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How a Company’s Sustainability Goals Impact Location Decisions

By Evan Day, Intern, Creative Economic Development Consulting, Ashely Cagle, Assistant Executive Director, Wake County Economic Development, and Penny Whiteheart, Senior Consultant, Creative Economic Development Consulting. This article is a collaboration between Creative EDC and the NCEDA Research Committee. As companies re-evaluate their performance measures and bottom line, they have included more qualitative goals, such as …

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Governance Calendars: A Tool to Better Manage Your EDO

In the complex world of governing an economic development organization, staying organized and managing numerous responsibilities can be a daunting task. Economic developers are trained to build business parks and support existing business, but often do not receive training in best practices of managing an organization. There is a valuable tool that can be implemented …

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Introducing Coaching Services for Economic Development Professionals

Creative EDC is excited to launch a coaching service to help Economic Development Professionals succeed! What does Coaching Services include? Creating 30/60/90 day plans to meet goals, sharing best practices and lessons learned, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Who would benefit from Coaching Services? Someone in a new role who needs context or support, someone in …

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Safety Guide for Economic Development Professionals

Updated in 2023, the Safety Guide for Economic Development Professionals remains the sole resource of its kind in our profession. Recognizing the need for comprehensive safety guidelines in our field, Creative EDC took the initiative to develop and publish the first Safety Guide exclusively tailored to the economic development profession. It is part of our …

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WEDN 2023 Round Up

Learn and Lead 2023 was a huge success! A strong program and widespread support from the economic development community resulted in record attendance. From handling conflict to emerging industry sectors to equitable economic development, the WEDN program offered key takeaways for everyone. The program kicked off with a workshop on Handling Conflict. Led by Mark …

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Moore County Designated a Certified Entrepreneurial Community®

Moore County earned the designation of Certified Entrepreneurial Community® in July 2022. The initiative was sparked during a feasibility study to redevelop a building into an entrepreneurship hub. That project uncovered assets and opportunities to grow the small but burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem in Moore County. Entrepreneurship can be a key economic development strategy for Moore …

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WEDN 2022 Round Up

The theme of this year’s forum was COVID Accelerated Everything – What’s Next? We dove into how COVID has impacted industrial real estate, entrepreneurship, city planning, family friendly workplace policies, and a host of other topics. This year we gave out copies of Adam Grant’s book Think Again. It is apropos given our theme and …

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Wage Measures 201 –Educating Community Stakeholders on this Important Metric

One of an economic developer’s roles is to educate local officials on economic development principles, best practices, and trends. We have had some discussions lately on how to help local officials understand the different wage metrics that can be used for incentive and grant programs. The terms average wage, manufacturing wage, poverty wage, and living …

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Summer of YES

It is hard to imagine in our lifetimes a summer more anticipated and full of promise than the summer of 2021. Opportunity and possibility are everywhere we look, especially when compared to last year when the world seemed so closed and unpredictable. Books may be a part of your plans for a sweet summer or …

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