Diagnose & Measure
You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you are now. The first step is determining the baseline of where your economy is now, and how you iwll track its progress going forward. Economic dashboards, impact analysis, pulse surverys- these are tools to help your community stay ahead of the curve.
Businesses
Business retention, expansion, and recruitment are the “holy trio” of business development. We can help you identify or reprioritize target industries to adjust for economic trends and disruptions, as well as assist your existing companies in pivoting to new products and/or markets.
Talent
Talent retention, development and recruitment is now equal in weight to business development for most communities. We can help your community determine what talent segments you will focus on and what programs you will use for retaining, retraining and recruiting talent.
Blueprint
Ultimately it comes down to having a plan. Ady Advantage can help educate your stakeholders and elected officials on the principles of economic development. We can evaluate your community, identify key issues, and develop an immediate-term plan of action. Finally, we can lead your community through the process of developing a full ED strategic Plan.
Send us your contact details and we’ll reach out within 24 hours to set-up a time to talk and determine how your community can stay competitive in today’s economic development environment.
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ADY INSIGHTS
Talent Recruitment Is More than a Tagline
Remember the good old days? When recruiting talent meant a nice tagline and a flashy campaign showing lots of smiling people at the local fair? When simply having head of household jobs was enough? The “build it and they will come” days are long gone in this...
Putting American Recovery Act Funds to the Best Use
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here! The Department of the Treasury released guidance for how communities can leverage American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Tucked away in the document is a key directive: “state, local, and tribal governments may use...
As I See It I Resiliency Is More Than a Buzzword
A familiar, but often forgotten or misunderstood term is on the minds and tongues of many economic developers in the wake of the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (aka, the “Son of CARES” Act) and the next round of major COVID-related stimulus soon to be...
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