Fort Bend County2010 Annual Report Copy

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Fort Bend CountyA WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITYWITH GLOBAL REACH

Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council2010 FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT

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LOCAL IS GLOBALConnecting Fort Bend County to Greater Houston – and the World.

Fort Bend County ranks near or at the top on list after list for excellence and highest achievement.

That’s no random occurrence. We made it happen. Through a focused and coordinated commitment to excellence. Through faith and perseverance, in defiance of a national economic downturn. And through the undeterred vision that tomorrow our community will be even better for future generations.

Today, thanks to that single-minded dedication, Fort Bend County is home to thriving, world-class communities with global reach. This is the future our visionary leaders and partners conceived in the beginning. With 20/20 foresight, we invest in infrastructure in advance of necessity so that our county is primed for opportunity – a business-friendly approach that attracts major, multi-national corporations as well as innovative start-ups. The connections we’ve built have given us greater access not just to all the Houston Region, but to the rest of the World.

Welcome to Fort Bend. We’re creating global connections from a local address.

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Letter from the Chairman

As Chairman for the past 15 years,and as a Board member for most ofthe life of this organization, I haveuniquely experienced its growth and the growth ofFort Bend through several phases. Today, both theorganization and the county reveal the quality andadvantages of maturity, but are still vibrantly young,strong, and growing, seemingly more so than in the past.

A rarity in our community is that whether you grewup here or arrived today, the only qualification forbecoming an integral part of the community is yourwillingness to serve and improve the community.Fort Bend has countless groups and efforts wherethis is confirmed every day.

However, this message is only about one of thosegroups, this organization, and its membership. Thismessage is about you.

Your steadfast confidence, support, and investment intoour organization, especially under the economic duressof the last few years, has greatly moved me. You havemy word and handshake that your commitment isbeing rewarded with the undisputed fact that Fort Bendhas entered into and continues to climb every dayhigher in the ranks of world-class communities.

As I try to find a way to adequately express myappreciation to you for faithfully supporting ourpurpose and efforts each and every year, your loyaltyand commitment to this organization leaves mehumbled, quiet, and still. I pray you will understandhow sincere, how deep, how intense, how powerful, andhow enduring that these two little words from me toyou will always be -Thank you.

Robert C. Brown, IIIChairman

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Letter from the President

I am happy to report the resultsof the 2010 fiscal year to ourmembership. While the country’seconomy still attempts to stabilize, Greater Houstonand Fort Bend in particular, have shown great resilience, strength and growth. Jobs, investment, new demand, new infrastructure are all on the move in a positive direction. Our business climate remains one of the best in the country and our marketing plan, now in its third year, ensures continued exposure of all the things that set our community apart as an attractive place to live and work.

Over the past fiscal year the Greater Fort BendEconomic Development Council, along with oureconomic development partners, assisted projects thatcreated or retained over 1,150 jobs and $88 million incapital investment. The results are among the strongest we have seen over the last decade and will provide new opportunities throughout the county for job creation and capital expansion.

The Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Councilhas worked in partnership with public and privateentities in Fort Bend to bring growth and create atremendously successful and prosperous quality of life.Through our Board and Member leadership, a greatstaff, and a shared vision, Fort Bend County has growninto one of the most successful counties in the countrytoday. As we look to the coming months and years, weunderstand now more than ever that our mission is notstatic, nor is our purpose.

As we approach our 25-year anniversary, our message is as strong as ever, built on doing the right thing, for the right reasons, at the right time.

Jeffrey C. WileyPresident

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Through systematic planning,we are now in position to take advantage offuture opportunities

Kansas City Southern’s (KCS) Rosenberg Intermodal Facility in theRosenberg/Kendleton area is now operational.

Photo: Sister IMF in the DFW Region

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Creating Opportunity through LeadershipA public-private partnership, the Greater Fort BendEconomic Development Council is committed tohelping businesses understand the tremendous benefitsof calling Fort Bend County home. And we help ensurethat Fort Bend is a home we all enjoy.

We promote advocacy, planning, business developmentand relocation, new jobs, investment, property developmentand an improved tax base.

We create strong communities, defined by diverseindustries, a robust economy, global infrastructure, atrained workforce and an excellent quality of life.

We empower business and commerce throughpro-business government, aggressive incentives andseamless cooperation among entities in the public andprivate sectors; for example, the Fort Bend IndustrialDevelopment Corporation enabled Accredo Packagingto competitively finance a major expansion of itsmanufacturing facilities in Fort Bend County.Fort Bend County ranked 5th in the nation for jobgrowth in August 2010, and we’re expected to hold theposition through 2015. 1

• #1 Best Place in the Nation to Get Ahead• #1 Household Income in the Houston Region• #1 High School Graduation Rate in theHouston Region• #1 Home Ownership in the Houston Region• #1 Population Living as Families in theHouston Region• #1 Ethnic Diversity in the Houston Region• #1 Lowest Crime Rate in the Houston Region

Executive Committee

CHAIRMANRobert C. Brown, III

VICE CHAIRMANLes Newton, President, Planned Community Developers, Ltd.

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CEOHerbert W. Appel, Jr.

PRESIDENTJeffrey C. Wiley

TREASURERJared Jameson, VP and CIO, WJ Interests, LLC

SECRETARYTom Wilcox, General Manager, Riverstone

Photo (Left to Right): Herbert W. Appel, Jr., Robert C. Brown, III, Les Newton, Jared Jameson, Tom Wilcox, Jeffrey C. Wiley

1 Summarized above from these sources: Texas Workforce Commission; Woods & Poole Economics, 2011; U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 and 2010;Forbes, February 2010; U.S. Census Bureau - American Community Survey; CNN/Money Magazine, August 2010, Department of Public Safety, 2010.

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Creating Community

You’ve heard of Master-Planned Communities; Fort Bend is a Master-Planned County, with all the pieces coming together to create an unprecedented and uncompromised quality of life.

EducationOur primary and secondary public schools areconsistently top-rated. And our institutions of higherlearning – the University of Houston campuses at CincoRanch and Sugar Land, Wharton County Junior College(WCJC) in Sugar Land, Houston Community Collegesin Stafford and Missouri City, and the Texas StateTechnical College partnership with WCJC in Richmondallow students to maximize their educational dollar.

DestinationsWe’re ramping up options for recreation andentertainment, with mixed-use developments,community events, and the $30 million StarTex PowerField, an independent Atlantic League baseball stadiumand multi-use venue, scheduled to open in Spring 2012.

And Stafford Centre offers a highly regarded theater andmulti-event venue that is as much at home with theopera and theater productions as it is with rock and roll.

With nationally recognized master-planned communities,Fort Bend County completes a picture of life you neverdreamed possible. Making it possible has been ourprivilege and our passion.

Medical ServicesWith over a million square feet of new hospital andprofessional space, Fort Bend has become a majormedical hub. The MD Anderson Cancer Center hasrecently expanded its presence, and we’re also home toKelsey Seybold Clinic Fort Bend, Memorial HermannFort Bend Hospital, Methodist Sugar Land Hospital,Oak Bend Hospital and St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital.

Stafford CentreStarTex Power Field, Future Home of theSugar Land SkeetersHouston Community College - Missouri City

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Creating Infrastructure

Global connections require local relationships, roads, railroads and airports. Whether it’s Asia, Europe or the Houston Region, Fort Bend is a leader in getting you to your destination. And planning has always been the genius behind our approach.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.Fort Bend has always had the advantages of proximityto Houston and land available for development, butso have many other locations in the Houston region.The secret to our success has been the collective will towork together and create something special. Whetherit’s development of municipal utility districts, taxincrement reinvestment zones, levee improvementdistricts or the advanced planning and developmentof major highway and thoroughfare improvements,Fort Bend’s public and private sector has collaboratedto develop infrastructure necessary to ensure growthand maintain quality of life.

The Grand Parkway is envisioned as the next “OuterLoop,” extending through seven counties around theHouston Region. Today, the Fort Bend segment, the firstto be complete and the most developed segment todate, is a thriving corridor that will soon have newoverpasses allowing drivers the option to connectnon-stop from U.S. 59 to Interstate 10.

The future is underway in other parts of the county,as well. The Fort Bend Parkway has received permittingapproval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and willsoon begin construction connecting State Highway 6 toSienna Parkway, pending right-of-way acquisition.Negotiations continue with TxDOT and the FederalHighway Administration to extend the WestparkTollway from the Grand Parkway to Cross Creek Ranchin Fulshear, one of the fastest growing corridors in thecounty. And future corridor planning is underway todevelop further east/west and north/south alignmentsto contend with Fort Bend County’s anticipatedpopulation growth, mobility and quality of life.

The CenterPoint Intermodal Center - Houston Metroin West Fort Bend County is a game changer in the

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Houston Region. This industrial logistics park, adjacentto and integrated with the KCS Rosenberg IntermodalFacility, establishes Fort Bend as an inland portcomplementary to the Houston Region’s otherprominent international trade complexes. Global

companies will be able to tap into the “Triple ForkAdvantage” available in West Fort Bend County,including a Foreign Trade Zone, three interconnectingrailroads, three major highway systems and access tomultiple Houston Region land, sea and air ports within60 miles or less.

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Fort Bend County is poised for Take-Off:#1 FBO at Sugar Land Regional Airport

– Aviation International News, 2009 and 2010

FBO: Fixed Base Operations

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Fort Bend County is now home to a Best-in-ClassDigital Special Effects Motion Capture Studio.

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Creating New Industries and Talent

In today’s competitive markets, successful companies rely upon a combination of talent, infrastructure and opportunity. Fort Bend offers these and everything else that a growing business needs.

Consider TimeGate Studios, one of the most innovativevideo-game developers in the world. In March of 2011,the company entered into an agreement to develop abest-in-class motion-capture studio in a partnershipwith the University of Houston (UH). Under thearrangement, UH System and its partners – WhartonCounty Junior College (WCJC) and Houston CommunityCollege (HCC) – will develop a world-class computerscience and digital gaming simulation center andacademic curriculum in Fort Bend. TimeGate providesindustry mentoring and, in exchange, gets the uniquelyskilled workforce and facilities it needs.

In terms of talent, Fort Bend is an attractiveproposition for companies looking for a home. Fornumbers alone, we are the 14th fastest growing countyin the nation; we have the 2nd-highest populationgrowth in Texas; and are 1st among the largest 10counties of the state. Better still, we lead the region inhigh-school graduation rate, and 39% of the workforcehas at least a four-year degree.1 More than strength innumbers, it’s quality in numbers.

Keeping Quality Education AffordableEven as tuition costs soar, we’re committed to makingquality education affordable. Thanks to a partnershipbetween WCJC, HCC Southwest and UH, students canobtain a bachelor’s degree by taking their first two yearsthrough WCJC (co-located on the UH campus in SugarLand) or HCC and finishing through UH. Studentsreceive an accredited four-year degree from a majorstate university for considerably less cost.

Houston Metro ranked #2 for youngadults starting careers– American City Business Journals, June 2011

Houston ranked #11 among world’s“Cities of Opportunities”– PricewaterhouseCoopers, May 2011

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Houston Named on “Best Cities forYoung Professionals” list– Forbes, June 2010

1 U.S. Census Bureau – American Community Survey, Woods and Poole Economics, 2010

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Creating New Jobs

All over the county, our office and industrial centers have experienced significant growth, creating new jobs in the process.

Last year, Texas accounted for over 50% of all privatesector jobs created in the U.S.1 The Houston-SugarLand-Baytown MSA ranked #3 on “Best Big Cities forJobs” list.2 Locally, the outlook is equally robust. FortBend is expected to lead the region – and be #5 in thenation – in job creation through 2015, averaging morethan 3% growth per year.3

In fact, while the national economy struggled to gainits footing, deals worked through the EDC and oureconomic development partners in Fort Bend producedone of the best job and capital production years in ourhistory with over 1,150 new and retained jobs, $88 millionin capital investment and 720,000 square feet ofcommercial space involved.

1 Texas Public Policy Foundation, October 2010; 2 Forbes, May 2011; 3 Woods & Poole Economics, 2011

Fort Bend County Job Growth 2005 - 2010Percentage Year Over Year Growth Compared with Region, State and Nation

05-06% Change06-07% Change07-08% Change08-09% Change09-10% Change

U.S.TexasCity of HoustonHarris CountyMontgomery CountyFort Bend County

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Chart data sources: Labor Market & Career Information, Texas Workforce Commission and U.S. Labor Statistics

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We Have the Places Companies WantFulshear is positioned in the dominant path of growthfor the Houston Region over the next 20 years. MissouriCity has two of the newest business parks in the regionin Lakeview Business Park and Beltway Crossings,home to Ben E. Keith Foods’ new Houston facilityregional distribution center. Richmond is the countyseat and has development options at the Northwestcorner of Grand Parkway and U.S. 59. Rosenberganchors what may become one of the most significantindustrial and commercial centers in the region, TripleFork, an area where multiple highways and railwayscombine to provide logistical advantages to local,regional, national and international companies. Staffordhas no city property tax and sits at the intersection oftwo key Houston Region arterial thoroughfares, U.S. 59and Beltway 8. Sugar Land, Fort Bend’s largest city, hasmultiple Class A office and campus sites, Sugar LandBusiness Park and new development options at theImperial Property redevelopment site.

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Fort Bend County Industry Diversity

New Companies or Expansions (2010 - 2011)

Chemicals (SEATEX LOGO)Chemicals and Adhesives (MOMENTIVE LOGO)Construction Advanced Concrete SurfacesFabrication Star Precision Royalty Metal Finishing Finances (MONEY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LOGO)Food Kusha (REVOLUTION LOGO)Healthcare (OCUSOFT LOGO)Packaging (ACCREDO LOGO) Continental Polybag

(FLAIR LOGO)

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We’re Mastering theMaster-Planned Community.

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Creating New Spaces

With the Imperial Redevelopment Project, developerswill transform the historic Imperial Sugar plant whilecarefully preserving its distinct architectural features.This pedestrian-friendly environment will attract youngprofessionals with new office and business space, parks,entertainment venues, a hotel and convention centerand a new $30 million minor league baseball stadium.

The Redstone Companies, owner and operator ofThe Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, is consulting withJohnson Development on the exploration of renovatingthe historic Char House and developing a new hoteland conference center as a part of the new Imperialproject. The goal of the project, which will alsoinclude the StarTex Power Field, business andresidential space, is to create a regional destinationthat showcases the area’s rich appeal.

The Good LifeQuite simply, Fort Bend is a great placeto live. While housing markets declinednationwide, our region has managed tomaintain its value. The Houston-SugarLand-Baytown MSA is ranked in theTop 20 healthiest housing markets inthe nation.1 We’re also one of the safest.Sugar Land was named the safest cityin Texas – #11 nationwide – withMissouri City also making the list.2

Then there’s the incomparable standardof living. We are #1 in HouseholdIncome in the Houston Region3 andranked #5 in the nation for lowest cost of living amongmajor metropolitan areas.4

In this environment, it’s no surprise that ourneighborhoods are so popular. Cinco Ranch in the KatyArea, Telfair in Sugar Land and Sienna Plantation in theMissouri City Extra Territorial Jurisdiction have eachranked on the “Top 10 Selling U.S. Master-Planned

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Communities” list for three consecutive years.5

When you consider that more than a third of Boomersplan on moving when they retire – and that in 2008,more Americans moved to Texas than any other state6 –Del Webb’s Sweetgrass in Richmond is an obvious draw.This 1,500-home active-retirement communityis Del Webb’s first in the Houston Region and hasmulti-million dollar amenities, pools, a fitness center,walking trails and outdoor facilities for active adults.

Imperial Redevelopment Project

Cinco Ranch, Telfair and Sienna Plantation have each ranked on the “Top 10 SellingU.S. Master-Planned Communities” list for three consecutive years.– Robert Charles Lesser & Company, 2010

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TEXAS Accounted for OVER ONE-HALF OF ALL THE NEW PRIVATE SECTOR JOBSCreated in the U.S. Within the Last Year.Texas Public Policy Foundation, October 2010

#1 Best Place in the Nation to Get AheadForbes, February 2010

#1 Household Income in the Houston RegionU.S. Census Bureau - American Community Survey

#1 for Population Growth Out of the 10 LargestCounties in TexasU.S. Census Bureau, 2010

5th in the Nation for Job GrowthCNN/Money Magazine, August 2010

Net jobs computed are based on the number of jobs created minus jobs lost.Each coin represents 1,400 jobs. Map represents continental U.S. only.

YOU CAN’T HOLD DOWN THE FORT.

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Creating a Global Success StoryIn Fort Bend County, opportunity is everywhere.

With the development of the CenterPoint IntermodalCenter - Houston Metro, the adjacent KCS RosenbergIntermodal Facility and the area’s designation as aForeign Trade Zone, we’re poised to become the nextmajor industrial center in the Houston Region.Well-conceived and well-located commercial space inSugar Land Town Square, Lake Pointe Town Center andSugar Land Business Park; Missouri City’s LakeviewBusiness Park and Beltway Crossings; Stafford’sFreeport SW and Freeport 90; Katy’s LaCenterra andKaty Main Street; Rosenberg’s Brazos Town Center; andothers, have been compelling assets in attractingbusiness – a successful formula that is being appliedacross the county.

What makes Fort Bend unique is that our phenomenalgrowth has not come at the expense of our quality oflife – it’s reinforced it. We’re applying the samestrategies that went into the development of ouraward-winning master-planned communities into thebusiness realm. And it’s working.

The world is taking notice. We’re committed tocontinuing that success by leveraging our relationshipswith existing global partners to attract new business, bydeveloping infrastructure, by providing incentives andby marketing. The future looks good. And it looks likeit will last.

We’re Getting the Word OutEssential to the evolution and enhancement of theFort Bend brand has been marketing the success ofour commercial and industrial centers. Through ourongoing marketing and branding campaign, wecontinue to attract new businesses and maintain ourstrong economic momentum while increasing awarenessof Fort Bend’s advantages in key regional, national andinternational markets.

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Our campaign consists of a variety of advertising,marketing and public relations efforts includingtelevision, radio and print advertising, direct mail,media relations and social media activities.

FortBendCounty.com

Fort Bend Television Campaign

Fort Bend County Branding and Marketing Program Partners - 2010 Fiscal YearAliana Development CompanyBrown & Gay Engineers, Inc.Central Fort Bend Chamber AllianceChampion Technologies, Inc.City of Missouri CityCity of RosenbergCity of StaffordCity of Sugar LandCostello, Inc.E.E. Reed Construction, L.P.Fort Bend Chamber of CommerceFort Bend CountyGreater Fort Bend EDCHillwood ResidentialHouston Community College System, SouthwestJohnson Development Corp.Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLPMethodist Sugar Land HospitalNewland CommunitiesPlanned Community Developers, Ltd.Republic Services, Inc.Rosenberger ConstructionSafari TexasSchlumberger Technology CorporationStewart TitleTolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc.Tristar HoldingsTwinwood US Inc.UH System Sugar LandVan De Wiele & Vogler EngineeringWharton County Junior College

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Aliana Development CorporationAllen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLPAUTOARCH Architects, LLCBBVA Compass BankBrown & Gay Engineers, Inc.CenterPoint EnergyCenterPoint PropertiesCentral Fort Bend Chamber AllianceChampion Technologies, Inc.City of FulshearCity of Missouri CityCity of RichmondCity of RosenbergCity of Sugar LandCostello, Inc.DHK Development, Inc.E.E. Reed Construction, L.P.First Southwest CompanyFluor CorporationFort Bend Chamber of CommerceFort Bend CountyFort Bend County LID #2Fort Bend County MUD #21Fort Bend County WC & ID No. 2Fort Bend Independent School DistrictFrito-Lay, Inc.Hawes Hill Calderon, LLPHouston Community College System, SouthwestHunton GroupIDC, Inc.IronStone Realty AdvisorsJE Dunn ConstructionJohnson Development Corp.Lamar Consolidated Independent School DistrictLeaman Building Materials, LPLJA Engineering & Surveying, Inc.Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalMethodist Sugar Land HospitalNewland CommunitiesOakBend Medical CenterPate EngineersPBS&J, an Atkins CompanyPlanned Community Developers, Ltd.Prosperity Bank

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Republic Services, Inc.Rice & Gardner Consultants, Inc.Robert C. Brown, IIIRosenberger Construction, LPSafari TexasSienna Plantation LIDSIG/McDonald & Wessendorff InsuranceSouthWest Water CompanySprint Fort Bend County Landfill, L.P.St. Luke’s Sugar Land HospitalStafford Municipal School DistrictStewart TitleStonehenge Companies LLCStorm Water Solutions, L.P.Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P.Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc.Trammell Crow CompanyTristar HoldingsTwinwood US, Inc.University of Houston System-Sugar LandVan De Wiele & Vogler Engineers, Inc.Wharton County Junior CollegeWindstream CommunicationsWJ Interests, LLC

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13 Miles to the Galleria26 Miles to Downtown Houston

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GFBEDC MEMBERSHIP

Aguirre & Fields, LPAKZO NobelAliana Development Corp.Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLPAmegy BankAmerican Business Machines, Inc.Andrews Kurth LLPAPI Realty LLC/Accredo Packaging, Inc.AUTOARCH Architects LLCBBVA Compass BankBerg Oliver Associates, Inc.Betz Commercial Brokerage, Inc.Biotics Research CorporationBrown & Gay Engineers, Inc.Browne McGregor Architects, Inc.Caldwell CompaniesCalpineCardinal HealthCenterPoint EnergyCenterPoint PropertiesCentral Fort Bend Chamber AllianceChampion Technologies, Inc.Charter Title Company - Fort BendCity of ArcolaCity of FulshearCity of KatyCity of Meadows PlaceCity of Missouri CityCity of RichmondCity of RosenbergCity of SimontonCity of StaffordCity of Sugar LandCity of Weston LakesClassic Chevrolet Sugar LandClaunch & MillerCoats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee, P.C.Colliers Fort BendContract Land StaffCooper SurgicalCosentino USACostello, Inc.Crossland Acquisition, Inc.D. E. Harvey Builders, Inc.

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Dannenbaum Engineering CorporationDBR Engineering ConsultantsDHK Development, Inc.Duke RealtyE. E. Reed Construction, L.P.Edminster, Hinshaw, Russ & AssociatesEllis & Irwin, LLPFirst Community BankFirst Southwest CompanyFiserv Output SolutionsFlextronicsFluor CorporationFort Bend Chamber of CommerceFort Bend CountyFort Bend County LID #2Fort Bend County WC&ID No. 2Fort Bend Independent School DistrictFort Bend MUD #21Fort Bend MUD #25Fort Bend Subsidence DistrictFounders BankFrito-Lay, Inc.Fulbright & Jaworski LLPGeokineticsGeotest Engineering, Inc.Gilbane Building CompanyGlobal Geophysical ServicesGranite PropertiesGraybar Electric CompanyGreater Houston PartnershipGreenscapes Unlimited, Inc.Groth CorporationGrubb & Ellis CompanyGulf Coast Stabilized MaterialsHalff AssociatesHarrison Interests, Inc.Harry Green InterestsHawes Hill Calderon LLPHaynes Whaley Associates, Inc.Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc.Hillwood ResidentialHoloway Jones Law Firm, PLLCHouston Association of Realtors/CommercialGatewayHouston Community BankHouston Community College System, SWHouston Landscapes UnlimitedHouston Southwest Airport

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Houstonian Golf & Country ClubHunton GroupIDC, Inc.Indermuehle & Co.IronStone Realty AdvisorsJE Dunn ConstructionJohnson Development Corp.Jones & Carter, Inc.Kansas City Southern RailroadKaty Area Chamber of CommerceKaty Area Econ. Development CouncilKendig Keast CollaborativeKenWood & Associates, P.C.Klotz Associates, Inc.Knudson & AssociatesLamar Consolidated ISDLario Land Consultants, L.L.CLeadership Development InstituteLeaman Building Material, LPLinbeck GroupLinebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLPLJA Engineering & Surveying, Inc.LoweryBankM.D. Anderson Cancer Center-Sugar LandMarion, Montgomery, Inc.Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalMethodist Sugar Land HospitalMillis Group, Inc.Mischer Investments, LPMission Taylor PropertiesNational Oilwell VarcoNewFirst National BankNewland CommunitiesNewQuest PropertiesNull-Lairson, P.C.O’Connor and AssociatesPelec DevelopmentPerdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLPPerry HomesPlanned Community Developers, Ltd.Post Oak BankProfessional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI)Prosperity BankR. E. Smith Interests, Inc.RBC Capital MarketsRepublic Services, Inc.Rice & Gardner Consultants, Inc.Richfield Investment Corporation

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Robert C. Brown, IIIRoberts MarkelRolls-Royce Energy SystemsRosenberger Construction L.P.Rubicon Realty Group, LLCSabic Americas, Inc.Safari TexasSandvik CoromantSchlumberger Technology Corp.Seatex, Ltd.Severn Trent ServicesSiebert, Brandford, Shank & Co., LLCSienna Plantation LIDSIG/McDonald & Wessendorff InsuranceSimpkins Group, Inc.Skanska USA BuildingSLGD of TexasSouthWest WaterSpirra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Sprint Fort Bend County Landfill, L.P.St. Luke’s Sugar Land HospitalStafford Municipal School DistrictStewart Title Company of Fort BendStonehenge Companies LLCStorm Water Solutions, L.P.Sugar Land Baseball (Sugar Land Skeeters)Sunoco Logistics Partner, L.P.Tax Tech, Inc.Taylor Morrison of Texas, Inc.Tejas Surveying, Inc.Terracon, Inc.Texas InstrumentsTolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc.Trammell Crow CompanyTramontina USA, Inc.Trendmaker HomesTristar Holdings, Inc.Turner Construction CompanyTwinwood US, Inc.U.S. House of Representatives Pete OlsonUH System Sugar LandUnion Pacific RailroadUnique Realty GroupVan De Wiele & Vogler Engineers, Inc.Vinson & Elkins LLPWalter P. Moore & Associates, Inc.Wells Fargo BankWharton County Junior College

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Whitney National BankWindstream CommunicationsWJ Interests, LLCWolff CompaniesYokogawa Corp. of AmericaOakBend Medical CenterPamela Printing CompanyPate Engineers, Inc.PBS&J, an Atkins Company

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