"The time to start building a more resilient Texas and creating opportunity for all Texans is now. Let's seize this opportunity."
How we approach the challenge of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will define the Texas that we live in going forward. A Playbook for Resiliency: Creating Opportunity for All Texans outlines nine principles and associated actions for an inclusive and more resilient Texas.
- Build partnerships instead of rivalries. Collaboration is essential if Texas is to achieve lasting resiliency. Local leaders have an invaluable view on what is happening on the ground, while the state government offers a broader picture of Texas's overall needs.
- Foster resilience through economic inclusion and diversification. Let's be innovative in how we grow our export sectors when we begin to reopen the state, while supporting the small and local businesses that bring character, creativity, and authenticity to Texas communities.
- Increase health care investments for economic development. Texas's hospitals are not just providers of health care and centers of advanced research—they are job creators and have the potential to become important community catalysts.
- Lead the energy future. As the world's leading knowledge and production center for energy, Texas must seize the opportunity to innovate and develop an alternative energy ecosystem for the future.
- Protect essential workers to protect Texas's resiliency and future. They need access to affordable childcare, guaranteed health care and family-supporting wages.
- Promote the growth of rural communities with state-supported investments. With a renewed focus, Texas's rural communities can emerge as centers of entrepreneurship, improving the well-being of all Texans.
- Invest in the skills of Texans. It's time to double down on our investments in the skills and pathways that expand economic opportunities for Texans, improving well-being across the board.
- Leverage Texas universities as community hubs and accelerators for talent and thought leadership. Texas universities can serve as laboratories for the development of practical solutions to intractable problems.
- Advance an infrastructure that supports the orderly growth of metropolitan Texas. As expensive as they are, digital and physical infrastructure projects can help to jumpstart the recovery by putting people to work, while laying the groundwork for a Texas that is more sustainable.
More:
- Op-Ed: How Texas can improve its chances for post-pandemic economic recovery (Dallas Morning News, May 18, 2020)
- Texas Policy Experts Offer Playbook for Post-Pandemic Recovery (UT News, May 13, 2020)
COVID-19 revealed gaps in the state's ability to rebound from the pandemic. Prof. @iamstevenpedigo of @theLBJSchool, @UTAustin & @hobbyschooluh Dean @KirkPWatson have created a forward-thinking playbook to bring about a stronger Texas. https://t.co/xuVao9uqu1 pic.twitter.com/QVB0oF17jr
— The LBJ School (@TheLBJSchool) May 13, 2020
Reopen Texas? Policy experts from @hobbyschooluh and @TheLBJSchool say the state needs to evaluate past policies and better prepare for the future. https://t.co/v8l8lUC5B8
— UH Media Relations (@UH_News) May 13, 2020
Coronavirus in Texas: Policy experts from @hobbyschooluh and @TheLBJSchool have laid out a plan for the state's recovery https://t.co/F8kyJdZj4K via @TexasTribune
— UH Media Relations (@UH_News) May 13, 2020
.@KirkPWatson and I joined @TexasStandard to lay out a plan for a more resilient and inclusive #Texas after #COVID19. https://t.co/kJrq3fKL2T #cities #ecdev cc: @TheLBJSchool @hobbyschooluh
— Steven Pedigo (@iamstevenpedigo) May 13, 2020
Coronavirus in Texas: @KirkPWatson and @iamstevenpedigo lay out post-pandemic recovery plan. @hobbyschooluh @TheLBJSchool https://t.co/6yjKvnkQfZ via @TexasTribune
— Jeannie Kever (@JEKever) May 13, 2020
We need ideas to build better after COVID. Together, @KirkPWatson of @hobbyschooluh and @iamstevenpedigo of @TheLBJSchool lay out common sense steps policy and business leaders can take to emerge better. The advice will work for more than just Texas. https://t.co/ZRFwTbpDRL pic.twitter.com/Ik7PyxgC8t
— Joseph Kopser (@JosephKopser) May 14, 2020
"Let's be innovative in how we grow our export sectors when we begin to reopen the state, while supporting the
small and local businesses that bring character, creativity, and authenticity to our communities," @iamstevenpedigo @KirkPWatson @TheLBJSchool @UTAustin @hobbyschooluh https://t.co/XFv2MEzDlF— Tom Kozlik (@tomkozlik) May 14, 2020
First of its kind playbook to get the Texas economy moving again—a must-read—- @GreeneBarrett @aspanational @VolckerAlliance @iamstevenpedigo https://t.co/W6M4I81ssg
— Don Kettl (@DonKettl) May 14, 2020
When @DonKettl says it is a must read — it is a must read. Printing now. thanks for pointing out @DonKettl.@GreeneBarrett @aspanational @VolckerAlliance @iamstevenpedigo @TheLBJSchool @UTAustin @hobbyschooluh @KirkPWatson #Texas https://t.co/UbBqVQcMhe
— Tom Kozlik (@tomkozlik) May 14, 2020
See Burnt Orange & Scarlet work beautifully together...@TheLBJSchool @hobbyschooluh teaming up to write the Playbook on TX resiliency as we navigate a post pandemic Texas https://t.co/8gjuB6Jlfs
— Victoria DeFrancesco (@DrVMDS) May 13, 2020
A Playbook for #Resiliency: New report from collaborative effort between @TheLBJSchool and @hobbyschooluh details 9 principles for more #resilient and #equitable #Texas economy. Investing in skills of #Texans a top priority.https://t.co/LhyDykG7z4 #TexasStrong #workforce pic.twitter.com/yP9W6ET9Hc
— Quo Vadis Strategies (@QVStrategies) May 13, 2020