This month’s podcast special guest is Shelby Glover Zaricor, Director of Business Development at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. She shares their foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy: We have over 50 companies that represent about 20 countries currently that … Read More
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042 – Economic Development Secrets – Shelby Zaricor, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
This month’s special guest is Shelby Glover Zaricor, Director of Business Development at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. The Mobile Chamber is the lead economic development entity for Mobile County, Alabama. Her primary role is to help new industry … Read More
Impact DashBoard Update – September 2019
The latest feature releases for Impact DashBoard include: New Public Support Overview Description Advanced Description Text Formatting Contribute Portion of Sales Taxes to TIF Reimbursement Terminology Available for Public Support New Public Support Overview Description The Public Support tab now … Read More
041 – Economic Development Secrets – Will Novak, Mesa, AZ
This month’s special guest is Will Novak, Project Manager at the City of Mesa, Arizona. Will joined the Mesa Office of Economic Development team in October 2018. Will is tasked with the continued development and redevelopment efforts around Falcon Field … Read More
Secret from 040: Creating A Workforce Development Job Fair
This month’s podcast special guest is Matt Wavering, Director of Project Development for the Rockwall EDC. He shares how their annual community-wide job fair came to fruition: We have a lot of different industries here, and rather than targeting a … Read More
040 – Economic Development Secrets – Matt Wavering, Rockwall EDC
This month’s special guest is Matt Wavering, Director of Project Development at the Rockwall EDC. Matt was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. While … Read More
Secret from 039: Prioritizing Business Assistance
This month’s podcast special guest is Andrew Stork, Operations Manager for the Klamath County Economic Development Association (KCEDA). He shares why it is so important to prioritize assisting your local businesses: We treat [our role] as if we are this … Read More
Impact DashBoard Training Workshop
Texas Economic Developers – Join us in San Antonio before the TEDC Annual Conference for a free Impact DashBoard training workshop. During this workshop, attendees will receive an in depth training using the Impact DashBoard cost-benefit software. Economic developers will … Read More
EB-5 Regulations – Digging a bit into the TEA Details
Unless something stops them, the new EB-5 regulations will go into effect on November 21, 2019. By now, you have probably heard the main takeaways related to the TEA-related changes Census tract combination for high-unemployment TEAs would be limited to … Read More
039 – Economic Development Secrets – Andrew Stork, Klamath County EDA
This month’s special guest is Andrew Stork, Operations Manager for the Klamath County Economic Development Association (KCEDA). KCEDA is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that serves as the county’s economic leader in attracting new investment to the area, as well helping … Read More