by Jordan Ackerman | Sep 29, 2020 | Economic Development
Every industry and market has been impacted by COVID-19 in some way, often negatively. The pandemic disrupted supply chains and drastically altered consumer behavior. Industries like hospitality and travel have been decimated. While transportation, warehousing and the...
by Janet Ady | Aug 17, 2020 | Economic Development
Over the past several months, Ady Advantage has been tracking and interpreting reams of data that provide clues as to what’s next for economic development. We recently developed a white paper summarizing the top impacts from COVID-19 and the implications for Economic...
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 | Apr 22, 2020 | Economic Development
As economic developers start to pivot from the triage work of reaching out to existing businesses and connecting them with business resources, the big question is, “What should we focus on now to most favorably position our community for the future?” None of us...
by Janet Ady | Feb 3, 2020 | Economic Development
In Ady Advantage’s most recent site selector research, one of the questions we asked site selectors was, “What single piece of information is most critical to have on an economic development website?” Their answer? More important than labor force data, available...