Economic Development Now is the IEDC member newsletter produced in conjunction with the Economic Development Now blog. Archives are available to members as PDFs. Currently, archival issues from 2007 - 2013 are available. Preceding years are forthcoming.
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February 18, 2013
• Leadership in Economic Development: The 360-Degree Leader
• The Results Are In: IEDC Members’ Opinions on Incentives Practices
February 4, 2013
• Elevating the Incentives Debate: New York Times Incentives Series Author Louise Story Addresses IEDC’s Leadership Summit
January 22, 2013
• Being Alone, Together: Coworking as Economic Development
• Connecting Businesses, Customers and the Community: The CenterState Connect Mobile App
January 7, 2013
• Opportunities and Priorities in 2013: A Conversation with IEDC Board Chairman Paul Krutko
• New Partnership Expands IEDC’s Professional Development Expertise to South Africa
December 10, 2012
• How Berwyn Got the Development It Wanted on a High-Profile but Underperforming Block
• From the IEDC Clearinghouse: Information on Regional Initiatives, Innovation and Technology Corridors, and Business Ambassadors
November 19, 2012
• Leadership in Economic Development: Becoming a “Pinnacle” Leader
• Three Elements (and Two Examples) of Successful EDO Fundraising Campaigns
November 5, 2012
• Accelerating Success: Strategies to Support Growth-Oriented Companies
• Superstorm Sandy Highlights Six Priorities for Short-Term Economic Recovery
October 15, 2012
• A Year’s Worth of Learning in Four Days: Highlights from IEDC’s 2012 Annual Conference
September 24, 2012
• "Make this Your North Star": Creating and Executing an Effective Strategic Plan
• A Focus on Leadership and the Next Generation Earns Pablo Diaz IEDC's 2012 New Economic Development Professional of the Year Award
September 10, 2012
• Is an Incubator Right for Your Community? Here’s What You Should Consider
• IEDC’s Brown Bag Lunch Series: Interns Share What They Learned This Summer
• Be Prepared to Deal with a Disaster’s Economic Impacts with These Tools
August 20, 2012
• Leadership in Economic Development: Achieving the Extraordinary
• Heads or Tails – The UK Trade & Investment Coin
• Using Connections to Attract FDI: ConnectIreland Taps into the Irish Diaspora
August 6, 2012
• Five Keys to a Successful Business Retention & Expansion Program
• Wisdom from Experience: Talking with Wayne Schell, Former President of the California Association for Local Economic Development
July 16, 2012
• Making the Next Right Move: Observations on the Job Market for Economic Development Professionals
• Life on the Mississippi: How Davenport Got Its Riverfront Back
July 2, 2012
• Growing Food to Grow Local (and National) Economies
• The Time Is Right to Grow the Urban Food Industry Cluster
• Five Resources for Growing Local Food Economies, Plus Some Promising Ideas
June 18, 2012
• What Economic Developers Can Do to Build on the Small Wave in Manufacturing Re-shoring
• Fab Labs, Hackerspaces and the DIY Culture: Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Manufacturing
June 4, 2012
• Expanding Rail to Expand Business: The Franklin Yards Transload Facility
• Setting Up an EB-5 Regional Center: Is It Right for Your Community?
May 21, 2012
• Leadership in Economic Development: Inspire a Shared Vision
• A Rural County Turns to the Internet for Jobs – No Incentives Required
May 7, 2012
• New Realities for Economic Development Organizations
• Four Steps for Smart Lead Generation from the BRICs (and Elsewhere)
April 16, 2012
• Southern Indiana’s Successful Regional Approach to Business Retention and Expansion
• Four Steps to Creating an Effective Key Message Platform
April 2, 2012
• Local and Regional Groups Take Manufacturing Skill-Building into Their Own Hands
March 19, 2012
• IEDC’s 2012 Federal Review: Learn About Federal Action Affecting Economic Development
• Merging Two Economic Development Groups: How York, Pa., Got It Done
March 5, 2012
• Setting Economic Development Priorities Before and After a Disaster: Joplin’s Experience
• Understanding the BRICs as a Source of Foreign Direct Investment
February 20, 2012
• Knowledge is Power: Working Effectively with Site Selectors
• Leadership in Economic Development: Model the Way
February 6, 2012
• Leadership Competency Models: Tools for Enhancing Individual Skills and EDO Effectiveness
• The State of the Economic Development Industry: Trends, Job Growth, and What to Expect in 2012
January 23, 2012
• The Advisory Board Council: A Low-Cost Way to Help Second-Stage Companies
• Manufacturing, Skill Building, and Economic Developers as Educators: IEDC Board Chairman Jay Moon Shares His Perspective
• Building Disaster-Resilient Economies: How the Economic Development Administration Can Assist in Post-Disaster Economic Recovery
January 9, 2012
• Using Relationships to Go Global
• Why the SBA 504 Program Should Be Part of Every Economic Developer’s Toolkit
December 12, 2011
• Green Manufacturing: What's Behind Europe's Strength, Plus Efforts to Boost the Sector in Cleveland
• In Redevelopment Financing, Sometimes You Just Have to Follow the Arrows
• Henry Cisneros on Economic Development: "I Have Great Faith in the American Economy to Surprise Us"
November 21, 2011
• You Asked, They Answered: Site Consultants Speak Their Minds
• Today's Tough Retail Environment: Trends to Know and Tips for Action
• IEDC Supports the Marketplace Fairness Act - Here's Why
November 7, 2011
• Leadership in Economic Development: Going from Good to Great
• Getting What You Want from Your Consultant: Four Smart Practices
• Update: Aided by Social Media, Halifax Scores Shipbuilding Opportunity
October 17, 2011
• Jobs in the Making: Economic Development Strategies to Grow Manufacturing
• Make It in America - Make It Happen
October 3, 2011
• What Did You Miss? IEDC Annual Conference Highlights
• A View from Corporate America: Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing
• Winning Ideas on Job Creation
September 12, 2011
• Engaging Stakeholder Volunteers in Cluster Targeting, Part 2
• Food Safety Initiative Combines Disaster Prevention with Economic Development
• The American Jobs Act: What President Obama Asked for Last Week
August 22, 2011
• Cluster Targeting: A Method for Educating and Engaging Stakeholder Volunteers
• Leadership in Economic Development: A Look at Servant Leadership
• What the Debt Deal Means for Economic Developers
August 8, 2011
• From Historic Decay to Historic Rebirth: Choosing the Right Partners Is Key
July 18, 2011
• Landing the Big One: A Case Study of Business Attraction Do's and Don'ts
• Budget Pressures, Sales Tax Issues Complicate Amazon's Relationship with States
July 5, 2011
• The "Original Team Sport:" Lessons in Regionalism and Leadership from ED Pros
• Why Disaster Prep Matters to Economic Development: Five Critical Steps to Building Resilience in Your Community
• Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Talk to Your Local Public Radio Station about Economic Development
June 20, 2011
• It Takes More than Bricks and Mortar to Revitalize a Neighborhood (Plus Ten Lessons for Success in Community Development)
• Lessons in Rural Disaster Recovery: The Case of Greensburg, Kansas
• Commerce's New SelectUSA Initiative Aims to Increase Investment in the U.S.
June 6, 2011
• GrowFL Brings Economic Gardening to the Sunshine State, Resulting in a Replicable Model
• National Radio Program Misrepresents the Economic Development Profession: A Response from IEDC
• Tips from the Field: Helping Your Leaders Understand Economic Development
May 23, 2011
• Increasing Small Loans in Underserved Markets: SBA Engages Community-Based, Non-Profit Lenders
• Financing Deals in Today's Lending Climate: A Case Study of a Tough Project
• Creating Internship and Cooperative Education Student Programs: A Guide for Economic Development Organizations
May 9, 2011
• Healthcare: Rx for Economic Growth
• How Ethical Are Your Marketing and Communication Efforts? Consider These Six Aspects
• Improving Lives in the South Central U.S.: Pedro R. Garza, Winner of IEDC's 2011 Leadership in Economic Development Programs Award
April 25, 2011
• Incentives 101: How to Craft an Effective MOU
• What to Do When a Company Is Out of Compliance (or, Incentives 201)
• How Will the 2011 Federal Budget Agreement Affect Economic Development?
April 4, 2011
• Research Update: The Changed Manufacturing Landscape and Its Impact on Business Attraction
• Rethinking Your M.O. in Tough Times: Let Your Companies Set the Agenda
• IEDC Celebrates 85 Years of Service to the Economic Development Profession
March 21, 2011
• What Makes a High-Performing Economic Development Organization?
• New IEDC Resources Help You Understand What's Happening in Washington and Its Impact on Economic Development
March 7, 2011
• Help Your Local Elected Officials Help You
• In 2011, a Focus on Leadership in Economic Development, Plus a View from the Top
February 21, 2011
• Unlocking Entrepreneurship: The Key to 21st Century Economic Development Success
• Skillshed: Bridging the Gap between Employers' Needs and Workforce Skills
• Five Tenets for Developing, Diversifying and Protecting Island Economies
February 7, 2011
• Using Workforce Dollars to Save Jobs and Spur Hiring: A Workforce Board Invests in Management Training to Strengthen Local Companies
• The State of the Economic Development Industry in 2011
• 2010 Salary Survey Results Now Available: Learn Who Earns the Most and Why
January 18, 2011
• YourEconomy.org: Numbers That Can Rock Your Perspective
• Are You Prepared to Help Your Economy Recover from a Disaster? RestoreYourEconomy.org Is Just the Tool You Need
• Time to Help our Colleagues "Down Under" in Queensland
January 3, 2011
• Logistics, Cargo Movement and Economic Development, Part 2: Four Suggestions for U.S. EDOs
• One University, Many Roles in a City's Economic Development Strategy
December 13, 2010
• How Will Changing U.S. Logistics and Cargo Movement Patterns Impact Economic Development?
• Existing Relationships Help Turn a Brownfield into a Business Expansion Coup
November 22, 2010
• Economic Development-Higher Education Partnerships: Five Ways to Keep Momentum Growing
• How EDOs Can Work with Invest in America to Attract FDI
November 8, 2010
• Is a Business Incubator a Good Strategy for Your Community?
• IEDC Ethics Education: Promoting an Ethical Culture in Your EDO
October 25, 2010
• Five Ways That EDOs Can Position Themselves for Foreign Direct Investment
October 11, 2010
• Getting the Most Out of Google, Facebook, and Other Web Tools for Economic Development
• Are We Prepared? Are Our Communities Prepared?
• EDA's Fernandez to Conference Attendees: "The key is creating bottom-up economic growth"
September 20, 2010
• IEDC Teams Completing Oil Spill Economic Recovery Work in 21 Gulf Coast Communities
• High-Growth Firms: The Key to Job Creation, Already in Your Back Yard
• The Role of Local Elected Officials in Economic Development: 10 Things You Should Know
August 30, 2010
• Competition for Attraction Projects: Seven "P"s of Corporate Site Selection
• Expediting Retail with a One-Stop Shop
August 2, 2010
• Using Stakeholder Relations to Enact a Strategic Plan - or, Don't Try to Plant Cut Flowers
• Strategic Planning in a Day
• How to Conduct a Community Conversation
July 19, 2010
• Creating Awareness and Value of a Vacant Site: Get Partners, and Get Them Early
• After Years of Decay, Tax Increment Financing Is Remaking North Fort Collins
• Five Big Flops in Economic Development
July 6, 2010
• View from Terrebonne Parish, La.: An Economic Landscape Permanently Altered
• IEDC's Work with Gulf Coast Communities Continues with New EDA Funding
• From Exxon Valdez to BP Deepwater Horizon: Transferring Knowledge and Experience
June 21, 2010
• Five Tips for Using CEOs Effectively in Recruitment and Marketing
• Social Media for Manufacturers: The Waterloo Manufacturing Innovation Network
June 7, 2010
• New Report from IEDC Explores Economic Development in a Transforming Energy Economy
• Research Brief: Direct Funding Methods for EDOs
May 24, 2010
• Strengthening the Profession: IEDC Board Moves Forward with Ethics Initiative for Economic Developers
• Out of Crisis, Momentum for a Better City
• "Auto Communities and the Next Economy" Event Focuses on New Resources, Strategies, and Reasons for Optimism
May 10, 2010
• With Vision, Leadership and Federal Funding, a Downtown Is Gaining New Life
• Fighting the Recession: An SBDC Helps Companies Find New Markets
April 26, 2010
• The Public Sector's Critical Role in Spurring Innovation and Entrepreneurship
April 12, 2010
• Creating Quality Jobs: Transforming the Economic Development Landscape
March 29, 2010
• Persistence Keeps Public-Private Projects Moving, Even Through the Recession
• Why the Census is Critical to Economic Development
March 15, 2010
• Survey Finds Economic-Workforce Development Collaborations Are the “New Normal”
• In Southwest Missouri, Economic and Workforce Developers Achieve Results through Real Collaboration
February 22, 2010
• Author Joel Kotkin at IEDC's Leadership Conference: Prepare for a Diverse, Older America
• The Care and Feeding of a Biotech Firm, Plus Lessons from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund
February 8, 2010
• How Have Your Peers Fared in the Recession?
• IEDC's Economic Development Research Partners Release A Guide to Understanding the Stimulus
January 19, 2010
• Improving the Federal Response to Post-Disaster Economic Recovery
January 4, 2010
• The CEcD Exam: Success Comes with Preparation
• Why National-Level Inward Investment Promotion Matters to the United States
