BREAKS RECORDRETAINING OR CREATING MORE THAN 23,500 JOBS

GROUND BREAKING OF NEW MULTI-MEDIA WAR ROOM

DEC’10

LAUNCH OF NEW MOBILE WEBSITE WITH CONTENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

LAUNCH

BUSINESS CHAMPIONSCAMPAIGN AND HOSTS HOUSTON FAM TOUR FOR SITE CONSULTANTS DURING NCAA FINAL FOUR & SHELL HOUSTON OPEN

MAR’11

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GEOGRAPHIC TARGETS - INTERNATIONAL Between 2007 & 2010, The Greater Houston Partnership, with support from Opportunity Houston, led and participated in 35 outbound business development missions to 22 countries and hosted 260 inbound missions from 56 countries, which resulted in 22 international entities.

OH OPENS A DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVE

OFFICE IN CHICAGO TO CAPTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADS FROM THE MIDWEST

*Source: Based on “Paths to Prosperity” Study by The Perryman Group - May 2006

PROGRESS TOWARD 2015 GHP JOBS GOAL

PROGRESS TOWARD 2015 GHP CAPITAL INVESTMENT GOAL

*Sources: Greater Houston Partnership Economic Development Division and the 2005-2015 Strategic Plan

2005

JOBS CREATED JAN ‘06 - DEC ’10

20152005

2015

CAPITAL INVESTMENT JAN ‘06 - DEC ’10

69%

20%80%

31%99,924 net new jobs created

or retained by GHP

$940,000 neededto reach GHP strategic plan

goal of $4.64 billion

$3.7 billion in capital investment attributed to GHP efforts

43,458 jobs needed to reachGHP strategic plan goal

of 143,382

2005

JOBS CREATED JAN ‘06 - DEC ’10

20152005

2015

CAPITAL INVESTMENT JAN ‘06 - DEC ’10

69%

20%80%

31%99,924 net new jobs created

or retained by GHP

$940,000 neededto reach GHP strategic plan

goal of $4.64 billion

$3.7 billion in capital investment attributed to GHP efforts

43,458 jobs needed to reachGHP strategic plan goal

of 143,382

MID-PLAN JOBS & INVESTMENT UPDATE AT THE END OF 2010, THE PROGRAM REACHED 56.7 PERCENT (81,256) OF GHP’S 10-YR INTERNAL JOBS GOAL (143,000). AND WHILE THE NATION’S JOB RECOVERY SLOWLY WORKS ITS WAY OUT OF THE RECESSION, OPPORTUNITY HOUSTON HAS BOLSTERED THE HOUSTON REGION’S ABILITY TO REMAIN STRONG AND PROSPEROUS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MAJOR U.S. METROS.

To learn more about the award winning economic development and lead generation program, Opportunity HoustonSM, contact Craig Richard, Chief Economic Development Officer @ 713-844-3612 or crichard@houston.org