by Janet Ady | Oct 19, 2020 | Economic Development
Business retention and expansion (BRE) has never been more critical. One of the first things economic development organizations (EDO) did when COVID-19 hit was reach out to their existing businesses. This was the most direct and efficient way to understand 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 | 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...
by Janet Ady | May 8, 2019 | Economic Development
I recently had the honor and pleasure of attending my eighth consecutive Site Selectors Guild conference. For those of you who may not be familiar with the organization, the Site Selectors Guild is the only organization that both represents the site selection...
