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We talk to Iain Vasey, the newly hired CEO of the Golden Triangle Development LINK, to talk plainly about how the Golden Triangle can win industrial recruitment with limited resources and a lot at stake. 

We get into Iain’s “Moneyball” approach to economic development: focus on the industries where you can win, keep your information accurate and verifiable, and build relationships that lead to repeat projects instead of a single splashy headline. He shares hard-earned lessons from high-dollar negotiations, including how incentives and tax limitation agreements can help when they’re structured well and hurt when they’re not. 

We talk solar, workforce development, data centers and housing. If the region lands hundreds of new jobs with its latest Megasite, where do people live, especially the “missing middle” workforce that earns too much for assistance but not enough for new-build prices?