Houston in 2017

It was quite a year for Houston! From the Super Bowl, to the largest natural disaster in American history, to the World Series!

It was an incredible year for Houston, including many ups and downs. Here are some highlights from over the year of 2017.

First of all, a Houston pension reform bill passed the Texas Legislature. Super Bowl LI was held here in Houston, creating $2.2 Billion in advertising media value, with 340,000 mentions. Including, over 1.7 Million views, of a Houston tour video. It generated 10,000 articles from top news sources, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Money and The New York Times. Houston was visited by 130 foreign delegations from 33 countries, including The United Kingdom, Australia, China, Mexico, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan and Ukraine. Upskill Houston was launched, which was a program to help those with a High School diploma but not a college diploma, find good jobs. $54 Billion was spent on flood mitigation projects.

Finally, and unfortunately, the city of Houston was struck by perhaps the greatest natural disaster in US history when tropical depression Harvey was stuck over Houston for several days, dumping 50 inches of water on the city. The year has been filled with ups and downs but it has been one of the most defining years in the city’s history.