Through funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) recently updated the organization’s 2015 text for communities facing disaster, titled Leadership in Times of Crisis: A Toolkit for Recovery and Resilience and released a whitepaper, What We’ve Learned From Covid-19.

The Toolkit contains 13 chapters, detailing economic developers’ role in building resilience and leading recovery, including a new chapter on pandemic-focused resilience based on the research from the whitepaper.

Congratulations to the Build Back Better Regional Challenge Winners! A special congratulations to our IEDC Members and awardees:

Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation (Michigan)
$52.2 million for the Global Epicenter of Mobility

Empire State Development (New York)
$25 million for the Western New York's Advanced Manufacturing Cluster

Georgia Tech Research Corporations (Georgia)
$65 million for GA-AIM

Greater New Orleans Development Foundation (Louisiana)
$50 million for H2theFuture

Greater St. Louis, Inc. (Missouri)
$25 million for the St. Louis Tech Triangle

Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation (Oklahoma)
$35 million for the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster Initiative

Osceola County Board of County Commissioners (Florida)
$50.8 million for the Building Central Florida’s Semiconductor Cluster for Broad-Based Prosperity

Darryl Washington has been a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for eight years.

Jonathan Smith, CEcD has been a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for five years.

It’s been six months since Nathan Ohle took the helm at IEDC, and he has spent much of that time talking with IEDC members and stakeholders. These conversations have offered valuable insight into the many challenges and opportunities in the economic development field today, and how IEDC can continue to provide excellent service to members, serve as a thought leader, and champion equity in the profession.

IEDC is currently calling for Board of Directors nominations and renominations. Please read below for more information about the process, including submission procedures. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

Michael E. Gonzalez, CEcD has been a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for about 2 two years.