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"What
an exciting time for the
Shreveport-Bossier City region", stated
Principal Dennis Donovan of
Wadley-Donovan Group, one of the premier
site selection consultancies in
the United States. Donovan was the
keynote speaker at the first
Investor Update Briefing of
The Northwest
Louisiana Economic
Development Foundation (NLEDF), the newly
re-structured economic
development arm of the Greater Shreveport Chamber
of
Commerce.
Bobby Jelks, Chamber
Board Chair, presided and
commented that business community support "has
been incredible allowing us to
exceed our original target goal of $3.2
million with a total investment
pool of $3,534,956 from 126 investor
companies." Donovan
noted that "it is incredible what you have been
able to accomplish in a market
with no Fortune 1000 headquarters and no
real history of regional
cooperation".
Kurt Foreman, Senior Vice
President explained that Forward
Northwest Louisiana
will now fund continued efforts to enhance
the Northwest Louisiana
region's ability to compete effectively for jobs
and new capital investment.
The program of work includes Business
Expansion and Recruitment,
Marketing and Image Enhancement, Workforce
Development, Government
Procurement and Key Opportunity Support.
Dick
Bremer, President of the
Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, also
thanked the Campaign's
Honorary Co-Chairs, Campaign Steering Committee,
"and especially Bobby Jelks
and immediate Past Chamber Chair John Dean
for all of their hard work on our
behalf.
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Left to Right:
Immediate Past Chamber Board
Chairman John Dean, Senior Vice
President, Economic Development Kurt
Foreman, Chamber Board
Chairman Bobby Jelks, Chamber
President Dick Bremer, RDG Partner
Curt
Reph |
Left to
Right: RDG Partner
Curt
Reph, Honorary Chairs: Roy Griggs, Thomas "Tem"
McElroy,
Virginia Shehee and
Rand Falbaum
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The world
of economic development as we have
known it for decades is changing. No
longer is it just about chasing
companies. Rather, personal mobility,
technology and governmental cooperation
(or the lack thereof) have changed
the meaning of "economic development"
by dramatically elevating the
importance of quality of life issues and
regional strategies and tactics.
What follows is the first of
three case studies that will appear in
the
next three issues of RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENTS . We
will be highlighting regions in
transition ---large and small --- and
the organizations that are
positioning themselves to lead change.
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RDG Principal Robert
Radcliff facilitates
alignment session with key public and private
sector leaders in
Fairfield County |
Fairfield
County, Ohio is a "bedroom community" of
125,000 people in the Columbus
metropolitan market. Three cities ---
Canal Winchester, Pickerington and the
largest, Lancaster ---- co-exist among the
tranquility of a number of
townships in a "transition" county to rural
Ohio. For decades, the
political jurisdictions have struggled to
manage growth in their respective
domains, often at the expense of others in
the county. The relationships
have been strained on good days, and
downright hostile on others. Needless
to say, there is not a deep history of inter-
governmental cooperation in
this part of Ohio.
This
dynamic began to change with the
construction of the Route 33 By-Pass in
2001. Government leaders in all of
the jurisdictions sensed an opportunity
to come together for the common good of
those comprising the corridor;
hence, the formation of the Route 33
Growth Alliance. Initially, the
Alliance was designed to promote dialog
and a common "lobbying" block for
transportation dollars among the
government units. This grew to a desire
for targeted marketing of the corridor
itself.
In late
2006, RDG was retained to assist the
Growth Alliance in determining possible
opportunities to generate private funding to
support a comprehensive
marketing effort for the Corridor. As
RDG professionals interviewed dozens
of private sector leaders, it became
apparent that the "appetite" was
present for a strong public-private
partnership to market and coordinate
economic development activities for the
entire county, not just the Route 33
Corridor. RDG facilitated an
Alignment session of 65 government and
business leaders and identified key
strategies, tactics and goals for a
comprehensive county-wide economic
development initiative. In addition, the
key components of a new organizational
structure, utilizing the current
county organizational infrastructure as the
foundation, were also vetted and
approved.
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Lancaster Economic Development
Director Mike Pettit and
Fairfield County Commissioner Judy
Shupe participate
in breakout session. |
The Route
33 Growth Alliance will
be entering the market in the third quarter
to generate private funding for
their mission and strategies. They
provide a great example of how local
communities can overcome history and
parochial challenges to create a
common, mission driven economic
development effort that eventually will
benefit them all.
To find
out more click on the article below:
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