Houston Population Boom
The Booming City
Houston's population tends to go up 125,000 people a year. This last year however, the population has gone up by 158,000 people. This growing population is causing an increase in demand for goods and services as well as employment.
More and more people are working in the big industries in the downtown area
People are coming from all over to try to make their fortune in the oil and gas industry
The oil refineries are continuing to expand rapidly
Government Warning on Beef
Mad Beef
After careful examination, the government has issued a warning on eating beef from the farms near the Houston area. The cows have been tested positive for mad cow disease which can easily be spreed to humans by eating the meat of a cow effected by the disease. It has been linked to causing dementia, comas, and eventually death. The disease is marked by rapid mental deterioration, usually within a few months. So the next time you go to buy beef from the supermarket, be sure you know where your getting it from.
A cow effected by the disease
The effected animals brain begins to deteriorate as the disease runs it's course
What will the fate be for the cattle ranchers and the beef butcher shop industry in the Houston area?
3,000 People Laid Off
NASA Binge Layoff
3,000 people have been laid of at NASA so far, and counting. The multi million dollar business is having to lay off employees because of budget cuts. This is leaving thousands of Americans unemployed including hundreds of Houstonians. This will be causing families to have to cut back on their spending until they are able to find another job which will put a strain on the Houston economy.
NASA is taking a huge budget cut leaving thousands of it's employees laid off
With money people tight in hundreds of households the Houston economy will suffer
This massive layoff is causing unemployement to rise is the Houston area
Local Houston Businesses Competing with National Busniesses
Support Local Busniesses
Local Houston businesses have been struggling to keep up with their National multi-franchised competitors. Many local Houston businesses have been going out of business because the competition has been getting to hard.
Local ownership ensures that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impacts of those decisions.
Try substituting your Starbucks coffee for a locally owned coffee shop's coffee
Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.
Hurricane Amy
Time to Stock Up
Hurricane Amy is expected to hit Galveston and the Houston area in a week. Residents have been stocking up on supplies and food the last few days in preparation for the Hurricane. The supermarkets are working around the clock to keep up with the demand for food and various supplies people are needing to buy.
People have been stocking up on various food items causing the store to not be able to keep up with the consent demand
Residents are making sure that they have everything that they need for the hurricane
Residents have been raiding the lumber shops in order to get plywood to put on their doors and windows to help prevent breaking