by Janet Ady | Nov 4, 2021 | Economic Development, Site Selection, Utilities
I recently had the pleasure to teach a group of new and emerging senior rural electrical cooperative leaders. The session for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is part of their Management Internship Program (MIP). We asked the co-op leaders...
by Janet Ady | Sep 13, 2021 | Economic Development, Site Selection, Talent Attraction, Uncategorized
We live in a world where Economic Development Organizations (EDO) must operate on two parallel paths: business development (business retention, expansion, recruitment, and start-up) and talent development (talent retention, development, and recruitment). In short,...
by Charlie Walker | May 21, 2020 | Economic Development, Site Selection
Back in the good old days – I’m talking about December before the coronavirus pandemic – site selectors thought about security mostly in two dimensions: natural disasters and man-made threats like crime or terrorism. Now a third dimension has entered our...
by Janet Ady | Mar 16, 2020 | Economic Development, Site Selection
Over the course of the past year, more than one economic developer has pulled me aside to make a confession: they’re no longer actively recruiting businesses. Instead, they are placing their bets on business retention and expansion (BRE). The main reason is that...
