Notes from the field on economic development, site selection, federal programs, and getting more out of your data.
On July 1, the federal nomination window for Opportunity Zones 2.0 officially opens. For some states, that date is largely academic. The real deadline was dependent on your state’s governor! Many states have been r...
Read articleFor most of the last two decades, the first question in site selection was about land. Is there a site? Is it entitled? Can we build what we need to build on it? Those questions have not gone away; however, there is a ne...
Read articleA pattern shows up in conversations with economic development directors who are new to their roles. It almost does not matter whether they are taking over a two-person county office or a regional authority with a full st...
Read articleMark Muro and his team at Brookings just published something every economic development professional needs to read: “Turning the data center boom into long-term, local prosperity.” It’s the clearest ana...
Read articleA mid-sized city (population ~135,000) recently joined the Executive Pulse family and asked us to import the community’s entire business population into the CRM. In the end, there were just under 10,000 recor...
Read articleEvery economic development professional has experienced that sinking feeling: learning that a major employer is relocating, only after the decision has already been made. By the time you see the press release or hear thr...
Read articleFor many economic development organizations, Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) work starts in spreadsheets. They’re familiar, inexpensive, and flexible. But as relationships grow and the work becomes more str...
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