The search for Amazon's second HQ in the United States has thrust economic development into the national spotlight. In fact, one of my favorite sessions at IEDC's 2018 Leadership Summit was the Tuesday morning special plenary session, "Chasing the Big Deal," which focused heavily on...
This article was originally written for and published in the International Economic Development Council’s “ED Now” newsletter. We are excited to make it available to non-IEDC members here for the first time.There were 5.8 million job openings across the United States at the end of April, according...
This article was originally written for and published in the International Economic Development Council's "ED Now" newsletter. We are excited to make it available to non-IEDC members here for the first time.Raising public and private funding for economic development is nothing new. Economic development organizations...
This year's Northeastern Economic Developers Association’s Annual Conference proved to be another success! More than 150 economic development professionals converged on Syracuse to learn and to share their best practices as it related to this year’s theme, “Re-Think, Re-Vive, Re-Thrive…Leveraging the Assets of Our Communities.”...
New IOM graduates, pictured left to right: Larkin Simpson, IOM, Chamber Director & Project Manager, Jones County Chamber of Commerce (MS); April Bragg, IOM, President & CEO, MilledgevilleBaldwin County Chamber (GA); Brian Tucker, IOM, Director of Economic Development, Georgetown County Economic Development (SC); Lindsay Frilling,...