The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership

Business retention & expansion: business retention & expansion (br&e) is an economic development strategy of proactively connecting with existing businesses to understand and respond to local business needs. Br&e is a major focus of the organization as most job growth in a community comes from existing businesses. The organization conducts monthly business retention visits with local employers to keep its pulse on the business community and its activities of growth or retraction of its workforce.

Outreach: the outreach department is a resource to the business community and provides insight, makes introductions and assists companies with their business development initiatives. Outreach engagements include supporting local companies that reflect our community's unmatched quality of life that attracts corporate relocations and expansions.

Member programs: edp hosts signature events to allow for members to build relationships with executive level business leaders and to keep members informed on important issues facing businesses today. These include events held monthly, quarterly, and annually.