Editing Pearland, Texas (section)

==Economy==

===Workforce and industry===
[[File:ShadowCreekRanch.JPG|thumb|right|500 [[Shadow Creek Ranch]]]]
Pearland's labor force and job base grew substantially with its population growth. The number of jobs in the community grew from 9,169 in 2000 to 17,552 in 2008. The total labor force that resides in the community increased from approximately 20,000 in 2000 to 45,368 in 2010. A majority of the community's labor force commutes daily into the [[Texas Medical Center]] and other employment centers in the region.<ref name="Pearland Demographic Overview" /> Pearland also has many people employed by [[NASA]] at the [[Johnson Space Center|Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]].<ref name="Pearland Demographic Overview" />

Pearland's economy in the 2010s has helped increase its healthcare and health-related workforce. [[Kelsey-Seybold Clinic]]'s new {{convert|170000|sqft|m2|adj=mid}} administrative office building in [[Shadow Creek Ranch]] was expected to open in the fall of 2013, with 800 employees. This follows two other medical manufacturing facilities: Cardiovascular Systems, which opened in 2010, and Merit Medical Systems, which began construction in 2011. The Merit project, {{convert|118000|sqft|}}, provides facilities for 220 research and development employees.<ref name="Mann Lake">{{cite web|last=Mann Lake|first=Deborah|title=A Resilient Community|url=http://virtualonlineeditions.com/publication/?i=100341|work=Opportunity Houston – Winter 2012|publisher=Greater Houston Partnership|access-date=June 15, 2012}}</ref> By 2020, 50% of the city's economy relies on healthcare equipment manufacturing or medical research.<ref name="Mann Lake"/>

Other employers are a reflection of Pearland's suburban economy, with the vast majority of it retail.

According to a 2020 Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in Pearland were:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pearlandtx.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/30155/637563475147600000|title=2020 City of Pearland Comprehensive Financial Report|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Pearland Independent School District]]
|2,766
|-
|2
|[[Kelsey Seybold Clinic]]
|863
|-
|3
|City of Pearland
|853
|-
|4
|[[Alvin Independent School District]]
|785
|-
|5
|[[Memorial Hermann]] Pearland Hospital 
|450
|-
|6
|[[Lonza Group]]
|444
|-
|7
|Merit Medical Industries 
|360 
|-
|8
|[[HCA Healthcare|HCA]] (Pearland Medical Center) 
|300
|-
|9
|[[Dover Corporation]]
|220
|-
|10
|Third Coast Chemicals 
|200
|}

===Retail and entertainment===
[[File:PTC1.jpg|thumb|Town Center streetscape]]Pearland was one of two Texas cities to average double-digit growth in retail sales from 2004 to 2009, and its retail market was the state's fastest growing over the five-year periods ending 2009, 2010, and 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last= Christian|first= Carol|date= January 17, 2013|title= Pearland shoppers push retail growth to top of 5-year charts|url= http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pearland-shoppers-push-retail-growth-to-top-of-4203343.php|newspaper= Houston Chronicle|access-date= November 25, 2014}}</ref> Prominent mixed-use lifestyle and shopping complexes service residents with national retailers and dining establishments.<ref name="Pearland Demographic Overview"/>
* [[Pearland Town Center]] – {{convert|1100000|sqft|m2|adj=mid}} lifestyle center. Opened in July 2008.
* Shadow Creek Town Center – {{convert|640265|sqft|m2|adj=mid}} retail and dining center.
* The Spectrum District – Proposed developments include urban residential, office, and retail projects.
* Silverlake Village Shopping Center –{{Circular reference|date=June 2019}}
* The Crossing @ 288 – 
* Shadow Creek Market Place –

===Healthcare===

* Memorial Hermann Pearland
* Pearland Medical Center
* Reserve at SCR – Kelsey-Seybold, Memorial Herman and HCA
* St. Luke's Emergency Center
* Texas Children's Pediatrics<ref>
* Methodist Comprehensive Care Center

In 2017, Dr. Periyanan Vaduganathan, a cardiologist and chief of staff at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, opened</ref> – Pearland's first free charity clinic named SEVA Clinic. The nonprofit serves as a walk-in clinic for primary care cases, such as diabetes, hypertension and other non-emergency cases. SEVA Clinic is housed inside the facilities of another local nonprofit serving the city named the Pearland Neighborhood Center and is located at 2335 N. Texas Avenue Pearland, TX 77581.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Haley |title=SEVA Clinic to open as first charity medical clinic in Pearland, provide primary care to low-income communities |url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/pearland-friendswood/city-county/2017/05/26/seva-clinic-open-first-medical-charity-pearland-provide-primary-care-low-income-communities/ |access-date=July 7, 2018 |agency=Community Impact Newspaper - Pearland/Friendswood Edition |date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>

Since 2015, "Wobble before you Gobble", Pearland's largest Annual Health Fair is hosted by the local community. Founded by a local Primary care Physician Dr Vishalakshmi Batchu, this health fair happens around the second or third week of November at [[Pearland Town Center]]. The event showcases several big and small healthcare facilities. Free health checkups, screenings, vaccinations, procedures, nutrition, lifestyle, are offered at the fair. Various fine arts clubs from local schools participate in the fair and showcase their talent in forms of singing, dancing, workouts, skits and exercises. Several workout specialists offer workout sessions including zumba, salsa, Bollywood, yoga and many more formats. The event is grassroots in nature, which means, it is organized by residents of Pearland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wobblebeforeyougobble.net/home.html|title=Home|website=Wobble Before You Gobble Event|language=en|access-date=July 24, 2019}}
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