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Measuring Houston's Resiliency Three Years After Harvey

9/8/20
Southeast Texas and Louisiana continue to recover from Hurricane Laura weeks after it made landfall. The Category 4 storm swept in on the heels of the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey.…
Economy

Energy 2.0 Pulse with Jose Beceiro: COVID-19 Impact to Energy Tech & More

9/8/20
Houston is home to several key Energy 2.0 developments of new and existing components of the industry (see a few of the major 2020 announcements here).  Jose Beceiro joined the Partnership earlier…
Education

Welch Foundation Gifts $100M to Rice University for Advanced Materials Research

9/2/20
The Houston-based Robert A. Welch Foundation is giving $100 million to Rice University to establish the Welch Institute, which will focus on the development of advanced materials. It's the largest…

Small Biz Insider: Lucille's Chef-Owner Talks "Grit Checks," Sustainability and Serving Community

9/2/20
Entrepreneurs and small business owners are well-known for innovating, taking risks and bouncing back from crisis again and again. 2020, though, has been exceptional. Nearly every facet of the…
Quality of Life

One Houston Together: Understanding Racism

9/1/20
Many of us have specific ideas of what racism looks like, but we often don’t realize how pervasive it can be. Indeed, people of color face both individual and systemic racism in often subtle ways in…
Digital Technology

Analysis: Identifying Houston's Tech Specialties

9/1/20
This year, the one-two punch of COVID-19 and an energy downturn has knocked Houston’s economy into a tough spot.  Without conventional energy jobs to bolster a recovery, the region will now have to…
Executive Partners