ENTREPRENEURIAL to its very core, this city embraces the same can-do attitude that spurred generations of wildcatters to drill for liquid gold. And whether or not they strike it rich, every day more forward-thinking, gutsy people envision concepts they’ve convinced will work, follow their passions and are embraced by a city that strives to propel them to each their dreams.

Downtown Houston is at the heart of this business community with a workforce of 140,000 and 11 of Houston’s 26 Fortune 500 companies. Powerhouses such as Chevron, Shell, Continental Airlines, JPMorgan and TOTAL and creative minds such as PageSoutherlandPage and Morris Architects are just a few  that call downtown home.