Economic Development Secrets

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Kevin Carter, Executive Director of the High Ground of Texas. Kevin discusses rural economic development and strategic regionalism.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Kristin Reese, Executive Director of the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership. Kristin discusses workforce development, site selection, and economic development trends.

In this two episode special, Paul Scheuren and Nicole D'Souza of Impact DataSource discuss economic development advice and other tips shared during their Texas Economic Development Best Practices Summits this Spring.

In this second episode, they discuss evaluating and presenting projects and CRM systems that help you keep track of your active projects.

In this two episode special, Paul Scheuren and Nicole D'Souza of Impact DataSource discuss economic development advice and other tips shared during their Texas Economic Development Best Practices Summits this Spring.

This first episode covers information on strategic plans, marketing, and business retention and expansion.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Sean Stockard, President and CEO of the ED Alliance for Brazoria County, TX. Sean discusses the importance of introducing students to vocational trades early so that they know that they have options when planning their future.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Tanner Jones, Research Analyst for Baldwin County, AL Economic Development Alliance. We discuss all things data and research. Tanner shares advice on how you can start relying on data more heavily.

During this month's installment of Economic Development Secrets, Mary Jacobs, Assistant City Manager in Sierra Vista, Arizona shares how her community has developed an economic development department and strategy. We also discuss national economic development trends.

This month we were joined by Bill Martin, Executive Director of the Greater Osceola Partnership for Economic Prosperity. Bill has worked in economic development for over 40 years in state, regional and local economic development groups. He shares the most exciting economic development project that he has worked on during his whole career and explains how his region offers different programs to educate and train the workforce.

This month's special guest is Michael Bunt, Director of Economic Development at the Artesia, New Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Michael shares with the audience about their incentive war chest and the importance of getting involved with neighboring EDO's at the state and local level.

This month, Jeffrey Finkle, President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) draws upon his 30 years of ED experience and shares his "economic development secrets". As the leader of the world’s largest economic development membership organization, Jeff shares a unique point of view of the economic development field. We discuss the history of IEDC, the process to become certified, and some pressing economic development topics, including incentives and what your elected officials can do to support your department.