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Greater Houston Partnership Sr. Director of Technical Workforce Solutions Summer Reeves shares how AI will help build a more connected workforce through the Partnership’s Connectivity Platform, aligning education, training and employment to ensure every Houstonian can see and reach the path ahead.

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From transformative investments in energy, healthcare, and education to major community developments, Greater Houston Partnership members continue shaping our region’s future.

📰Read October’s roundup of member news, featuring updates from organizations including CenterPoint Energy, Rice University, Memorial Hermann and more: https://ow.ly/zngu50Xghbn

The Greater Houston Partnership has selected Pathful to power the Connectivity Platform, aiming to provide Houstonians with personalized, real-world pathways to economic mobility.

Pathful brings two decades of career readiness expertise and a platform serving 2.5 million learners to Houston's most ambitious workforce initiative.

⭐Learn how you can engage at Houston.org/Connectivity

Houston’s competitiveness depends on investing in people.

⭐Read the five key takeaways from the Partnership's inaugural Talent Forward Summit, where employers, educators and workforce leaders explored how skills-based hiring, AI and partnerships are reshaping Houston’s workforce: https://ow.ly/PQ4u50X4j8M

San Jacinto College's Center for Biotechnology at Generation Park is officially open!

As the only NIBRT-licensed training facility in the southern U.S., the center will play a critical role in building Houston’s biotech workforce and advancing the region’s life sciences ecosystem.

🔷Learn more: https://ow.ly/1WNz50X2usb

Houston Wins Texas' First Major Pharma Plant With $6.5B Investment | houstonorg Eli Lilly and Company, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, will invest $6.5 billion to build a 236-acre manufacturing facility at Generation Park in Houston.

The Greater Houston Partnership has announced the conceptual framework for the Connectivity Platform, an AI-powered system designed to help Houstonians navigate career pathways while giving employers better access to talent.

This flagship initiative aims to align education, employment and support systems to expand opportunity and strengthen the region’s workforce.

➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/Bsqb50X0f9o

As Houston’s economy continues to expand, workforce leaders are focused on growing local talent to meet rising demand.

Through stronger alignment between education, training programs and employers, organizations like BridgeYear and initiatives like UpSkill Houston are helping residents connect to high-demand careers and long-term economic mobility.

➡️See how Houston is building pathways to opportunity: https://ow.ly/p7Mv50WrhGo

Six Houston-area workforce training programs have been awarded more than $2 million through Texas Talent Connections grants to expand skills development in health care, technology, construction and more.

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