The Power of Information: Using Data to Create and Refine Your Economic Development Strategy

In this issue...

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

• How a Dose of Data Reality Can Enhance Your Region’s Competitive Positioning
  by Gene DePrez, Americas Leader, Global Location Strategies, IBM

• Fiscal Impact Analysis Creates a Win-Win for Projects and Communities
  by Carlianne Patrick Crotty, CEcD, Vice President, Research and Planning, Carroll Tomorrow

• Economic Gardening: Using Information to Help Your Entrepreneurs Grow
  by Christian Gibbons, Director of Business/Industry Affairs, City of Littleton, Colorado

• Using Location Intelligence to Attract Retail to Underserved Areas
  by Patty Formosa, Director of Economic Development, MapInfo

• Targeting a Portfolio of Clusters
  by Aaron Smith, Economics Research Associates

• Quantifying the Creative Economy
  by Louise K. Stevens, President, ArtsMarket

• Economic Developer “Dinosaurs” Vs. Fast Internet Information
  by Anatalio Ubalde, MCP, Chief Operating Officer, GIS Planning

• Your Regional Knowledge Economy Strategy: Is it Succeeding?
  by Eva Klein, President, Eva Klein & Associates, Ltd., and Managing Partner, IDEA Partnerships, LLC

• “We Have the Site, But We Need the Workforce!”
  by Chris Manheim, President, McHenry County Economic Development Corporation