Developing and building trust as a statement sounds pretty straightforward- but the reality is that in the workplace, and even at home, this can be a challenge. First you need to define what trust is, then armed with the tools to build it in your life, you are well on your way to building stronger personal and professional relationships.

Experience is often said to be the best teacher. For people who work in a field for several decades they rack up a lot of experience. Luckily, some of them are willing to share.

Like death and taxes, another inevitable facet of life is we all gotta eat and drink. As a matter of fact, food processing and production is a rapidly expanding and evolving sector across the country. There are some important steps communities can take ahead of pursing a food and beverage project to help them become more competitive. 

If you look across the country and the globe, successful communities have a lot in common, which includes being desirable places to live. But what qualities help make these places a big draw for both emerging and established workers? Kim Moore is going to better help us define some of these qualities of successful communities.  

To incentivize or not to incentivize… the great question of economic developers across the country for many years. Obviously, it wasn’t Shakespeare who posed the question but today, incentives are in the mix of almost every job creation project. Luckily, there are experts like Bob Westover who can help companies and development officials make the most of both statutory and discretionary incentive opportunities.

Navigating business practices of foreign companies can be a challenge for even the most experienced economic developer. Whether it is foreign regulations or cultural differences, Florian Stamm is here to better help us navigate the important world of foreign direct investment.

When local economic developers work with their corporate partners on new sites or expansions- the most successful projects worked months, even years to develop a pre-capital plan making the business case before the first bucket of dirt was moved.