Gray Swoope, President and CEO of VisionFirst Advisors, sits down with Chmura’s CEO, Dr. Chris Chmura, to provide insight on economic development and site selection in a post Covid environment.

Introduction/Gray's background: 0:00

VisionFirst Advisors story: 4:40

Changes in economic landscape over past 5 years and Covid: 9:07

Advise for economic developers post-Covid: 12:29

How Gray uses JobsEQ data: 18:28

How economic developers benefit communities: 21:07

Collaboration between business and education: 26:17

The next big thing in local economic development: 28:10

Gray's advice for economic development organizations: 30:37

Outro: 33:20