This month’s episode of Economic Development Secrets features Ben White, Vice President of Economic Development for the Round Rock, Texas Chamber, representing a community known for its highly-educated workforce, strong and cooperative city government, stable economy, and affordable cost-of-living. … Read More
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Economic Development Due Diligence Checklist
A recurring nightmare for many people is arriving to school and finding out there is a test for which you haven’t studied. Luckily, I can say I have only experienced this bone-shaking fear while sleeping and never in the classroom. … Read More
The Art of Presenting Impact Results to Close the Deal – Insights from ED Practitioners
If you’ve wondered exactly how other economic developers use impact data to evaluate deals or to communicate their consequences to community stakeholders, then you won’t want to miss this playback from the 2016 IEDC Conference in Cleveland. Impact DataSource’s own … Read More
ED Secret from 004: Advice for Young Economic Developers
Dan Tobergte, President and CEO of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, shared some advice for young economic developers during this month’s episode of Economic Development Secrets. He stresses the importance of finding a mentor to guide you. As a test grader for … Read More
In Defense of ED Incentives
“I’ll stop using economic development incentives when Walmart stops having sales.” – Some Economic Developer, Somewhere, Sometime It’s an intriguing comparison, but are economic development incentives analogous to retail sales? During this webinar, we compared economic development incentives to some … Read More
ED Secret from 004: Become THE Expert on Your Community
Dan Tobergte, President and CEO of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, leads a team of ten in one of Kentucky’s first regional economic development organizations. Dan shared advice to his peers that he has accumulated during his thirty years in economic development. … Read More
Three-way Loss: An Economic Development Lesson in the Cancellation of Triathlon Event in Torrance Beach
Canceling a scheduled triathlon event just four days before it is supposed to take place is a loss for athletes, the event organizer, and the city. While the potential was a win-win-win, a dispute over payments for traffic control and … Read More
004 – Economic Development Secrets- Dan Tobergte, Northern Kentucky Tri-ED
This month’s episode of Economic Development Secrets features Dan Tobergte, President/CEO of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED. He leads a team of ten highly-skilled employees and reports to three Boards of Directors. Tri-ED is the economic development organization for the counties of … Read More
Lesson #6: Economic Developers Are Full of Wisdom
As the only person doing business retention in a city of 230,000, I was always on the go, always busy, and always concerned about different businesses who needed something. It was so rare that I would take the time to … Read More
Lesson #5: Strategic Plans vs. Performance Reports
All too commonly strategic plans take months to draw up, are shared with your board, and then placed on a shelf where they are never to seen again until it is time to create an updated plan for the next … Read More