Economic Development Secrets

This month's special guest is Matt Wavering, Director of Project Development at the Rockwall EDC. Today Matt discusses balancing out their historical perception of being a bedroom community, while also feeling the flex of rapid growth. Matt also discusses their workforce development efforts by means of an annual job fair and he shares the economics behind their mission to attract primary employmen...

This month's special guest is Andrew Stork, Operations Manager for the Klamath County Economic Development Association. Andrew shares why his organization views itself as an extension for all of their local businesses and also how they are addressing some challenges such as a housing shortage.

In this month's bonus episode, we are joined by Aaron Brossoit, CEO and Founder of Golden Shovel Agency. Aaron shares how economic developers can use virtual reality to market their community, as well as other advanced marketing tactics.

This month's special guest is Tracye McDaniel, President at TIP Strategies also the current Chair of the International Economic Development Council. She shares why corporate diversity is so important for economic development and what economic developers can do to help their local businesses with this initiative. Tracye also shares some of the exciting work that IEDC is up to.

This month's special guest is Rachel Ray, Economic Development Administrator for the city of Dublin, Ohio. Today Rachel discusses how they use site capacity studies and also their Dublink Fiber Optics program. In this information-packed episode, Rachel also shares information about their Workforce Development Strategy and also a plethora of resources that they offer local companies that they refer...

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 linkin...

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 crypto...

This month's special guest is Bryan Brackemyre, Vice President of Member Services at the Indiana Municipal Power Agency. In this role, Bryan is responsible for working on various economic development projects with many different types of communities. Today Bryan shares many economic development tactics, and he also gives advice on how to start an economic development partnership with your local ut...

This month's podcast episode features Kelly Kinsey Overby, Business Retention & Expansion Director for the Longview, TX Economic Development.

This month I'm joined by David Camerlengo, Trade & Investment Commissioner for North America for the Queensland, Australia Trade & Investment Department. David discusses their Advance Queensland Initiative and shares different elements of international economic development.

This month's special guest is Tony Gioveniello, President of Shasta EDC. Tony discusses several BRE practices that they've implemented to assist their local businesses. He shares how they've done an in depth study of what their business community's internet presence is and how they've been able to assist them in advancing this web presence. Tony also shares how they use a third party telemarketing...

This month's special guest is Carlton Schwab, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Council. As the leader of a state advocacy group, Carlton shares a unique perspective on economic development at the state and local level and also discusses the future of economic development.

This month's special guest is Mark Lautman, Principal at Lautman Economic Architecture, LLC. He is the author of "When the Boomers Bail," which discusses how the powerful combination of economic and demographic forces change the job creation game and make it more difficult for community leaders to manage their local economies. Along with a group of colleagues, Mark co-founded the Community Economi...

In this special episode of Economic Development Secrets, we discuss highlights from this year’s podcast episodes. We will cover current trends in the economic development field and discuss some of the top tips shared by our special guests.

This episode of Economic Development Secrets features Nathan Tafoya, Executive Director of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation. Nathan shares tips for rural economic developers and compares economic development tactics in Texas and New Mexico.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Jenny Philip, Director of Research for the Greater Houston Partnership. She discusses what outlets to use as you get started using economic development research more.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Michael Collins, President & CEO of Port KC. Michael shares how to conduct effective bi-state economic development and how their industrial sector has become one of the top eight in the nation.