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The Economic Development
Alliance for Brazoria County is a public/private non-profit corporation
specifically chartered to promote economic development in Brazoria
County.
The Alliance's vision is:
"Brazoria County will become the prime corridor for business growth in
Southeast Texas."
The Alliance's
mission is: "To promote and diversify the economic base, attract high-wage jobs
in target industries to Brazoria County, and support and champion the interests
of existing businesses."
The
Alliance follows a formal strategic plan that emphasizes three distinct
strategies to accomplish our mission: 1.) Target Industry Recruitment; 2.)
Business Retention and Expansion; and 3.) Image and Media.
In the first strategy of target industry and
recruitment, the strategic plan recognizes that economic development in today's
global environment dictates that regions can only recruit to their strengths.
In Brazoria county those strengths include, but are not limited to, our
professional workforce, our proximity to Houston, our petrochemical industries,
our excellent education system, both at the secondary and higher education
levels, our transportation network, and our land. Based on these strengths, we
target the following industries for recruitment:
- Chemical
suppliers
- Transportation
equipment
- Aerospace
- Medical-related
- Bioscience
- Professional
Services
- Tourism
In the second strategy
of business retention and expansion the Alliance works to support growing
businesses and act as an ombudsman for local business generally, by identifying
their issues and needs. We also assess and design programs that can respond to
specific business needs and then provide ongoing evaluation and
reporting.
Our third strategy of
mounting an image and media campaign includes our renaming the organization.
This was done to better reflect what we do, economic development. We also
engage in both internal and external image and marketing
campaigns.
The Alliance is set up as
a business corporation with a three tier membership. Tier One is the basic
membership in the Alliance and dues are determined by the number of employees
in a business or by population of a city. Tier Two is the trustee level. This
level is open to any member who subscribes with an annual membership fee of
$5,000 or above. Trustee level members have an opportunity to have a seat on
the Board of Directors of the Alliance. Organizations that are members below
the trustee membership level, due to employee or population size, can still
join at the trustee level and have a seat on the Board if they chose to
subscribe at the $5,000 or above level. Tier Three is the Officer level of the
Alliance and officers are elected by the Board of Directors and come from the
Board of Directors.
Finally, the
Alliance is involved in issues that affect the county as a whole and are
considered essential to promote economic development. These issues include
drainage, transportation, water, environmental quality, and other issues as
considered necessary by the members.
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