๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ **๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€** ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ **๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€** ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

Let’s cut the fanfare. Economic Development is not a press release, its not a claim of a golden future in a manifesto or strategy. It’s a job, on the ground, in a neighbourhood. In the UK, we’ve perfected the art of the launch eventโ€”the glossy,...
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ‘๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ’ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ‘๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ’ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

You have a brilliant economic development plan. You present it to the City Council, the Board, or the Regiona/State Committee, and it dies a slow, bureaucratic death. Why? Because getting the green light to proceed in economic development is a game of two halves: 1)...
๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ฅ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ

๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ฅ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ

At Economic Development World, we like to think “what if” and how we’d respond professionally to a challenge. Here’s our thoughts on this one – what would you do? ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ยฃ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข๐Ÿข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ...