This month's special guest is Alex Philips, Economic Development Manager for Burleson, TX. During this episode, Alex shares how his community views incentives and also tells the audience about their exciting Burleson Works program.

During this unique episode, Nicole D'Souza and Paul Scheuren tell listeners about Impact DataSource's Impact DashBoard model, and also share exciting updates being deployed this month!

This month's special guest is Amy Madison, Executive Director of the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation. Today Amy discusses how to build a mutually beneficial incentive package for both the community and business. She also shares how her organization benchmarks measurable success and relates that information to her board.

This month's special guest is Adriana Cruz, President of the Greater San Marcos Partnership. Adriana shares how they turned their region's National Manufacturing day into a month-long informational celebration. She also shares how they've ignited local stakeholders to be active participants with their Vision 2020 strategic plan.

During this special episode of the podcast, we reflect on unique tips and tricks shared by podcast guests throughout 2018.

This month's special guest is Courtney Pogue, Director of Economic Development for the city of Dallas. Today Courtney shares how they use Market Value Analysis as a baseline to shape economic development policy, and he also discusses their PACE program, which was recognized by the International Economic Development Council with the Silver Excellence in Economic Development Award

This week's special guest is Gail Bulfin, Vice President of Membership Development for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. Gail discusses their leadership trips where her organization takes a group of stakeholders to visit different communities around the country. Her group then analyzes the community to look for takeaways that they can implement in Fort Lauderdale.

This month's special guest is Michelle Geller, Economic Development Manager at the city of Escondido. Michelle discusses their Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that is rooted in data. She also shares information about Innovate 78, which is their regional alliance.

This month's special guest is Marlisa Briggs, Executive Director of the North Houston Association. Today Marlisa shares about an upcoming bond election that came about as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. She also discusses the different economic development topics that their Development Trends Committee discusses, including economic forecasting, Rail Within Reach, and linking transportation and economic development.

This month's special guest is Jackie Keliiaa, Senior Economic Development Analyst for the East Bay Economic Development Alliance. Jackie discusses a couple of exciting programs that they offer in promoting regionalism in this vibrant area. One of which is panels of current economic development trends that professionals in the field need to be familiar with. Trends have included cannabis and cryptocurrency. Another exciting program that they offer they like to call the Academy Awards of the economic development field.