Author Archives: Paul

Economic Benefit Statement for the JETI Program (Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation)

Economic Benefit Statement for Chapter 403 / JETI Program The Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act (JETI) was created by the 88th Texas Legislature in 2023 and began accepting applications in January 2024. The JETI program (Tax Code Chapter 403 … Read More

Impact DashBoard – Take Control of Notificaitons

Set Your Data Form Notification Preference Control the notifications you receive from Impact DashBoard!  Impact DashBoard users can now set a Notification Level on the Users page of My Account. In addition, Admins can set the Notification Level for any … Read More

064 – Economic Development Secrets – J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio

Our guest this week is J.P. Nauseef the President and CEO of JobsOhio. JobsOhio is a private economic development corporation that focuses on driving job creation and new capital investment in the state of Ohio. In this episode we’ll hear … Read More

063 – Economic Development Secrets – The Impact of Remote Workers: It’s Complicated

In this new type of episode, Paul Scheuren digs into a topic that has come up among some of our clients recently – quantifying the impact of remote workers. The bottom line is that the impact of remote workers is … Read More

062 – Economic Development Secrets – Telly Tucker, Arlington Economic Development in Arlington, Virginia

My guest this week is Telly Tucker. Telly is the Director of Arlington Economic Development for Arlington County, Virginia. As many of you in economic development may know, Amazon selected Arlington Virginia for one of its HQ2 locations in 2018. … Read More

Impact DashBoard Essentials: Your Digital Project Questionnaire for Economic Development

Simplify your ED project data gathering process.  Questionnaire responses are often hard to read, incomplete, and confusing.  The Data Form feature within Impact DashBoard Essentials simplifies the process with a customizable, digital project data questionnaire.   How Impact DashBoard Essentials Works Create a … Read More

Impact DashBoard Update – July 2021

Invite Your Whole Team Impact DashBoard now supports multiple users per organization!  All Impact DashBoard Subscribers can now invite colleagues to create their own login/password and access the organization’s account. Here’s a full run down of how it all works. … Read More

060 – Economic Development Secrets – Carla Pendergraft, Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau

This month’s Economic Development Secrets episode focuses on tourism with our special guest Carla Pendergraft, Director of Marketing for the Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau.    Carla shares details on Waco’s top attractions (hint: Magnolia Market!) and discusses how attracting … Read More

Impact DashBoard Update – March 2021

Interactive Project Fact Sheet Report The Fact Sheet Report just got a lot easier to edit! Simply click on the field or label that you’d like to add or edit and you’ll get a pop up that shows you the … Read More

Consumer Spending During a COVID-19 Lockdown

Consumer Spending During a COVID-19 Lockdown Shelter-in-place orders, lockdowns, and shutdowns in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) are wreaking havoc on workers and businesses across the United States and the world. If the experience of other countries is any indication, … Read More