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Enterprise Products Partners shrugs off downturn with $1 billion profit
July 28, 2020 - Houston pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners made $1 billion in the second quarter despite an oil and natural gas industry downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.It's the eighth-straight quarter in which Enterprise has made $1 billion or more, but it is still 15 percent less than the $1.2 billion profit in the...
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Texas manufacturing sector still improving, Dallas Fed survey shows
July 26, 2020 - Texas manufacturing activity in July continued to recover from steep COVID-19-related spring declines, a survey of executives by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found.After a deep contraction in the state’s manufacturing in April, when an indicator of activity hit a historic low, the...
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After months of economic woes in the Houston region, hints of a recovery
July 12, 2020 - Four months ago, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the Houston region were just beginning to be felt, but signs of an unprecedented economic disaster were taking shape.In mid-March, when Houston Chronicle business reporters looked at the economic effect of the burgeoning pandemic, there were fewer than 100 new...
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Harris County Small Business Recovery Fund Webinar
July 12, 2020 - Harris County Small Business Recovery Fund Webinar - Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 10:00 AMRegister Here
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City unemployment dive to level off
July 10, 2020 - Baytown, always subject to the ups and downs of the oil and gas industry, got a double whammy when weakness in that sector was magnified by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, which lowered demand for fuel and dropped oil prices to record low levels.When the Texas Workforce Commission released statistics...
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Harris County Announces $30 Million Grant Program to Assist Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
June 29, 2020 - Harris County, Texas - June 30, 2020, County Judge Lina Hidalgo and each of the Harris County commissioners voted unanimously to approve the Small Business Recovery Fund (SBRF) program, a $30,000,000 grant program established to assist struggling small businesses who have been unable to obtain financial assistance from other COVID-19 relief programs....
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A&R Logistics leases 133,333 square feet at AmeriPort Industrial Park in Baytown, TX
June 14, 2020 - Colliers International is pleased to announce A&R Logistics has leased 133,333 square feet of tilt-wall, distribution warehouse at AmeriPort Industrial Park located at 703 Logistics Drive South in Baytown, Texas. The tenant was represented by Charles G. Fertitta Jr of Colliers International.“A...
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Several projects from Baytown-area ISD’s $335M bond program underway, despite Covid-19
June 7, 2020 - Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, which encompasses Baytown and surrounding areas, is roughly a year into its 2019 bond program, and several projects are underway.The $335 million bond program, which voters approved in June 2019, includes several renovations and new construction projects. One such project is the new Edward Franklin...
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Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order To Expand Openings Of Certain Businesses and Activities
May 4, 2020 - WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on March 13, 2020, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in the State of Texas; andWHEREAS, on April 12, 2020, I issued a proclamation renewing the disaster...
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Governor Abbott Announces Phase One To Open Texas
April 26, 2020 - Creates Statewide Contact Tracing ProgramIssues Special Guidance For Texans Over 65, Nursing HomesGovernor Greg Abbott today announced the first phase of the State of Texas' ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase I, certain services and activities are allowed to open with...
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