by Ashley Scray | Oct 16, 2018 | Economic Development
According to the World Economic Forum, as of 2016, it was estimated that 65 percent of children will end up in careers that don’t even exist yet. This is not a new phenomenon. Think 20, 15 or even 10 years back. Job titles, such as social media manager, app developer,...
by Jason Vangalis | Apr 3, 2018 | Economic Development
Economic Development has had an exciting few years. The announcement of the Amazon HQ2 RFP enticed hundreds of communities across North America to submit their version of Amazon HQ2. Foxconn produced one of the largest economic development incentives valued at over $3...
by Janet Ady | Feb 21, 2018 | Manufacturing
As we all know, Amazon is looking for a second North American headquarters. It published its RFI, and the news media, economic development professionals, and community leaders took it from there. Amazon was the first company to take a mega-project (>$1 billion)...
by Janet Ady | Feb 1, 2018 | Economic Development
How has E.D. changed? Simply put, we’ve gone from an “if you build it, they will come” framework to one that is driven by talent. In essence, the process has reversed course from Recruit Company, Attract People, Enhance Quality of Life and Repeat to have Quality of...
by Jason Vangalis | Nov 2, 2017 | Manufacturing
Growth and expansion is an exciting challenge to have. I use the word challenge intentionally because identifying a new location is a crucial decision. The wrong choice can prove to be very expensive and altogether disastrous. As most companies do not have the team of...