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Happy Anniversary to our partners celebrating their membership milestones this month! Thank you for contributing to our mission to create jobs and support growth for our entire community. Together we are the EDP.

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Holly Gruy participated in the Texas Economic Development Corporation’s “The Future is Texas” Luncheon in Austin this week. During the event, panelists shared insights into the successes of the TxEDC program and international trade missions that promote Texas. Additionally, attendees had the chance to hear from Governor Greg Abbott, who discussed the state's future focus on Artificial Intelligence and Semiconductors, emphasizing Texas' position as a prime market for these industries, particularly given its leadership in energy production to support these initiatives.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our End of Year Celebration at The Club at Carlton Woods. Our fun and relaxed "Texas sports bar vibe" was in honor of our outgoing Chairman of the Board, Jim Parisi, BSN, MBA with St. Luke's Health The Woodlands Hospital. We enjoyed welcoming our guests to "Jim's Place"!Many thanks to our sponsors for making this a special night- Consolidated Communications, Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, St. Luke's Health The Woodlands Hospital and The Club at Carlton Woods. To all our Partners, your contributions to supporting economic development in our community make all the difference. We look forward to another great year together. Cheers!

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Our team enjoyed attending this year's Leadership Montgomery County Texas Leadership Summit presented by Entergy Texas. The summit team did an amazing job of finding great speakers, and it was especially special to hear from Andre Ware, Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien award winning NFL and college football quarterback. #It'sWeNotMe

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The team and our upcoming Chairwoman, Whitney Wall with Wells Fargo enjoyed attending this year's Chairman's Ball celebration honoring Board Chairman, Brian Albert of Kean Miller LLP. We look forward to partnering with incoming Board Chairwoman, Ann Wolford, with The Wolford Group.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Annual Meeting last week! Gil Staley, our CEO, presented an overview of our organization's accomplishments for the past year. We recognized our outgoing Board of Directors and officially welcomed our incoming 2024-2025 Board Officers and Directors effective September 1, 2024. We wish to thank our partners for their committed time and valuable contributions to supporting economic development in our community this year. We look forward to another great year of partnerships!

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It's "Member Monday"! Please help us give a warm welcome to a recent new EDP member, JPMorganChase Bank and our Partner Representative, Derek Theis. Derek serves as the as Vice President for Commercial Banking at JPMorgan Chase Bank.He works closely with business owners, corporate executives, private equity sponsors, and other professionals who seek the fortress balance sheet, global capabilities, and advanced banking technologies of America’s leading financial institution. Derek has spent the last 17 years of his career with JPMorgan Chase in various roles and capacities serving small businesses to large commercial companies. As a 6-time National Achiever, he is recognized as a leader in driving client success. Visit to learn more about them: https://lnkd.in/gBruPzvu

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Gil Staley, CEO, Holly Gruy, COO, enjoyed attending the YES to YOUTH Montgomery County Youth Services Gala. This year’s theme was Pop Art and the event featured bid boards, a live auction, pop art sculptures, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn strolling champagne tables, and gold statue street performers.YES to YOUTH Montgomery County Youth Services is a great resource to our community to help strengthen the emotional and mental health development of youth and families by providing crisis intervention, counseling, and suicide prevention services. CEO, Michele Kooken and her team did a great job, as did the gala chairs and committee members.

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Our team hosted aGovernment Affairs Socialat Hyatt Centric The Woodlands located in Market Streetlast week. It was great reconnecting with our local government affairs professionals who represent elected officials, major employers, and EDP partners. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this industry social! A special thank you to the wonderful bar and staff at Hyatt Centric who are always so friendly and fun to work with. Cheers! 😎

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