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Creative EDC consults on a wide range of projects with an even wider range of clients. The diversity of work keeps our creative juices flowing – a necessity for us and a benefit for you.
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The Blacksburg Partnership vision is to be the catalyst making Blacksburg a vibrant place to live, work, learn, and play by convening businesses, Virginia Tech, and the Town of Blacksburg. The organization engaged Creative Economic Development Consulting to head their strategic planning process to ensure that the Partnership remains laser-focused on core mission – advocacy, …
Lincoln County was noted as “easily one of the top five economic development organizations in the state” in interviews with staff at the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina. In order to maintain its top competitive position, Creative Economic Development Consulting facilitated a SWOT analysis for Lincoln County Economic Development Association as part of a …
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Wilkes Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has a track record of working closely with businesses and the community to find unique solutions to economic challenges. The Action Plan for Economic Development calls for the EDC to step up its leadership role to guide the community to make strategic investments that will support long-term, sustainable growth. The …
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Creative Back Office Suite of Services, CBOSS, provides quick turnaround consulting services. One example is supporting the City of High Point Economic Development Corporation while they were short-staffed. Our team supported grants, social media content, developing an incentives process, and other back office projects. Another example is creating a regional inventory of infrastructure needs to …
The mission statement validated in the strategic plan for Onward NRV, the economic development organization for the New River Valley region in Virginia, is: “Attracting and retaining world-class jobs, investment, and talent to the New River Valley by marketing the region as a premier destination to live and do business.” The strategic plan has four …
Creative EDC uses IMPLAN, and our own analysis of impacts not estimated by IMPLAN, to estimate the impact of a wide range of projects. We have completed several economic impact analyses for ElectriCities of N.C., Inc., North Carolina’s Southeast Partnership, local EDOs, and corporate clients. In recent years, we have completed economic impact studies of …
Since 2014, Creative EDC has worked as an extension of the NCSE staff providing on-demand research, client information management, e-marketing, social media, content for marketing, and impact analysis studies. In 2018 we completed an organizational benchmarking study that NCSE used in budget planning and organizational development. In 2020, Economic Leadership and Creative EDC updated target …
ElectriCites engaged Creative EDC to develop and implement a shovel-ready site qualification program. Smart Sites qualifies a site as ready for development through a series of due diligence steps and community analysis. The program includes a Phase 1, geotechnical, wetlands identification, endangered species, and cultural resources studies. The first cities to have sites certified in …
The Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce launched an evaluation of the small business and entrepreneur (SB/E) ecosystem to assess whether there is an opportunity to increase start-ups and help grow small businesses. The evaluation resulted in an action plan for small business and entrepreneurship that fits with the Chamber’s mission to “stimulate economic vitality.” …
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The Catawba County spec building program was part of the “Building for Jobs” strategic plan that placed most of the risk on the developer and offsets that risk for up to three years using local (City/County) assistance. With the sale of the first spec building, the EDC was ready to continue implementation of the spec …
The Zebulon Chamber of Commerce engaged Creative EDC to develop a BRE program and outline an economic development work plan. The Chamber’s BRE Program has four goals: retain existing businesses, facilitate growth and expansion, enhance the business climate, and strengthen the community partnership with business. These four goals will be achieved through visitation and surveying …
Creative EDC officially certified Holy Springs, NC and Amherst County, VA as entrepreneur-ready in 2017. In the CEC® program, communities identify two entrepreneurship initiatives that will engage and support entrepreneurs. In order to be certified, the community must accomplish tasks outlined on a Score Card for each initiative. Both communities have a vision to create …
The Floyd County EDA engaged Creative Economic Development Consulting to develop strategies to reverse perceived economic barriers and turn them into positives. The result is an action plan that takes those positives and uses them to enhance the EDA’s program of work and to build a marketing strategy. The project was divided into two phases. …
Creative EDC has recently supported executive searches in Transylvania County, Onward New River Valley, Chatham County, and Wilkes County. Our services included developing the Ideal Candidate Profile, identifying candidates, developing evaluation tools, and facilitating the search committee’s selection process.
Lancaster County Department of Economic Development (LCDED) enhances the quality of life in Lancaster County by recruiting and retaining quality employers. The three-year strategic plan outlines goals that support that vision, aligning business and talent recruitment, retention, and development with the target clusters. The strategic planning process included a SWOT Analysis, economic and demographic data, …