Houston Next

Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, London, New York, Frankfurt...all great global cities. Cities that are beacons of commerce and prestige, drawing the best and brightest from around the world. Since its founding over 180 years ago, Houston has enjoyed a remarkable history of growth and prosperity, and that success has accelerated dramatically in the last decade.

We are a city of opportunity. A city where business leaders step up and get things done. 一个没有大到不能追求的想法，没有大到不能解决的问题的城市. Through the vision and hard work of generations of leaders that have gone before us, Houston rightfully owns a position among the world's great metros.

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What Makes a Great City

要成为一个成功的全球地铁，休斯敦人必须把517888九五至尊的努力集中在三个关键领域:

Building a strong, diverse, 21^st century economy
Offering a great quality of life
Ensuring opportunity for all

As we pursue these things, it is critical to view our efforts through the lens of racial equity, advancing bold solutions to strengthen Houston as a diverse, inclusive and equitable city.

These are noble aspirations, but not easy to pursue or sustain. 这就是为什么伟大的城市需要杰出的公民领袖来引导一个城市走向现在和未来的成功.

Houston Next empowers the region’s business leaders, through the Greater Houston Partnership, 加快休斯顿在这些影响领域的进展，以确保休斯顿继续作为一个伟大的全球城市前进.

In adopting the Houston Next strategy, 大休斯顿伙伴关系的重点是持续提高休斯顿在全球大城市中的地位.

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We have much to be proud of and by every measure we are already a great city. But we also know that the world around us is changing rapidly, 在21世纪余下的时间里，全球城市的排名正在制定中.

- Bob Harvey, President and CEO, Greater Houston Partnership

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Driving a Strong, Diverse Economy

大休斯顿伙伴关系长期以来通过旨在吸引全球领先公司到休斯敦的经济发展努力，促进了休斯敦的经济增长, creating jobs and growing the region’s GDP.

Empowered by the Houston Next campaign, the Partnership will embark on a more targeted, proactive effort to recruit high-impact business prospects, both domestically and from around the world.

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Life Sciences

Working in partnership with the Texas Medical Center, 该伙伴关系将加快努力将休斯敦定位为生命科学的第三海岸，重点是增加转化研究的商业化.

Manufacturing, Trade and 物流

Leveraging Houston’s geographic location and world-class logistics assets, 随着公司寻求进入美洲客户群，517888九五至尊将加强努力，招聘主要的制造和物流项目.

Global Headquarters Recruitment

Key to establishing Houston’s position among the world’s leading cities, 该合作伙伴关系将致力于吸引在北美寻求立足点的外国跨国公司的国内总部和地区总部.

Houston's Digital Transition

该伙伴关系将制定和执行一项战略计划，以加快517888九五至尊核心行业的数字化转型, 通过吸引颠覆性公司和促进现有公司的发展.

物流 Infrastructure

休斯敦的许多优势是建立在517888九五至尊能够方便地将货物运进和运出该地区的能力之上的. 该伙伴关系将与517888九五至尊的区域伙伴合作，确保适当改善和扩大这些资产.

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Ensuring A Great Quality of Life

Over the last decade, 休斯顿人的生活质量得到了巨大的改善，同时他们的生活成本也比全国其他城市低得多.

While we must continue to make progress in these areas, 出现了一些挑战和机会，需要该伙伴关系帮助加快进展.

Flood Mitigation and Resilience

飓风哈维和之前的洪水事件使改善休斯顿抗洪基础设施的迫切需要迅速浮出水面. 该伙伴关系将与当地利益攸关方合作，制定和执行该地区的弹性蓝图.

Commuter Transportation Infrastructure

While Houston’s congestion compares favorably to many of the global peer cities, 休斯顿必须围绕新技术和不断变化的人口和居住模式制定新的交通计划. 该伙伴关系将与关键利益攸关方合作，推动该计划的制定.

Efficient and Effective Government

哈里斯县和休斯顿市代表了该地区三分之二的人口，为提高两个实体之间的效率和协同增效提供了一系列独特的机会, saving taxpayer money while elevating the quality of services. 该伙伴关系将使各方参与推动有意义的项目，以提高地方政府的效率和服务提供.

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Supporting Opportunity for All

As the Partnership works to support a strong, diverse economy, 最重要的是，517888九五至尊取得的增长是由休斯敦人推动的，他们正在寻求机会改善自己和家人的生活. Our region’s human capital is the greatest asset our region possesses.

While a number of factors contribute to a system of opportunity, 该伙伴关系认为，强大的教育体系和职业道路是确保休斯敦每个人都有成功机会的关键.

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一个强大的公共教育系统是517888九五至尊年轻人长期成功的基石. 该伙伴关系将是高质量公共教育系统的主要倡导者，该系统将得到适当的资金支持, accountable and equitably serves all students in the region.

Higher 教育

Houston leads the top ten U.S. metros in attracting baccalaureate-degreed professionals, but we are last in producing that same talent locally. 该伙伴关系将与整个地区的伙伴合作，确保本地区培养出符合休斯顿企业需求的毕业生.

Workforce Development

Since its launch in 2014, Greater Houston Partnership的UpSkill Houston项目被广泛认为是美国最顶尖的行业主导的劳动力发展项目之一. As part of Houston Next, the Partnership will take this program to scale, 导致更多的人参加培训项目并进入劳动力市场.

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Ensuring Racial Equity and Inclusion

In summer 2020, the Partnership announced One Houston Together, 该计划旨在利用工商界的力量，解决休斯顿的种族不平等和不公正问题. 这项新倡议涉及建立对系统性和个体种族主义的共同理解, 在517888九五至尊的组织内建立结构上的变化，以确保公平的镜头渗透到517888九五至尊的工作, and developing programmatic and policy solutions. Racial equity and justice is now an integral component of Houston Next.

该伙伴关系委员会还于8月成立了种族平等委员会，以指导该组织的工作. Following several meetings, 由30名成员组成的委员会制定了一套核心原则，指导其行动和建议: