It’s official, the first Certified Entrepreneurial Community® under the relaunched program is Cleveland County, NC. The CEC® Program is an economic development strategy that equips communities to become entrepreneur-ready. Creative Economic Development Consulting retooled and relaunched the CEC® Program in 2015. For background on the CEC® Program visit www.creativecec.com. As our team wraps up the …
Your clients and customers are talking about you. Do you know what they are saying? We recently found out by starting a client feedback process in our firm. Feedback loops are valuable tools for all service providers, and economic development is no exception. Why In this fast-paced and hectic time, it is easy to say …
Is there a bias against hiring military spouses because they move frequently? And if there is, what to do about it? As existing businesses struggle to find qualified employees, how can we leverage military spouses, dependents, and veterans to bridge the talent gap? That is the question we are tackling with the 2016 Creative Give …
In response to growth in demand for Creative Economic Development Consulting’s programs and services, Penny Whiteheart has joined Creative EDC as a Senior Consultant. Penny has spent her career working in local and regional economic development programs, gaining broad experience in regional cluster strategies, marketing, business attraction and international trade. Penny will be involved with …
Energy. That’s the word that keeps coming to my mind when I think about our first Women’s Economic Development Network Leadership Forum. The dynamic presenters, sharing of experiences, and networking created an energy that has stayed with us. The foundation of the forum was high caliber presentations. The negotiation panel kicked off the morning. Four …
The winner of the 2016 Creative Give Back is Wayne County Development Alliance. The project will develop strategies to transition military dependents, exiting members, and retirees into local employment. Wayne County requested assistance with coordinating the efforts of multiple organizations into a focused plan and creating an influencing model directed at employer hiring practices of the targeted …
What are the key ingredients to success? We noodle around this topic often in our work. Economic developers strive to make their communities better, but what does better look like and how do you get there? What makes one place special? What makes a community great? We recently read The Global Investor’s Perspective on True …
Wake County Economic Development (WCED) needed a boost to its site inventory. Staff identified a need to have a more robust inventory of sites to be competitive. As a site consultant once told me, “If I have not selected your site the last ten times I’ve looked at it, chances are I will not select it this …
In October, the Kershaw County Council approved a bond worth up to $17M dollars for economic development. The goal of this bond is to advance the competitive position of the county to recruit new and retain existing businesses. The money from the bond will be used to make infrastructure improvements at three industrial parks in …
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The Creative Give Back is Creative Economic Development Consulting’s way to give back to the field of economic development and the communities we serve. Economic development has given us meaningful work and lifelong friends. We have enjoyed playing even the smallest part in improving thousands of lives through sustainable economic development. Starting in 2014, Creative Economic …
Answer Client Questions Before The Visit The Certified Industrial Building Program documents the features and assesses the condition of industrial buildings – similar to a certified site. The team of ECS and Creative EDC designed the program to provide you a market advantage. We bundle key facility assessments into a user-friendly report that provides information companies …
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