Act Today For Your Community’s Economic Development Future
Attend this series of FREE virtual economic development conferences for local elected officials, candidates, board members, volunteers, and local development professionals. Learn and be empowered to guide your community’s future!
SCHEDULE:
All trainings will take place via Zoom Webinar from 9:00 am to 10:30 am on the following dates:
- Friday, Nov. 6 Economic Development is Not for Amateurs
- Friday, Nov. 20 Planning + Partnership = Success
- Friday, Dec. 4 Tools and Resources to be a Prepared Community
Attend all three sessions to qualify to enter the Prepared Communities Program and be eligible to receive free technical planning assistance designed to provide the framework for developing a workable plan for future economic development strategy. Details of this program can be found HERE.
Elected and appointed officials work tirelessly to ensure their communities’ economic development futures are bright. ED NOW! is a conference to support them in their efforts by providing information about economic development strategies, resources, programs, funding, and opportunities specific to communities in Southern and Eastern Ohio.
Through panels, case studies, round tables, and presentations with plenty of opportunity for Q&A, attendees will be able to maximize their efforts to guide their communities’ economic development future.
JOIN Guest Speaker Jay Garner, President & Founder of Garner Economics, LLC as he explains strategies to:
- Provide the certainty, simplicity, and speed necessary to build a strong business climate
- Sell voters on the investments necessary to attract and retain employers and jobs
- Build a resilient economy prepared for business closings, natural catastrophes, and stiff competition
- Find the inevitable bottlenecks of investment in order to keep your momentum building
- Help create irrefutable proof of a skilled workforce that is ready to work as well as a talent pipeline that is ready to fill the jobs of tomorrow
