Mitchell’s job is to create jobs, increase tax base

Mark Mitchell was a firefighter in Indianapolis. That experience has come in handy now that he’s living in Lake Houston.
As president of the Lake Houston Economic Development Partnership, he finds himself extinguishing the flames of perceptions flaring up after Hurricane Harvey visited a couple years ago, perceptions that Harvey devastated Lake Houston.
While sales tax revenue after Harvey declined, the turnaround began a couple months later.

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