Jay Blazek Crossley presented at the monthly Livable Houston Initiative meeting on some new research he has been doing looking at Houston's growth in a way that hasn't been done before to question some of the myths of Houston's growth.

2. Livable Houston Initiative New Interpretations of the Houston region’s Growth and H-GAC’s Forecasts Jay Blazek Crossley Houston Tomorrow Wednesday, May 27, 2009

3. Annual Percent Population Growth by County

4. Annual Absolute Population Growth by County 63% 59% 55% 53% 57% 68% 48% 56% Harris County Percent of 8-County Growth 2000 – 2008: 58%

5. Annual Percent Job Growth 2000 - 2007 by County

6. Absolute 2000 Jobs and 2000- 2007 Job Growth by County 5% 1% 9% 5% 71% 1% 7% 1% % of Region’s Jobs 5% 1% 15% 4% 64% 1% 11% 0% % of Job Growth

10. Presentation to population forecast group Oct 1

11. Presentation to population forecast group Oct 1

16. Current Population and Jobs by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

17. 2005 Jobs and Expected Job Growth through 2035 by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

18. 2005 Population and Expected Population Growth through 2035 by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

19. Expected Population and Job Growth through 2035 by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

20. Current and Expected Growth in Population and Jobs by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

21. Current and Expected Growth in Population and Jobs by Sectors Data: H-GAC 2035 Regional Forecasts

44. Thank you! Jay Blazek Crossley [email_address]