April 2012 – TXP served as the lead economists for the project team that assisted the Lone Star Regional Center with gaining approval for a regional center in the Houston MSA. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as “EB-5,” created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.

April 2012 – The project team of TXP, Inc. and Concept Development & Planning, LLC were awarded a contract with Burnet County and Llano County to evaluate the economic and community impacts of the drought affecting the water levels of the upper Highland Lakes. The project team will also examine the relationship between quality of life, natural amenities, and overall regional economic development efforts.

March 2012 – As part of a broader City of Austin focus on creativity and its role in the community, TXP evaluated the relationship between culture, creativity, and economic activity locally for the past decade. The role of the creative sector in Austin’s economy has grown substantially, accounting in 2010 for just over $4.35 billion in economic activity, over $71 million in City tax revenues, and almost 49,000 jobs. To put these results in context, the creative sector (as measured by employment) has risen by about twenty-five percent over the past five years, a pace more rapid than the ten percent growth for the local economy as a whole.

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