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<br /> <br />QUALIFICATIONS, continued <br /> <br />ABOUT TXP <br /> <br />TXP is an economic analysis and public policy consulting firm founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas. Since <br />then, TXP has grown into a team of professionals whose diverse backgrounds allow us to craft customized <br />solutions to client problems. Our clients have discovered that TXP is the firm to hire when there is not an <br />immediate, obvious, or simple solution to their economic or public policy challenge. Our reputation for <br />having the right people to analyze issues from a variety of perspectives has made TXP the firm to call first <br />for professionals in the public sector and business arenas. In addition to drawing on the expertise of our firm <br />members, we regularly partner with urban planning, engineering, and public policy firms - as well as Ph.D.s <br />in varying disciplines - to put together teams uniquely suited to our clients' needs. <br /> <br />TXP has worked with a wide range of not-for-profits and private sector clients to provide illumination <br />through analytical support, always with a strategic view of the big picture. Members of TXP are involved in <br />the community and understand the challenges faced by an increasingly complex world, as heightened media <br />attention and an ever more diverse set of stakeholders shine a brighter spotlight on public decision-making <br />and public policy. <br /> <br />TXP's Clients <br /> <br />Over the past 20 years, various public and private sector organizations have retained TXP to analyze a wide <br />variety of economic and community development trends. A representative list of recent consulting projects <br />related to this proposal follows. <br /> <br />The Mayor's Taskforce on the Economy <br />City of Austin, Texas <br />TXP served as project consultant to Austin's efforts to set economic development policy related to traditional <br />industry recruitment, small business development, and cultural vitality. TXP continues to advise the city on <br />economic development issues, especially those related to revenue forecasting and incentives policy. <br /> <br />The Connection between Economic Development and Planning <br />City of Charlotte, NC <br />TXP and associates are assisting the City of Charlotte with demonstrating and defining the relationship <br />between planning (including transportation, infrastructure, and land use policy) and the growth and <br />development of the local economy. <br /> <br />Value-Capture Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development <br />City of Leander, Texas <br />As part of a larger, multi-disciplinary team, TXP estimated the potential land use and tax base impacts <br />of developing approximately 2,000 acres in close proximity to potential new toll road and commuter rail <br /> <br />PROPOSAL: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE. RFP #08510 <br /> <br />22 <br />