The Economic Developer's Toolkit

In this issue...

• Welcome
  by Sandy K. Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

• Business Retention: Helping Companies Compete in a Global Economy
  by Erik Collins, Economic Development Manager, Montgomery County, Ohio

• Predicting Corporate Behavior: Why Companies Relocate or Expand
  by Dean Whittaker, CEcD, President, Whittaker Associates, Inc.

• Economic Development Targeting: Laying a Sound Foundation for Your Strategy Plan
  by Lisa Petraglia, Glen Weisbrod and Brett Piercy, EDR Group

• A City’s Tools for Downtown Development: Much More Than Money
  by Nancy Whitworth, Economic Development Director, City of Greenville, S.C.

• Building the Ideal Financing Toolbox
  by Toby Rittner, Executive Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

• Clawbacks in Economic Development: Policies and Practices
  by Karin Richmond, Principal, Intelligent Incentives

• Community Colleges: The Economic Developer’s Workforce Partner
  by Dale F. Campbell, Professor and Director, Community College Leadership Consortium & Futures Assembly, University of Florida, and Ellen M. Long, President, National Council for Continuing Education and Training and Principal, Long & Associates

• Using a Balanced Scorecard to Measure Your Economic Development Strategy
  by Athar Osama, Ph.D., Senior Executive, ANGLE Technology Group

• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) Summary of Requirements
  U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration

• In Memoriam