Brazos County government officials get an update on the work of the Greater Brazos Partnership economic development agency

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 meeting of the Brazos County intergovernmental committee.What was founded in 1989 as Brazos County's economic development agency now covers five counties.For the last five months, the president of what is now called the Greater Brazos Partnership (GBP) shared his plans at the May meeting of the Brazos County intergovernmental committee (IGC).Click HERE to read and download presentation materials used by Tom Johnson at the May 18, 2026 Brazos County IGC meeting.Tom Johnson shared a five year plan for the GBP that includes Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Robertson, and Washington counties.Those goals includes creating 30,000 new jobs, increasing wages by 30 percent, and adding and/or expanding 30 businesses.Johnson says the GBP's one year performance goals includes at least ten qualified visits to prospective new and expanding businesses, getting at last six wins, starting a minimum of 20 new businesses, and increasing the pool of people in the early stages of their careers by at least two percent.