Known for the integrity of our work in communities throughout Texas, Winstead helps local government relations clients develop issue-specific and long-term solutions for challenges and opportunities presented in today's highly competitive markets.

Experienced at representing local governments' interests as well as representing corporate clients before local governmental entities. Productive, effective relationships with key leaders at multiple levels of government and throughout the private sector.

In Austin, Dallas, Houston and communities across the state, Winstead's name means business in governmental sectors.

From counseling Houston's Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority (LARA) and resolving contentious issues arising in clients' development projects to steering public finance initiatives, our experience and services include:

• Assisting local governments in developing relationships, facilitating meetings, and negotiating with other local government entities, state and federal legislatures, private interests, regulatory agencies and special districts.
• Leveraging our extensive background with river authorities, water conservation districts and other public and private entities that wish to do business with local governments.
• Providing analysis of legislation and regulation
• Identifying funding sources, opportunities and strategies for infrastructure and economic development
• Facilitating the public involvement process
• Moderating the strategic planning process

Representative local government relations matters include:

• Special Purpose Authority – Help to establish, and currently represent, Houston's Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority (LARA), an urban land bank purposed with creating affordable housing, in their real estate and finance projects.
• Government Contracts – Represent a global integrated technology solutions company in its bid to provide electronic voting equipment to one of the fastest growing counties in Texas. Matter was heard before the Commissioners' Court.
• Housing Authorities – Serve as general counsel to several local housing authorities throughout Southeast Texas.
• Harris County Health Facilities Development Corporation – Act as general counsel to this group. We also serve on the Board of Managers of the Harris County Hospital District, Community Health Choice, a Medicaid HMO, and the Harris County Public Healthcare Council, a 21-member board that includes the CEOs of every major provider of health care services in Houston.
• Aviation – Represent international manufacturer of transportation systems in its successful bid for the provision of services before the staff and board of directors of a major international airport.
• Hospitality – Represent global hospitality and food service provider in numerous successful RFP processes. Among the groups we appeared before are the city councils of Austin and Houston, their departments of aviation, and a major international airport's staff and board of directors.
• Advertising – Represent leading international out-of-home advertising company before the staff and city council of a major Texas city in its effort to be awarded the static advertising concession for a local airport.