ED Secret

This month’s podcast special guest is Alex West, Director of Research at Ann Arbor SPARK. She explains how economic development organizations can get started collecting and organizing local data: So where do you start and where do you stop? And … Read More

This month’s podcast special guest is Julie Floyd, Compliance Administrator at the Frisco EDC. She explains how Frisco built their current incentive compliance program and the specifics of how the program works: I feel our compliance program contains several efforts … Read More

This month’s podcast special guest is Burdette (Pete) Fullerton, Assistant Director of Commercial Properties & Development with the Kansas City Aviation Department. He discusses why it is vital for economic developers to measure and track incentive compliance metrics: Well, the … Read More

This month’s podcast special guest is Christian Fletcher, Executive Director of the Marble Falls EDC. He discusses what economic development metrics his organization measures and shares how he shares them with stakeholders: Well, I’m kind of a data nerd and … Read More

This month’s podcast special guest is Phoebe Fleming, Director of Research at the Orlando Economic Partnership. She shares economic development tactics and programs that her organization has adopted to promote their goal of broad-based prosperity: We have new opportunities and … Read More

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

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

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

This month’s podcast special guest is Tracye McDaniel, President at TIP Strategies and also this year’s Chair of the International Economic Development Council. She shares why it is so important to assist your local businesses in executing a corporate diversity … Read More

This month, Rachel Ray, Economic Development Administrator for the City of Dublin, Ohio, shares with the audience about her work with Site Capacity Studies: We realized it was really important for us to have a clear understanding of what the … Read More