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NASA/JSC and the Greater Houston Partnership: Making the Business Connection

NASA/JSC and the Greater Houston Partnership: Making the Business Connection. About GHP. Serving the 10-county region business community Local, state, and federal policy advocacy Economic development and foreign trade. Houston’s Strengths.

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NASA/JSC and the Greater Houston Partnership: Making the Business Connection

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  1. NASA/JSC and the Greater Houston Partnership: Making the Business Connection

  2. About GHP • Serving the 10-county region business community • Local, state, and federal policy advocacy • Economic development and foreign trade

  3. Houston’s Strengths Most Affordable City to Do Business, Worldwide (2011) • Cost • Purchasing Power • Cost of Business Occupancy • Cost of Living • Cost of Business Travel • Tax Rates • PriceWaterhouse Cooper and the Partnership for New York City

  4. If JSC were a corporation . . .

  5. The Business Connection: If JSC were a consumer . . . $3.2 billion in local procurement equates to . . . • $266.6 million every month • $8.8 million every day • $365,300 every hour • $6,088 every minute

  6. GHP’s Role The NASA/JSC Task Force • Maintain Houston's preeminence as the center of manned space flight • Raise awareness of JSC’s work • Spaceflight and exploration • Scientific, technological, and medical research • Utilization of space technology in other industries • Promote JSC’s involvement in spaceflight and exploration • Ensure adequate funding • Support commercialization of low orbit ventures

  7. NASA/JSC Task Force Priorities—2012 • Washington, D.C. Delegation Trip (April 16-18) • Update GHP members on critical NASA/JSC issues • Explore hosting an International Space Conference in 2012 or 2013 • NASA funding • Public awareness of NASA’s regional impact

  8. Denis Braham Chairman Emeritus Winstead PC Chairman, GHP NASA/JSC Committee dbraham@winstead.com

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