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The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is seeking a Marketing Director withinits Marketing & Communications (M&C)...

What I learned at KAED’s 2025 Collaboration Conference Driving through the country side of West Kentucky is a pleasure I hope everyone gets to...

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Deputy Administrator for Business Development Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority Title: Deputy Administrator for Business...

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4 Reasons Every Young Economic Developer Should Join SEDC Being a young professional can be daunting—especially in a field like economic...

Job Title: Business Development ManagerCompany Overview: GIS WebTech is a rapidly growing SaaS businessfocused on GIS applications for economic...

Job Title: Business Development Associate Company Overview: GIS WebTech is a rapidly growing SaaS business focused on GIS applications for economic...

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS Richmond, VA The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is seeking a Development Director to...

Economic Development Director - City of Richmond, Texas Located just 15 miles southwest of Houston along the Brazos River, the City of Richmond...

DIRECTOR, AIR CARGONorthern Virginia The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) seeks a Director for the Logistics Sector tolead and...

President & CEO Due to the upcoming retirement of Chamber CEO Bill Luther, the El Dorado – Union County Chamber of Commerce is seeking...

JOB DESCRIPTIONDirector of Economic DevelopmentPointe Coupee Parish Government Pointe Coupee Parish Government is seeking to hire an Economic...

Hinds County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA) seeks a full-time executive director tooversee the day-to-day operations of HCEDA, including the...

Jackson / Roane County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jackson / Roane County Economic Development Authority (JCDA / RCEDA) is a...

Vice President: Business Recruitment & Expansion Greenville ENC Alliance Greenville, North Carolina Salary Range: $97,198.40 - $150,675.20 The...

Strategies for Utility Companies to Meet Power Demands for Project Requirements Dominion Energy | Georgia Power | TVA As the American South...

The Growing Role of Power Requirements in Site Selection Site selection for economic development professionals has always been a complex process,...

Win/Win: Energy Success Stories Surry-Yadkin EMC Helps eTRU Go Electric Surry-Yadkin EMC in western North Carolina helped an existing NC produce...

Energy Choices: How Power Alternatives Support Louisiana’s Economic Development Louisiana stands among the nation's top energy producers,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Melissa Collins Director of Marketing mcollins@centralsc.org Central SC Alliance Announces...

Youth Academy Launches Industrial Park Childcare Center, Providing 800 Spots for Local Working Families

Talent Attraction Success Stories from Around the South Across the South, communities are crafting unique strategies to attract and retain...

Peeking Behind the Curtain with VEDP’s Virginia Talent Accelerator Program When the LEGO Group announced plans for its new $1 billion...

Come Home, Louisiana: Fueling Ambition, Feeding the Soul Mark Lorando, Chief Communications Officer at Louisiana EconomicDevelopment Some would...

MythBusters: Talent Wars Edition As the demand for skilled workers surges, communities everywhere are in a high-stakes race to become places that...

In the grappling match for today’s top talent, the communities that stand out offer more than just job opportunities – they offer a genuine sense of...

College towns have a unique opportunity when it comes to talent pipelines, workforce development, and student retention. According to the American...

Collaboration Fuels Kentucky Retail Growth Kentucky Power and One East Kentucky have launched a collaborative effort to boost the retail sector...

Retail Success Story – Columbia, SC Retail recruitment is a very specialized sector in economic development and relies heavily on...

Driving Retail with Data Pasco County, FL, on the west central Florida coast, is home to more than a half million people. Its proximity to Tampa...

Growing the Local Retail Sector: Case Studies Focusing on the growth of the retail sector is a valuable strategy for improving the economic...

Madisonville, Kentucky, is buzzing with excitement as the $30 million Madisonville Town Center project moves into its second phase. This significant...

What a summer it has been in the American South, as SEDC members continue to break ground, cut ribbons, and smash economic development records...

The Shift to Actively Attracting Retail: How to Set Yourself Up for Success By Colleen Walton, CEO and Marketing Strategist, Brand Acceleration,...

Courtland Robison -Economic Development Quick Tip: Strategize Economic Growth with Electric Utilities

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Economic Development Quick Tip: Incentive Trends 2024-2025 Chris Lloyd shares insights on incentive trends to expect in the future. Southern...

David Hickey: Economic Development Quick Tip: To Certify or Not To Certify Your Site.

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Accelerated Opportunities: Kentucky's Product Development Initiative Delivers Results The Kentucky Product Development Initiative was created in...

North Carolina makes mega room for industry CNBC has named North Carolina as America's Top State for Business in 2023 for the second year in a...

Planting SEEDS in Alabama There was a great deal of buzz around the Alabama SEEDS Act at the recent Meet the Consultants Summit in Atlanta. Only...

Virginia’s Economic Evolution: From Business Ready Sites to Expedited Permitting Virginia is taking steps to ensure the availability of...

American South's Economic Growth: Pro-Growth Policies and World-Class Business Environments Driving Success Atlanta, GA – On May 1,...

Louisiana is strengthening its site development toolkit, positioning to win Identifying the ideal location is a business’s first critical...

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APPLY NOW » Date: Apr 17, 2024 Location: Raleigh, NC, US, 27608 Company: Norfolk Southern Corp. Requisition 37434: B4 NC- Industrial...

2024 SEDC FDI Initiatives Courtland Robinson of Duke EnergyScott Poag of Yates Construction Courtland Robinson,Duke Energy The Southern...

FDI on a Budget If you’re looking to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on a small budget, it’s essential to focus on strategic...

FDI Trends for 2024 Mackenzie Mosey of ResearchFDI is looking closely at Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) trends that are expected this year. Here...

FDI Success Stories North Carolina Over the past couple of years, North Carolina’s economic landscape has experienced a boom, and foreign...

Economic Development Quick Tips: Understanding the Culture James Chavez, President and CEO, SC Power Team

Economic Development Quick Tip: Lack of Consistency Coleen Walton | CEO/Head Marketing Strategist, Brand Acceleration

Benjy Thompson, Matthew Harrison and Justyn Dixon discuss how they put together billions in investment deals.

Economic Development Quick Tip: Site Development Tips Joe Hines | Senior Principal & Director of Economic Development, Timmons

Asia, Here We Come The Inter-Battery Convention is the world’s premier battery event. In March 2024, a delegation of SEDC members will...

Economic Development Quick Tip: What's Wrong With Your Map? SEDC Economic Development Quick Tip: What's Wrong With Your Map? W. Ford Graham |...

NELEA PRESIDENT & CEO JOB DESCRIPTION Position Overview: The President & CEO is responsible for providing strategic leadership to...

A prominent theme during the 2023 SEDC Annual Conference was strengthening Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) programs at both the city...

Great news comes from around the region about Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E). Read spotlights of success stories within our SEDC network.

Economic Development Quick Tip: Be Ready! Don Pierson: Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development Lets take the conversation to our YouTube...

Quick Tip: Advice for Young Professionals Chuck Sexton | CEO, Next Move Group Lets take the conversation to our YouTube Channel and share...

A $198.5 million expansion of its Donaldsonville, La., plant – the largest ammonia production facility in the world – is one of three major...

Economic developers understand that the cornerstone of a community's growth and prosperity lies in business retention and expansion (BRE).

The world’s leading economy builders converged at the historic SEDC Annual Conference in Williamsburg, VA, on August 13 – 15. Together, we shattered...

Driving Local Prosperity: 3 Tips for Business Retention & Expansion A prominent theme during the 2023 SEDC Annual Conference was...

Position: Vice President, Economic Development Organization: Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Salary range: $120,000 - $140,000 Reports to:...

A partnership between the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, county development authorities, local industry, and K-12 schools is establishing...

The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission reports that the Advancing Careers in Trades (formerly Hardhat in Hand) program in Newton County has been...

SEA Force (Skills, Experience, Adventure) is the Harrison County Development Commission’s (HCDC) innovative workforce development paid internship...

GIS and AI: New Tactics in Talent Attraction https://giswebtech.com/ In recent years workforce has been a critical factor in a large...

5 states recognized for accelerating workforce development In today’s rapidly evolving economy, states throughout the Southeast are...

3 Expert Interviewing Tips to Handle the Media Like a Pro Author: Maria Satira Director of Marketing and Communications Greenville ENC...

There are numerous software programs and subscription services out there for economic developers to utilize.  The trick is finding what works best...

Need a New Logo. Now what? Author: Stacey Zawacki, Director of Communications for Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA) Logo...

As the new Communications Chairman for SEDC, I am excited to build upon the strong foundation of our existing communication efforts. By working...

Project Manager, Fairfield County Department: Economic Development Salary: $53,000 - $65,000/annually Job Type: Full Time Closing Date:...

Executive Director - Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, TX Founded in 1992, the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC) is a...

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Grant Writer Job Description February 17, 2023 The Rome Floyd County Development Authority is looking to hire an effective Grant Writer with...

The Southern Economic Development Council has released the 2023 #AmericanSouth Wage & Benefit Survey Report. The Survey is a data-backed look...

Business Development Manager | City of Norcross, Georgia Starting Salary: $61,375 (min) to $79,787 (max) BOQ, Full benefits, EOE/DFW Interested...

With 300 days a year of sunshine and gorgeous views of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, the City of Greeley, Colorado, is a beautiful place to call...

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The Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure shows how much local, state, and federal tax and spending policy adds to or subtracts from overall...

The days of endless Zoom calls and Slack notifications are about to be over for many American workers. Nearly 74 percent of businesses report...

The State of Nevada is on top of things. For close to 10 years, they’ve been focused on where industry is going and what it means for the...

WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday revealed further measures to avoid breaching the federal government’s borrowing...

Yhe recession associated with the COVID-19 pandemic announced itself in spring 2020 with head-spinning job losses: 22 million lost jobs within two...

The sprawling, 2,702-page bill includes historic investments in traditional projects as well as broadband expansion and funds for some climate...

"Our chamber’s civic leadership class features an ecodevo day that includes a practicum or mock prospect scenario. We’ve used the same...

2020 has been a lousy year. Time magazine’s cover story declared it the “worst year ever” (or at least “in living memory for...

Core technology jobs are weathering the pandemic better than many other occupations as demand stays strong for tech services and products that...

In 2020 the worst job report in history was soon followed by the best job report ever. In April almost 21 million people lost their job, while only...

2020 brought about many surprises to the way businesses operate, and HR outsourcing was no exception. According to Nonprofit HR’s 2020 Talent...

Culture was the #1 talent management priority for social impact organizations prior to recent COVID-19 developments. In fact, 74% of those who...

The nation faces an enormous risk of losing a substantial part of the workforce, leaving many Americans on the sidelines because of a lack of...

Automation could displace thousands of workers in Mississippi and other parts of the South unless they learn new skills, according to a report from...

Funding Opportunities Grants for Community Economic Development Grants for Healthy PlacesGrants for Creative PlacesOther Funding...

It feels like a decade’s worth of workplace changes have happened in 2020. With the sudden switch to remote work, many companies found...

As countries worldwide spend with no end in sight to battle the virus, government debt has soared to levels not seen since World War II in the 1940s...

ne of the points of controversy in Congress over the size and shape of the federal fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been whether to send...

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Is It/Was It a Good DealBy Burdette (Pete) Fullerton, Ph.D., CEcD MAKING THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVEEVALUATION When you, as the...

Question: Now that states are announcing various degrees of reopening, what are communities and economic development offices doing to prepare for...

Your SEDC staff is scouring the web looking for resources to assist fellow members in reopening their communities in the most responsible manner....

Question: During COVID-19, if you have staff that cannot work from home, have you laid them off or are you allowing them to use vacation and/or sick...

Question: What programs are EDCs and local governments putting in place to assist their hospitality sector during the time of...

Question: I am checking to see if anyone has worked with a company called The Billionaires Funding Group. It was first registered as an LLC in...

Question: Seeking examples of fee, bonus or commission based guidelines for economic developers who are responsible for managing and closing deals...

Many of SEDC's members are individuals and companies that provide valuable products and services to other SEDC members. In these difficult times,...

Remember those trade route maps you studied in school, with the dotted lines showing where the ships crossed oceans and came into port centuries...

UPDATED 4/21/20 As your regional professional development association, SEDC is committed to providing you with useful information to help make your...

Exploring the Roles of Different Governments in Economic Development Economic development is one of those phenomena that involve a diverse range...

LaHood’s legislation helps farmers, manufacturers succeed in 21st-century economy U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) this week proposed...

Metro puts economic development 'in the back seat' By Meg Garner – Reporter, Nashville Business...

5 Minute Q&A Interview: Economic Development Website DOs and DONT's with Stevie Chavez "Update Your Data" Quick 5-minute interview at ...

Workforce Engagement as Business Strategy The manufacturing industry is on the brink of its next great leap. New technologies such as additive...

Planning with a View Toward Inclusion and Transparency Today, we have big changes to navigate, many of which are not even mentioned in the old...

All Politics Is Local, Especially for a New Site Companies looking to open a facility in an unfamiliar location must assess its local political...

9 Minute Q&A interview with Ted Abernathy "Old dogs have to learn new tricks" During SEDC's Annual Conference in New Orleans, Chris...

2019 Top States for Doing Business: 9/10 are SEDC member States! The top-ranked states have landed on the radar of today’s site selection...

When communities fall on hard economic times, they tend to grow increasingly neglected. After all, whatreal estate investor wants to pump money...

Workers are putting in fewer hours. Is that a sign a recession is coming? Americans are working fewer hours, and that could be a worrisome sign for...

U.S. Manufacturing Slowed in August in Latest Sign of Economic Weakness The American manufacturing sector contracted last month, a key measure...

‘American Factory’ Review: The New Global Haves and Have-Nots "The most important thing is not how much money we earn,” the...

2018 skills gap in manufacturing studyFuture of manufacturing: The jobs are here, but where are the people? Managing the shortfall of...

Infrastructure & Surface Transportation Update Wednesday, August 21, 2019 With partisanship at a fever pitch, one area of...

Chris Rawley: Agriculture Investing in Opportunity Zones How can agribusiness capitalize on the Opportunity Zones program? Show Transcript Jimmy:...

USDA Announces Investments in Community Facilities that will Benefit Almost 200,000 Rural Americans USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce...

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Launches Statewide Broadband Expansion SPRINGFIELD, IL — With a historic $420 million investment in broadband...

Why Regional Economics Matter For Municipal Bonds At the most basic level, the credit quality of a municipal bond issuer is largely influenced...

Airlines and institutions put their shoulders to the workforce wheel in order to keep wings aloft. According to the Boeing Technician Outlook,...

Opportunity Zones - Additional States Continue to Join the Growing List of Places (39 States in All) Following Federal Form - Brad A. Molotsky,...

St. Paul fin-tech startup Traive raises $1.3 million to connect farmers with lenders An agriculture startup that participated in the inaugural...

What’s Your Metro’s IQ? The plan calls for “100 critical breakthroughs in regard to intelligent manufacturing equipment, industry...

Like most states in the Southeast, Georgia doesn't have the kind of state-level mandates that have propelled the growth of renewable energy in other...

Economic Development: A Continued Sensation Economic development is a concept that has prevailed for many years; it has, however, evolved with...

WASHINGTON — The challenge with public-private partnerships is less aboutpersuading the private sector to invest in infrastructure and more...

Measured by an index awarding points for high capital expenditure and high job creation, then evaluated for their overall projected economic impact,...

New York is the ideal location for innovative companies that are forward-thinking and poised to grow quickly. Getting a better-than-expected ROI is...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- C-PACE Alliance, a coalition of large capital providers and transaction experts, announced today the...

For the first time since it issued its Water Quality Trading Policy (Policy) in 2003, the EPA appears to be taking consequential steps to encourage...

The Federal Reserve Board announces Consumer & Community Context, a new article series that features original analysis about the financial...

Cities should resist the temptation to throw money at Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos just because the company is promising to create high-paying jobs....

Nashville, Sacramento, Atlanta, Phoenix, Austin, and Dallas are among the top-10 cities with the largest influx of new residents, according to new...

The potential contributions to U.S. economic growth and dynamism stemming from investments in the U.S. by international companies cannot be...

Across the country, international companies are creating job opportunities for U.S. workers and building stronger connections to the communities in...

OFII releases annual report on FDIUS: The report is a must-read to understand the FDI landscape and notable trends. A few highlights...

Opportunity zones: vital community development tool or tax windfall for the rich? A little-noticed provision in Trump’s tax law...

Given the challenges faced by many rural regions, what are prerequisites for effective policy and practice in a rural context? Please click here...

Recognizing infrastructure’s role as a local economic anchor In the race to grow their economies and create new jobs, localities frequently...

How Culture Shapes Economic Development A new study, drawing on 1.5 million images of cultural spaces in London and New York, finds that cultural...

Beyond Bells & Whistles What’s Smartest? Systems That Help Humans. Like the traffic jams they seek to eliminate, the list of regions...

“In the absence of this commence-construction guidance, tax equity partners were growing cautious about project risk.” The Internal...

Confirmed, Again: Cost of Community Development Tax Incentives is Comparatively Small Late last month the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT)...

The United States has, for an incredible sixth year in a row, topped A.T. Kearney’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, an...

It’s a scenario that plays out over and over in cities across the country: A small business in a hip neighborhood closes, the storefront is...

Qualified Opportunity Zones were included as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which became law in December 2017. The zones were originally...

The article challenges the perception among some in the field of community and economic development that small and socioeconomically distressed...

Included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and passed in December 2017 was a set of provisions to incentivize new investment in low-income communities...

The Renewable Fuel Standard is the primary federal policy that drives the development of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. Since the advent of...

The moment President Donald Trump’s administration released its long-awaited infrastructure plan, manypeople in state capitals and local...

It is difficult to overstate how crucial workforce development is to a state’s economic health. CNBC’s Scott Cohn notes in...

A side-by-look at the changes in tax law that would occur under the House-passed tax code rewrite measure (HR 1) and the Senate Finance...

My friend and mentor Jerry Frentress used to say, “We’re all in sales all the time, and our number one product is us.” I’m...

What began as a study of the economic future of Columbus has blossomed into a multi-faceted, collaborative, regional approach to improving quality...

The future of work is a hot topic nowadays. It has inspired a seemingly endless train of analyses, commentaries, and conferences, and it featured...

Amazon’s recent announcement that it is soliciting bids from metro areas to establish a second headquarters site in North America has set off...

A surge in issuance of tax-exempt multifamily housing bonds in 2016 should continue for the foreseeable future... Read More

Amazon—the world’s largest online retailer and fourth largest company as measured by market capitalization—is soliciting North...

In 2016, Princeton economist Alan Krueger made headlines with a shocking finding that nearly half of prime age men (or men ages 25 to 54) who are...

In this day of rampant student loans and some stagnation of the “degree premium” on bachelor’s degrees, the associate degree or...

The Application for the fiscal year (FY) 2017 round of the Capital Magnet Fund is now available in the Community Development Financial Institutions...

The Transportation Department is combining two years of authorized freight-related grants so it can provide $1.56 billion of funding in fiscal 2018...

We are all guilty of huddling in the same groups, talking to the same people at meetings and conferences. It is nice to catch up with old friends,...

Georgia lawmakers have approved hundreds of millions of dollars in special tax breaks over the past decade, and a new Senate committee has begun...

President Trump has announced the outlines of an ambitious $1 trillion agenda to rebuild America’s crumbling roads and bridges, outdated water...

Many of the initiatives to move our energy system towards clean, renewable power emanate from the state and local levels. A few cities have already...

To support locally-driven efforts in coal country to spur job growth, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that the...

Internet giants led the way, but now a host of companies—from big banks to food producers—are getting in on clean energy... Read More

It’s no secret that many Americans live in communities that need new economic development—we saw this play a huge role in the last...

The recent technological advancement within artificial intelligence, the "Internet of Things", and robotics has generated significant impact on...

Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reintroduced bipartisan legislation May 25 to establish a program to spur infrastructure...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $1.9 million...

THE ISSUE: Improving U.S. infrastructure was a major talking point during the 2016 election, and remains a focus of the administration and the...

A new report highlights major holes in local governments' online disclosure of how economic development dollars are spent... Read More

Our nation is in the midst of an important debate about how to create an economy that benefits more people, and the work of economic developers is...

A bill introduced this week in a Kansas House committee would provide tax credits to recent graduates of aerospace and aviation educational...

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has been working to ensure that Tennessee is the No. 1 state in the Southeast for...

The Internal Revenue Service is investigating a deal that raised millions of dollars for the redevelopment of the Statler Hotel and Dallas Central...

The manufacturing sector in the United States is a significant driver of U.S. economic growth, with a higher gross output than any other private...

President-elect Donald Trump’s deal to save the jobs of 730 workers at the Carrier plant in Indiana is a first attempt to deliver on his...

The worry is that politics, economics and finance are combining in a way that threatens to throw globalization in reverse, Simon Nixon writes......

The leader of Toyota’s efforts in robotics applications and cloud-based research talks about how the $1 billion effort is progressing......

The U.K. vote to withdraw from the European Union looks like it’ll take at least two years to unfold, and technology analysts are already...