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<br />h. Include the City of La Porte in any and all discussions hosted by Bay Area <br />Houston Economic Partnership with its allies that are related to regional economic <br />development issues. <br /> <br />Economic Development Marketing and Sales <br />Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership will provide the following services: <br />a. Organize and conduct coordinated marketing and sales programs that build from <br />the City of La Porte's strengths to influence positively the national and <br />international decision makers who decide where to locate, relocate, or expand. <br />b. Target and recruit businesses and companies most likely to result in business <br />location, relocation, and expansion. <br />c. Solicit jobs from employers that result in a broader, more diversified tax base. <br />d. Assist the City of La Porte in the development of a city plan for economic <br />development. <br />e. Provide relevant background information about the City of La Porte, the region, <br />and the State of Texas, as appropriate to the business opportunity. <br />f. Invite City of La Porte officials to meetings with executives who are interested in <br />business location, relocation, and expansion. <br />g. Coordinate City of La Porte in the Bay Area Houston comprehensive <br />communications program geared to national and international business <br />opportunities through conferences, advertising, and other means of disseminating <br />information about the City of La Porte's business climate and business activities. <br /> <br />Business Assistance Programs <br />Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership will provide the following services: <br />a. Include City of La Porte officials and business persons in workshops, seminars, <br />programs, and other educational or training programs designed to assist the City <br />in promoting new business development, start-up business, entrepreneurship, <br />business expansion, and other business assistance ventures. <br />b. Include the City of La Porte representatives in business development activities. <br /> <br />SpecialS eroices <br />Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership will provide the following additional <br />special services at no cost to the city: <br />a. Collaborate with the economic development director and other regional <br />organizations to protect and grow the Ellington Airport assets and expand the <br />military presence at Ellington Field. BAHEP will work with the Houston Airport <br />System broker and Colliers International, to market Ellington Airport and perform <br />economic development activities to protect and grow assets related to aerospace. <br />BAHEP through the Ellington Field Task Force will work with local businesses <br />and elected officials in a strategic manner focusing on areas which most <br />substantially benefit the military presence at Ellington Field. Such as including <br />Alert Fighter aircraft replacement, Predator unmanned aerial vehicles, quality of <br />life for Joint Armed Forces Reserve Base, and Regional Homeland Security <br />Defense Operations Center. <br />b. BAHEP will develop a plan and work to secure a Space Shuttle Orbiter for <br />display near the City of La Porte when the Space Shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. <br />