by Jami Gibson | Dec 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
By Pete Julius Globalization has had a positive and negative effect on economic development. From a positive standpoint, globalization has provided access to cheaper commodities, the opportunity for perfect competition, and the ability for US-based companies to... by Whittaker Associates | Dec 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Let’s take a ride into the future, a future in which the economic geography has undergone a sea change. Manufacturing is no longer the Holy Grail of economic development. It is a world where demographically driven shortages of talent have put a... by Whittaker Associates | Aug 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker In his book The Rise of the Creative Class, Dr. Richard Florida states that the three essential ingredients to attracting the creative class to your community are technology, talent and tolerance. Dr. Florida feels that the economy’s need for this... by Jami Gibson | Oct 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
By Pete Julius Didn’t we hire you to bring jobs into our community? How much new capital investment has been made since you have been with this organization? What are you doing to proactively market our community? How are our competing communities doing? Do these... by Whittaker Associates | Feb 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
By Pete Julius In conjunction with IEDC, on January 8, 2003 we sent out a preliminary survey for a project that we are jointly working on to identify the best marketing practices within economic development. A few weeks ago at the IEDC Leadership Conference in St....