Successfully landing an economic development project for your community requires mobilizing a range of resources. With every initiative, challenges are presented to attracting interested companies to your area, identifying project-specific community assets, and effectively marketing your region. A winning effort entails in-depth research, market insight, industry relationships, economic development expertise, and a little luck.
CenterPoint Energy’s Economic Development Department provides a suite of resources and services to help your community identify, pursue and land job-creating, wealth-generating economic development projects. These services are provided at no cost. Our goal is simply to afford every resource possible to help the communities within our service area thrive. That is our mission. It is the commitment of CenterPoint Energy.
Resources and services available to economic development organizations include:
Market Intelligence
- Industry research and coverage for our target markets:
- Aerospace
- Biotechnology
- Corporate Relocation
- Distribution & Logistics
- Food Manufacturing & Distribution
- Manufacturing
- Office & Professional Services
- Petrochemicals
- Plastics Processing
- Site Location Consultants
- Company research and profiles
- Regional economic forecasting
- Company analysis
- Costar search of available sites and facilities
- Detailed profiles and custom demographic data for standard or user-defined areas
- Comparative market and regional data
Project Analysis and Marketing
- Background research on individuals and companies
- Financial information and analysis
- Historical news and current events
- Cost estimates for gas and electric service
- Coordination of regional tours with site consultants
Economic Development Advisory
- Access to professionals with over 100 years of cumulative experience in the business
- Executive board membership, committee chairs
- Strategic planning
- Marketing programs
- Informational Economic Development seminars
- Sponsorship and organization of special events
Contact us today to find out how we can help your community!
