IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 91 AWARDS 96 97 98 99 92 94 94 95 92 151 152 155 156 159 103 106 110 112 115 117 122 125 128 131 137 138 139 141 143 145 149 150 134 128 155 164 165 103 137 ...... Honorary & Leadership Awards will be presented presented will be Awards & Leadership Honorary September Monday, Dinner on the Recognition at Museum the Mint at – 9:00 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 19 from NC. Charlotte, Street, Tryon 500 South UPTOWN, fee of $100. the registration Please note will be presented Awards & Program Promotional September on Tuesday, Ceremony during the Awards in the Convention – 5:45 P.M. 3:45 P.M. 20 from Ballroom. Center ...... Special Purpose Website Special Purpose Website Media New General Purpose Website Purpose Website General Real Estate Redevelopment and Reuse Redevelopment Estate Real Institutions with Educational Partnerships Collaboration and Cross-Border Regionalism Special Purpose Brochure Special Purpose Brochure Purpose Promotion General Annual Report Campaign Advertising Paid Newsletter/Newspaper Magazine Special Event Development Economic Multi-Year Event Expansion – Single and Business Retention More or Years of 3 Expansion – Program and Business Retention Entrepreneurship Neighborhood Development Human Capital Globalization to Responding Development and Green Sustainable Institutional Leadership Award Leadership Institutional Development in Economic Excellence for Award Chairman’s deLuca Edward in Honor of Development Economic in for Excellence Award Achievement Lifetime Honorary Life Member Designation Member Life Honorary of the Year Professional Development Economic New Public Service for Award Leadership Award Leadership Citizen Public-Private Partnerships Public-Private Technology-Based Economic Development Development Economic Technology-Based General Purpose Brochure Purpose Brochure General Fellow Member Designations Fellow PARTNERSHIP AWARDS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS PROGRAM WEBSITE AND NEW MEDIA AWARDS MEDIA NEW AND WEBSITE PROMOTIONAL AWARDS PROMOTIONAL HONORARY & LEADERSHIP AWARDS LEADERSHIP & HONORARY SPONSORS OF THE EXCELLENCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IN EXCELLENCE THE OF SPONSORS 2011 AWARD CATEGORIES AWARD 2011 2011 IEDC AWARDS JUDGES AWARDS IEDC 2011 IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Awards Development in Economic Excellence IEDC awards development economic professional IEDC’s development economic in the excellence recognize honor awards These prestigious profession. that efforts their for individuals and organizations in urban, suburban, and change positive created have communities. rural Jim Fram, CEcD, CCE CEcD, Jim Fram, – Economic Senior Vice President Development Chamber Metro Tulsa OK Tulsa, A 25 year veteran of economic development and development of economic veteran A 25 year Jim has served management, chamber of commerce in economic roles and CEO in senior management chambers and/or organizations development and Nebraska, Texas, in Arkansas, of commerce Economic for Oklahoma. As the Senior Vice President Chamber he leads a Metro the Tulsa for Development who developers economic team of professional staff served on several IEDC Committees over the years, years, the over IEDC Committees on several served Committee. on the International serves and currently Tech Louisiana from holds a B.S. degree David School the Graduate of and is a graduate University, University. Louisiana State at of Banking of the South attended and Developer, Economic He is a Certified Development Economic the Oklahoma University to become on moving (OU/EDI) before Institute Development, of International Dean, then Director four over For member. a faculty and is currently Baja- in University with CETYS worked David years, Economic Basic and helped launch the first California, and OU/EDI outside the United Course Development and his IEDC. David by be accredited to States currently are Brown partner Rod Network Cockatoo World the OECD, from the UN, with officials working create to organizations Bank, and other international development trade Sunrise, a collaborative-based system. and Rita, Katrina of Hurricanes In the wake in organization as lead consultant served David Business of the Gulf Coast and implementation Chamber the U.S. by sponsored Forum, Reinvestment of Alabama, the states and IEDC, of Commerce, In June of 2011, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. region the damaged tour Japan to to traveled David at a recovery on disaster a presentation and make 2011 earthquake summit on the March, national for a framework and tsunami. He is also developing a major earthquake from and recovery reinvestment the federal for of Baja-California Valley in the Mexicali of and is leading a team of Mexico, government the for strategy a recovery in developing consultants the PB oil after Louisiana in southeast fishing industry the has been given David work, his recovery spill. For know those who Dodd”-which for nickname “Disaster a fitting moniker. him well-is David A. Dodd, CEcD David and CEO President Consulting Services, Inc. DADCO LA Shreveport, HONORARY & & HONORARY AWARDS LEADERSHIP Fellow Member Designations Member Fellow to by IEDC Member is given Fellow of The designation stature unusual attained who have members active and closely development in the field of economic as is defined disciplines. Unusual stature related through profession to the contributions significant directly endeavors academic IEDC and/or service to development. of economic the practice to related The Honorary and Leadership Awards are bestowed bestowed are Awards Leadership and The Honorary an unparalleled maintain upon individuals who and development in community of excellence level growth. economic in the following presented are awards This year’s Honorary Member Designations, Fellow categories: Economic New Member Designations, Life Leadership of the Year, Professional Development Award, Leadership Public Service, Citizen for Award Award, Chairman’s Award, Leadership Institutional in for Excellence Award Achievement and Lifetime Development. Economic David A. Dodd, CEcD is the President of DADCO of DADCO is the President A. Dodd, CEcD David economic Consulting,strategic Inc., a leading firm, and Co-managing consulting development Inc, a financial Advisors, Principal of Confluence and advisory firm specializing in development finance. community of consulting, he has provided 17 years the past Over for organizations and presentations training including 37 and abroad, the U.S. throughout the organizations, development economic state Council, Australian Development Southern Economic Bank of Development Library, Parliamentary The ‘Council, Managers Asset Japan, Industrial several in course, and, of Institute, Competitiveness articles contributed for IEDC. He has capacities and international national, regional, several to co-sponsoring the Cockatoo including publications, 300 over to goes and blog that a newsletter network, has David worldwide. professionals cluster-based

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 92 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 93 AWARDS Ms. Pratt leads the Oklahoma Fast Forward Team, Forward Fast leads the Oklahoma Ms. Pratt of needs and expectations the which manages consultants location and site executives company expansion. or relocation for Oklahoma considering provides Team Forward Fast The Oklahoma expansion services from and relocation customized acts start up and project to identification initial site agencies, other state companies, as a liaison between community and training institutions, utilities, specialists. development economic in business, of experience 20 years She has over which development and economic community, positions with the Oklahoma includes executive Chamber the Chickasha of Commerce, Department Development Economic County of Commerce/Grady private numerous Inc., and Enterprises, Council, Rural business ventures. roles include: CoreNet leadership state and National Oklahoma of directors, board Chapter Southwest of directors, Deposit board Linked Treasurer’s State the Southern Economic for director Oklahoma state Council, chairman of Oklahoma Development executive Team, Development Economic Governor’s Development Economic officer of the Oklahoma and Council on Workforce Council, and Governor’s Development. Economic Developer and Economic is a Certified Pratt of the University through the program completed Economic the International by Oklahoma, accredited U.S. of the is a graduate Council. Pratt Development for Organizational Institute Chamber of Commerce In University. Southern Methodist at Management as one of the Journal recognized was 2000, Pratt in Oklahoma. Pratt of the Year 50 Woman Records Oklahoma Class XIV, of Leadership is a graduate her B.S. in Accounting/Business from and received University. Oklahoma State Southeastern Sandy Pratt, CEcD Sandy Pratt, Business Deputy Director, Services of Oklahoma Department Commerce OK Oklahoma City, work in the areas of Business Attraction, Business Business Attraction, of Business in the areas work Business and Business Development, Expansion, Retention. of at the University education formal Following the from graduated Rock, Fram Little at Arkansas Southern at Management for Organizational Institute the from and graduated University Methodist of at the University Institute Development Economic awards professional to many Oklahoma. In addition both CCE (Certified Jim has earned and honors, Economic (Certified and CEcD Chamber Executive) active one of only a dozen status, Developer) both designations. to hold in the nation professionals as the his peers by selected was In 2001, Fram by of the Year Professional Development Economic and the Oklahoma Partnership Area both the Tulsa served Council. He as the Development Economic Economic Chairman of the Oklahoma Governor’s on the serves in 2007. He also Team Development Development Basic Economic of the Heartland Board member of and current chair and is a past Course Council’s Development Economic the International Committee. & Certification Education in Tulsa, sons live and their two Kelli, Jim, his wife community in many active are they Oklahoma where activities. and church Sandy Pratt currently serves as the Deputy Director as the Deputy Director serves currently Sandy Pratt charged of Commerce the Oklahoma Department at quality to create efforts with leading the agency’s companies new attracting by the state across jobs and helping Oklahoma to investment and foreign has Pratt expand and prosper. businesses existing at the positions in a number of leadership served since 2002. agency the Business Location, leadership, Under Ms. Pratt’s Business Solutions, and Global Business Services to live divisions position Oklahoma as the place which of efforts, a variety and do business through and develop include helping individual communities retention business globally competitive implement strategies. and recruitment Jerry Bologna - Develop of Economic Director Services ment - Devel Economic Parish Jefferson Commission opment LA Metairie, New Economic Development Development Economic New of the Year Professional of the Professional Development Economic The New achievements outstanding recognizes award Year in the economic leaders young, emerging by profession. development Jerry Bologna is the Director of Economic Development Development of Economic Jerry Director is the Bologna Development Economic Parish the Jefferson Services for over for with JEDCO has been He Commission (JEDCO). Mr. Currently, capacities. serving in various 12 years Business Parish’s Jefferson for Bologna is responsible which a program and Expansion Program, Retention the 2004 from acclaim in international garnered Council. Development Economic International Jerry is also retention, to business In addition having recruitment in industry instrumental of Department with the Louisiana partnered Orleans, New Greater Development, Economic new of in the attraction Inc., and other agencies past Parish. Within the Jefferson businesses to retention in the involved actively Jerry was year, and the operation a 600 person of PeoplesHealth, been have that of 125 jobs creation subsequent Jerry Additionally, added since the announcement. Park, in landing the NOLA Motorsports influential was includes the longest that a $65 million development in North America. courses and road kart efforts recovery region’s to the His contributions been recognized have Katrina Hurricane following including leadership, and political both business by the by invited He was of the US Senate. members of the US Chamber Center Business Civic Leadership Economic and the International of Commerce of in the development assist Council to Development Galveston, plan for recovery a business and economic he was recently, More Ike. Hurricane following Texas visit some of the Florida communities to again invited business help craft to the BP oil spill hit by hardest by the requested as recommendations recovery House. White He and his wife, Cookie, have two sons, two sons, two two Cookie, have wife, He and his and grandchildren and three daughters-in-law, the way. on another grandchild ”. magazine as one of magazine 100 Most Influential 100 Most Notable Georgians Notable Site Selection Site Walter C. Sprouse, CEcD CEcD C. Sprouse, Walter FM CCE Director Executive Development Economic Augusta Authority GA Augusta, ” and his organizations were named to named were ” and his organizations ”. In 2006 and again in 2008, Georgia Trend Trend Georgia in 2008, In 2006 and again ”. Top Ten Economic Development Organizations in Organizations Development Economic Ten Top Honorary Life Member Member Life Honorary Designation to is given Member Life of Honorary The designation furthered of IEDC who have members former or active as a teacher development of economic profession the The designation other communities. inspired and have of his or herrecognition in a retiree to be granted may and the aims of IEDC. profession of the advancement Walt Sprouse is the Executive Director of the Augusta of the Augusta Director is the Executive Sprouse Walt is charged Walt Authority. Development Economic Augusta, for strategy development with the economic companies of targeted including the recruitment sciences life distribution, such as manufacturing, and corporate service companies and customer County. Augusta-Richmond to headquarters served Sprouse Walt Augusta, to coming Prior to Economic of the Randolph County as President for North Carolina in Corporation Development economic in career During his 25-year years. fifteen billion than two more has recruited Walt development, investment, industrial and expanding in new dollars Under his created. jobs new than 20,000 with more organizations development his economic leadership, by named twice were the “ the States the United times. three list Twenty” “Top country’s the national twenty-six has won Walt During his career, development economic for awards and regional of the University is a graduate Sprouse marketing. Organization for and the Institute of South Carolina Walt of Georgia. the University at Management term on is serving his sixth consecutive currently Economic of the International of Directors the Board of the President Council. He is a Past Development a Association, Developers Economic North Carolina Savannah of the of Directors member of the Board and the Organization, Community Re-Use Site River School of Augusta. Day Episcopal to Magazine Trend Georgia by named was Walt In 2010, “ of the honor as one highest their Georgians of “ their list to named Walt

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 94 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 95 AWARDS Gary Slagel Mayor Former City of Richardson TX Richardson, Sponsored by American City & County American Sponsored by Public Service recognizes for Award The Leadership committed official who has served as a an elected economic for in the public sector advocate years. ten least at for development Leadership Award for for Award Leadership Public Service As the mayor of Richardson, Texas for an for Texas of Richardson, As the mayor has had an Gary Slagel 22 years, unprecedented of vitality on the economic impact extraordinary leadership effective and highly His creative the city. to of Richardson in the elevation has been integral economic technology-led for the city practice a best model. development Mr. Mayor”, “High-Tech as Richardson’s Known in high- of involvement has a long history Slagel he as mayor, to his post In addition startups. tech to be the CEO served, and continues simultaneously software backed capital venture a of CapitalSoft, company. In addition to his duties with the City, he is also with the City, to his duties In addition & Colborne Economic of Port Manager General well, Stephen As Corporation. Development Tourism of the Port-Colborne- of directors on the board serves and Ontario of Commerce Chamber Wainfleet of and a number (OAFT) Technologies Agrifood Waterloo’s of the University including committees – and committee Program Development Economic Developers Economic the member of is an active Developers Economic and of Canada Association Council of Ontario. avid nature is an Stephen work, from away In his time at the time and enjoys photographer and landscape cottage. .” He He .” 40 Under Forty Top Stephen Thompson, Thompson, Stephen Ec.D.(F) MAES, of & Director Manager General Tourism Development, Economic & Marketing Colborne City of Port Colborne, ON Port Canada as one of the “ Jerry is a graduate of Jesuit High School and the of Jesuit High School Jerry is a graduate a Bachelor received having Orleans New of University with a Major in Business Administration of Science of 2004 graduate also a He was in Management. Jefferson. Leadership Bologna Mr. at JEDCO, work to his In addition Chamber and of the Jefferson on the Boards serves Charities of New of Catholic Hope, a program Café Orleans New named by was Orleans. In 2004, he Citybusiness regularly lectures to entrepreneurship classes at at classes entrepreneurship to lectures regularly as speaking Orleans as well of New the University throughout and civic groups business various to Louisiana. Southeast Stephen Thompson is the General Manager & Manager is the General Thompson Stephen & Tourism Development, of Economic Director Port Colborne. Since for the City of Marketing has Colborne in 2007, Stephen arriving in Port to initiatives a number of new develop to worked including future economic Colborne’s in Port assist tourism and marketing retention, business attraction, He also led the programs. development destination Analysis Competitive Colborne’s of Port development and Strategy Development Economic and its first Action Plan. has secured the Corporation Under his leadership, funding. Recently than $1.25-million in external more of the $350,000 restoration managed Stephen visitor a new establish Hall to Humberstone historic with the partnership and a new centre information Chamber of Commerce. Colborne-Wainfleet Port in began development in economic career Stephen’s in the planning and work to hired 1997 when he was of Ottawa- the Region at department development a operating also has experience Stephen Carleton. and regional in local, small business, and working in both planning of government levels provincial is a graduate Stephen development. and economic in and has degrees of Waterloo of the University and a Masters Studies /Geography Environmental Development. Economic in Local degree James Davison Operating and Chief President Officer Transport Davison Louisiana Ruston, Citizen Leadership Award Leadership Citizen a recognizes Award Leadership The Citizen who is or an individual business leader, or community but who practitioner, development not an economic to and has endeavored role leadership a key plays further the profession. James E. Davison has been a leading voice in has been a leading voice James E. Davison to tirelessly worked and has development economic in northern Louisiana. the business climate improve Mr. businessman in his own right, A successful support of economic unwavering Davison’s in of many has earned the admiration development and Chief As President and nation. state, the region, Davison Mr. Transport, Davison Officer of Operating a two from the company of the growth has overseen than 300 trucks of more a fleet to truck operation and 700 trailers. his personal has seamlessly transitioned Davison Mr. He has the region. for vitality economic success into development in economic involved been directly founding Louisiana. He is a throughout efforts Chairman of the Committee member and former organization non-governmental of 100, a statewide The Committee development. economic on focused Development supports the Louisiana Economic economic and the major regional Department in the business and industrial agencies development and promoting marketing by process recruitment by providing Louisiana as a business location, of the economic enhance the efforts to resources attraction in business engaged entities development capacity thinking the critical access to provide and to of their membership. in the formation instrumental has been Davison Mr. at his alma initiatives development of economic spearheading the University, Louisiana Tech mater, at the park research a to establish funding efforts businesses houses start-up The facility university. university by of research result the direct are that The building, opened in and students. faculty its before well capacity June 2011, hit maximum research work with the to his opening. In addition in securing funds integral was Davison park, Mr. The unique skill set of its mayor allowed Richardson, Richardson, allowed mayor of its skill set The unique competitive to become of 100,000, with a population 5th, behind ranks Richardson cities. larger with much in the Antonio, Dallas, and San Houston, Austin, from grants receiving companies local number of Fund (TETF). Eleven Technology Emerging the Texas million $16.2 received have companies Richardson TETF. from in mobilizing community instrumental was Slagel Mr. of in the development leaders and industry groups his tenure. throughout and projects programs several engage to worked Slagel Beginning in 2006, Mr. of the 20 miles length designate to groups interest Dallas-Fort to Richardson from running corridor rail an east- for Airport as the planned route Worth and His leadership expansion. rail commuter west ended a decade relationships these forge to efforts also Slagel Mr. route. over the battle long political new 1.1 a secured that spearheaded an initiative for campus in Richardson office foot million square In turn, the mayor BlueShield of Texas. BlueCross Fossil, expanding an move to efforts initiated the building that into facility its current Inc. from of this The benefits empty. BlueShield left BlueCross a significant retained – Richardson twofold deal were vacated recently and it filled a in the area employer complex. the planning and to also integral was Slagel Mr. activities. As development of economic design stage the plan and execute to struggling was the region led the development the mayor system, rail light and the in Richardson stations rail of the four Financing (TIF) districts. Increment Tax first systems’ of a cornerstone as the has served This initiative several has created that strategy redevelopment have that developments sustainable mixed-use, $300 million. He exceeding investments generated support city funding for to leadership also provided in economic effort public-private a highly successful created has Since 2007, this initiative development. the and secured 18,000 jobs over or retained of office and occupancy of a 5.8 million-square-feet space. technology a central played Gary Slagel decades, two over For climate development in shaping the economic role of public a long history After Texas. of Richardson, of effects in 2011, but the retired Slagel service, Mr. region the city and felt throughout will be his efforts the International this reason, For come. to years for present to Council is honored Development Economic in Public Leadership with the 2011 Gary Slagel Mr. Service Award.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 96 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 97 AWARDS Fresno State is located in the San Joaquin Valley, an Valley, in the San Joaquin is located State Fresno high unemployment from suffered has long that area mind, Dr. in With these factors levels. and poverty one of become to the university has positioned Welty universities. community-engaged leading the nation’s to become students to encourage In an effort Welty Dr. community, in the surrounding invested curriculum and the service into learning introduced service community Fresno opportunities. expanded combined a provided and staff faculty, students, State of service,an estimated with 1.16 million hours million. impact of $28 economic his throughout tirelessly worked has Welty Dr. for resource a as university position the to tenure the do this, he established To area. the surrounding Development, Economic Office of Community and The first, major programs. two which manages efforts on focuses its Initiative, Jobs The Regional In a five-year development. economic cluster-based were jobs new 2003-2008, 17,000 net period from of public/ network and its to the initiative attributed The California program, The second partners. private created was the San Joaquin Valley, for Partnership the address in 2005 to Schwarzenegger Governor by The Office of Community the area. facing obstacles as established was Development and Economic for – responsible of the program the Secretariat the and implementing administering, operating, has been Partnership The Action Proposal. Strategic throughout change positive in effecting instrumental the region. of the Board also sits on the Executive Welty Dr. in established Business Council, a group Fresno crime and decreasing escalating to respond 2003 to Since its in the city. and social indicators economic than 1,000 more council has created the inception, Business Valley the Central and established jobs as the incubator has embraced Welty Dr. Incubator. resources the provided and initiative State a Fresno its success. necessary for and a generous Leadership Welty’s Dr. Through Family Lyles Lyles and the William Dr. gift from and for Innovation Lyles Center the Foundation, in 2003. The center founded was Entrepreneurship students, of inspiring record track has a successful act on ideas to leaders alumni and community faculty, for and acts as a bridge future build a prosperous that of both linking resources and community, the campus success in the marketplace. achieve to President - University State California Fresno California Fresno, John Welty, PhD John Welty, The Institutional Leadership Award recognizes recognizes Award Leadership The Institutional (university, institution a leader of a community foundation local hospital, college, community who has made institution) or other community in support community to the contributions significant their leadership, through development of economic or hiring, training investments, financial support, local activities. related Institutional Leadership Award Leadership Institutional for the professional aviation buildings at Louisiana buildings aviation the professional for He Davison. M. Paul his father, for named Tech of the in the development engaged has also been of Business of the College Program Entrepreneurship on its advisory and serves board. the university at at generosity and work extensive to his In addition has supported Davison Mr. University, Louisiana Tech As an efforts. development economic other several Autoworks, Next company, in the start-up investor fuel-efficient build the next to hope he and others He has also fulfilled a lifelong Parish. in Ouachita car and course golf world class a creating by dream With the support and collaboration club. country and sons Catherine, Dianne, daughter, of his wife, the established Davison Mr. Mark, and Todd, Steve, a by Club in 2002. Surrounded Country Creek Squire Creek Squire development, residential upscale large golf best as Louisiana’s recognized immediately was in the nation. and one of the best course, both to pull tirelessly has worked Davison Mr. benefit to together resources human and capital state the throughout efforts development economic the International this reason, of Louisiana. For bestow to Council is honored Development Economic Leadership the 2011 Citizen upon James E. Davison Award. In a region of California that is undergoing dynamic is undergoing that of California In a region Dr. and economics, culture, in population, changes University, State of California President John Welty, institute to the community has mobilized Fresno, impact on has had a profound that change positive area. of the surrounding the quality of life commercialization and community uses of the uses of the community and commercialization high speed advanced most Europe’s Region, Digital public network. broadband was the Mr. DePrez joining Creativesheffield, Before Strategies Global Location of IBM’s Co-Global Leader chosecompanies as they global He guided practice. and manufacturing R&D, for headquarters, locations communitieshelped he In addition, centers. operational and their competitors against benchmark themselves those attract to best improvement for areas identify to corporate notable most DePrez’s One of Mr. companies. thatproject was an international engagements location Institutes of Novartis’ the global consolidation in ended Massachusetts. Cambridge, to Research BioMedical for withtogether scientists top brought This move Innovative campus. one onto researchers university and its of the consolidation scale sheer of the because institutions, academic renowned the city’s to proximity biotechnology and centers medical academic center a prominent has become campus the companies, and development. of research by IBM in 2002, the Global its acquisition Prior to within operated practice Strategy Location led the two DePrez Mr. PricewaterhouseCoopers. and combined years eleven for consultancies consultant several held, among others, previously was and and Fluor, Fantus with positions executive development regional economic of a executive chief based Washington of a national and organization clearinghouse. development DePrez’s Mr. background, diverse an extremely From came when development economic into foray first Kodak. When the at professional a marketing he was a film make to chose and Kodak of Xerox presidents affecting housing crisis the affordable addressing as producer, acted DePrez Mr. York, New Rochester, in and interest a longstanding and thus began development. economic to commitment and active has been a longstanding DePrez Mr. Development Economic member of the International of Directors Council (IEDC). He served on the Board and as Co-Chair of Economic years several for (EDRP). He has also Partners Research Development as an instructor and serves speaker been a frequent named a recently He was courses. IEDC training for the IEDC to insight ongoing providing Senior Fellow, basis. volunteer on a staff development the economic service to Gene DePrez’s advise and mentor and willingness to profession the International this reason, For unparalleled. are bestow to Council is honored Development Economic upon Gene DePrez. Award the 2011 Chairman’s Gene DePrez Partner Partners Global Innovation NJ Sparta, Chairman’s Award for for Award Chairman’s in Economic Excellence Development Dr. John Welty has strived, throughout his tenure, tenure, his throughout has strived, John Welty Dr. and university for environment a healthy create to the By understanding collaboration. community wellbeing and the State Fresno between correlation the improved he has undeniably of the community, this reason, For the region. throughout quality of life is Council Development Economic the International the 2011 Welty, John upon Dr. bestow to honored Award. Leadership Institutional For nearly four decades, Gene DePrez has been using his Gene DePrez decades, four nearly For communities position businesses and to assist expertise He has and competitively. strategically themselves advising and leader, be a consummate himself to proved and those new organizations both emerging mentoring profession. development the economic to Mr. Partners, of Global Innovation Partner As Founding both in his experience from insight provides DePrez connections establish to sectors public and private the contacts With business together. and bring resources builds strategic DePrez Mr. world, the throughout and collaborations successful lead to that alliances much offocuses now DePrez Mr. outcomes. substantive organizations, development economic advising his time asset an invaluable and is parks and science universities, leader in this role. and thought Innovation and Chief as Director served DePrez Mr. Sheffield, England, the in Creativesheffield at Officer development economic comprehensive first UK’s Mr. development, on sector Focused company. collaboration and championed innovation DePrez Helping the area the city-region. throughout of the remnants from its economy transform encouraged DePrez Mr. heyday, its industrial including two stakeholders among collaboration regional businesses, city and major universities, He also entrepreneurs. and emerging agencies, development entrepreneurial creative spurred Digital Sheffield of the new guiding the launch by focused and accelerator Campus, an incubator Mr. industries. the digital across on collaboration for catalyst the key were and his team DePrez

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 98 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 99 AWARDS

Dr. Morfessis was named President and CEO. and CEO. named President was Morfessis Dr. returned Morfessis in Phoenix, Dr. years twelve After as the President to serve Maryland Baltimore, to east economic public-private first of the region’s and CEO Alliance of Economic the organization, development Space establish she helped Here, Baltimore. Greater among the Alliance, higher Hope, a partnership which program, NASA.and The institutions education in science and studies pursue to students encourages (science, STEM long before established was math, a focal became engineering and math) technology, policy. of educational point of the Council for on the Board served Morfessis Dr. (CUED) and as Board Development Urban Economic member an active Chair in 1992-1994. She remains Council Development Economic of the International as a conferences at regularly (IEDC) and participates speaker. forefront at the to be continues Ioanna Morfessis and has been a trends development of economic this For her career. throughout innovator perpetual Development Economic the International reason, Ioanna upon Dr. bestow to Council is honored for Award Achievement the 2011 Lifetime Morfessis, in honor of Development, in Economic Excellence deLuca. Edward biotech firms in the nation. firms biotech executive the founding became Morfessis In 1985, Dr. Council. Growth of the Phoenix Economic director in the involved directly she was During her tenure, generating to Phoenix, companies of 42 attraction and investment than $2 billion in private more began economy When Phoenix’s jobs. 8,000 new Morfessis 1980s, Dr. in the late deteriorate to help to with others, in partnership tirelessly, worked approach a regional that those in the area persuade for option the best was development economic to the these efforts, Through Phoenix area. the Greater and formed Council was Phoenix Economic Greater Minority Business Enterprise to help rebuild and help rebuild to Enterprise Minority Business most of Columbia’s some of the District revitalize districts. and business neighborhoods historic Washington Greater with the stint a successful After become on to moved Morfessis Dr. Business Center, formed Montgomery of the newly director the first Development. Economic Maryland Office of County, private with the she collaborated While there, the Shady Grove create to labs and federal sector research first nation’s the Sciences Center, Life to exclusively park devoted and development be to has grown this facility Today, biotechnology. and science of life concentrations one of the largest Ioanna T. Morfessis, PhD, PhD, Morfessis, Ioanna T. HLM Strategist & Chief President IO.INC Phoenix, AZ Every year IEDC looks specifically for an individual specifically IEDC looks year Every exemplary consistent, who has demonstrated development in the economic performance that of projects leading the execution profession, communities revitalizing impact on significant a have the improving in shaping and a major role and playing development. of economic practice who deLuca of Edward in honor is given This award of the field of as one of the true leaders is credited one of the He was development. urban economic Urban Economic of the Council for members founding and of IEDC (CUED), a predecessor Development He also served as the Director chair. as its first served the cities of Baltimore for Development of Economic and Pittsburgh. Lifetime Achievement Award Award Achievement Lifetime in Economic Excellence for of in Honor Development deLuca Edward In an economic development career that has spanned that career development In an economic has shown Ioanna Morfessis Dr. decades, nearly four leader; innovative cutting edge, be a to herself become have that and tools programs establishing the throughout emulated have others models that States. United at as President serves currently Morfessis Dr. founded in 2004 she practice a consulting IO.INC, develop communities and organizations assist to Among her many strategies. growth and execute the facilitated Morfessis Dr. accomplishments, city of Maricopa, of a “start-up” development of its and served as the main architect Arizona the to A testament strategy. development economic has Maricopa strategy, Dr. Morfessis’ of effectiveness to more of 4,300 in 2003 a population from grown than 43,000 in 2010. development her economic began Morfessis Dr. of the Greater in 1974 as a co-founder career one- first the nation’s Business Center, Washington small and minority businesses. During shop for stop the organization strife, and civil a time of unrest U.S. Office of of the on the creation capitalized 1970s 1970 1970 Housing and Urban Development Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Act of 1970 introduces Federal begins operations Experimental Housing Allowance Program and Community Development Corporation

1970 Ed deLuca and company

1971 1971 The Gold Standard ends The HUB Council renamed The National Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) on December 16, 1971

Robert Cassell (AIDC Chair 1971-1972)

1972 1972 The People’s Republic of China and the Clean Water Act of 1972 US resumed trade relations

1973 Mr. Richard Preston wins “Mr. Industrial Development”

1972 1973 CUED moved its headquarters from CUED begins an annual conference in Baltimore to Washington, DC Washington D.C. – Federal Forum

Kenneth Patton (CUED Chair 1973-1975) 1973 1974 Oil Crisis of 1973 HUD’s CDBG Program begins through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

A discussion at the 1978 CUED Conference

1976 1977 AIDC’s 50th Anniversary Federal government initiated the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program

1978 CUED Conference

1977 1978 Public Works Employment Act of 1977 CUED published its seminal book Coordinated Urban Economic Development with HUD funding

Walt D’Alessio (CUED Chair 1978-1980)

1978 U.S. Unemployment Rate is 6.1%

The National Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) is formed in 1971 (CUED 1971-2001)

1978 1979 The Airline Deregulation Act China allows Foreign Direct Investment

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IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 103 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Red Deer, AB Deer, Red Canada in undertaken project branding an extensive Through uncovered Access Prosperity Alberta: 2010, Central for a unifying identity a strong, create the need to an international from absent is largely that region was Access Prosperity Alberta: Central stage. communities of 42 as the unifying identity created The need region. Alberta the Central throughout the supported that materials marketing produce to project this branding from came messaging that key and our story both told that in a brochure resulted data. with hard sold the region Beautiful Torbay - Community Profile Beautiful of Torbay Town NL Torbay, Canada growing fastest is the second of Torbay The Town and Labrador, municipality in Newfoundland suburb of our a rural considered years Canada. For is redefining Torbay John’s, St. city, capital provincial initiatives, unique and innovative itself through support the business and new attract designed to Economic With a new business community. current on support programs, vision focusing Development materials, and promotional communications Torbay” “beautiful of the new and the unveiling to act was developed Profile a Community brand, while image, launch our new as the backbone to our unique heritage and celebrating maintaining was a true The Community Profile and culture. residents, with input from project, community It is the first groups. businesses and community raised and has Torbay for Profile Community ever won Since its launch it has town. of the the profile including awards, and national multiple provincial Association Developer the Economic in Class at Best Canada Awards. Marketing of Canada’s Central Alberta: Access Access Alberta: Central Prosperity Brochure PROMOTIONAL PROMOTIONAL AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION City of Staunton - Department of Economic of Economic - Department City of Staunton Development VA Staunton, recruitment/ Development Economic The Staunton with booklet is a 12-page brochure quality of life studies case uses local The booklet back pocket. and development economic the area’s promote to be used can The back pocket strengths. quality of life information and customized include time-sensitive to “evergreen” more itself contains while the booklet help piece is to this printed The purpose of material. Development of Economic Department the Staunton categories market in target major employers recruit science and life manufacturing, including: high-tech service and professional and development, research developers, software including architects, companies primary Staunton’s among others. and engineers, numerous workforce, include: an educated assets award-winning institutions, higher education transportation sophisticated facilities, healthcare and global Coast East access to allowing networks and recreational culinary, cultural, markets, These system. support amenities, and a pro-business existing through the reader to relayed are assets and testimonials. business success stories Development of Economic Department The Staunton private to increase in 1988 in an effort founded was in the Staunton jobs and create investment sector comprehensive The department’s community. bridging the for calls strategy development economic business foster to in order and public sectors private entrepreneurship, nurture retention, and location place-making and community and promote efforts. development General Purpose Brochure Purpose General Economic Development Recruitment/ Development Economic Brochure Quality of Life CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000 – 500,000 Lansing Economic Area Partnership (Leap, Inc.) 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 104 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 105 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Attractiveness Indicators 2010-2011 Indicators Attractiveness International Montréal QB Montréal, Greater Canada brochure 2010-2011 Indicators The Attractiveness economic Montréal’s of Greater a full picture draws This analysis factors. and its attractiveness strengths from neutral factors on location data of comparative that, in shows sources statistical and objective Greater the investments, foreign of attracting terms position an advantageous enjoys region Montréal with its main North American when compared a series analyzed International Montréal competitors. access, market as follows: categorized of indicators, and incentives, taxation costs, innovation, workforce, and others. quality of life, (MI) is an economic International Montréal in 1996 was created that organization development Its mission partnership. of a private/public as a result development the economic to contribute is to enhance its to and Montréal of metropolitan attracting include Its mandates status. international organizations international investment, foreign well as promoting as workers, foreign and qualified environment international and the competitive International Montréal Montréal. of Greater the Montréal sector, the private is funded by The 2010 Year in Review brochure was dramatically dramatically was brochure in Review Year The 2010 providing approach and uses a creative redesigned Richmond of Greater worth with a year’s readers opens with an introduction It business news. announcements expansion of the some highlighting and awards of regional with a list made in 2010 along timeline classifies The unique fold-out accolades. using a categories different seven into stories news key. color-coded and functional. stimulating The design is both visually being kept the content is high due to Readability Year the Overall, pieces. in short, easily digestible those summary for a valuable provides in Review it is residents, Richmond. For with Greater unfamiliar review. regional creative an upbeat, Inc. was Richmond Partnership, The Greater public- launched in 1994 as a pioneering regional economic regional as the to serve initiative private the City of Richmond and the for group development and Henrico. Hanover of Chesterfield, counties CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE 2010 Year in Review: Headlines & in Review: 2010 Year Newsmakers Inc. Richmond Partnership, Greater Richmond, VA Greater Headlines & Newsmakers in Review: The 2010 Year Richmond’s of Greater a snapshot readers gives community business, economic, important most 2010. It is a from news and cultural development, for by the GRP has been produced that publication that document in a classic, four-page years several on design. and light on text heavy was 2010-2011 Greensboro-High Point Community Profile Point 2010-2011 Greensboro-High Alliance Development Economic Greensboro NC Greensboro, Community Point The 2010-2011 Greensboro-High County, overview of Guilford is an informational Profile between as a partnership produced Carolina, North and Alliance Development Economic Greensboro the Corporation. Development Economic Highthe Point rates, tax includes brochure in the contained The data expansions, and locations recent leaders, corporate infrastructure, information, recreational and cultural the growing accommodate To demographics. and other outside of the United firms from in our area interest were of the Community Profile PDF versions States, the complement to languages in six foreign produced Japanese, German, French, in English: Spanish, version and Korean. Chinese, Alliance Development Economic Greensboro The in organization non-profit is a private (GEDA) strategically is to Our goal NC. Greensboro, creates, that community a vibrant develop advancing business while and attracts expands, a broad provide all. We for the quality of life companies and existing new of services to range of data all aspects and coordinate in Greensboro our community. visits to and site gathering HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Perryton Recruitment Print Piece Piece Print Recruitment Perryton Corporation Community Development Perryton TX Perryton, Corporation Community Development Perryton a and pursues growth economic promotes enhances the that business climate progressive and Ochiltree Perryton of citizens for quality of life Texas. County, in a mass mailing utilized piece was Our recruitment an High School before of Perryton graduates to natives attract to Its purpose was all-class reunion. a business or retire. start to return to of Perryton marketing a Texas-based Back Media, Talk by Created Perryton’s piece shows the 20-page company, benefits. and business-related personal- of profiles features it benefits, personal portray To ranging residents, Perryton who are PHS graduates occupation person’s 70s. 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Italian annual events community tourism this has since been distributing MPower the McAlester promoting and actively brochure a area in the hopes of making the McAlester area national, and regional, state, for destination tourist sector Tourism is an important tourists. international tourism and this communities amenity-rich rural, for capture to area has enabled the McAlester brochure of month In its first dollars. those crucial tourism of Department by the Oklahoma State distribution 40 of online by requested was the brochure Tourism, the 50 states! CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE MPOWER Economic Development Corporation Development Economic MPOWER OK McAlester, an Corporation, Development Economic The MPower the McAlester, with promoting tasked organization purposes, sought development economic for OK area McAlester Oklahoma Tourism Brochure Oklahoma Tourism McAlester Special Purpose Brochure Invest OK Invest of Commerce Oklahoma Department OK Oklahoma City, of team of Commerce’s The Oklahoma Department function to system collateral needed a sales recruiters business sell prospective to It needed ways. in many in Oklahoma; of locating It benefits key explaining by beauty of the and portray look professional to needed flexibility provide living to in Oklahoma; and it needed sections. specific either add or delete to recruiters for allows that system folder was a pocket The solution needs. recruiter’s depending on the customization for to folder chose a sleek black pocket Commerce related other and flyers brochures, hold all relevant design signifies Oklahoma’s The elegant content. to business and approach attitude professional recruiting. Metropolitan Community, the City of Montréal and and City of Montréal the Community, Metropolitan Since and Québec. of Canada the Governments to has helped International Montréal its creation, investment foreign in than $8 billion more attract close these investments, From Montréal. Greater into or maintained. been created have 45,000 jobs to almost also allowed have activities MI’s date, To present organizations half of the 70 international and in the city, themselves establish to in Montréal foreign to 5,500 qualified close retain and attract to at: site Web please visit MI learn more, To workers. www.montrealinternational.com.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 106 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 107

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CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 1. 2. 3. Elgin, businesses a member of Savour become To products, local on requirements meet must liability web presence, months, operational and more. insurance, been developed not have would This program of the Steering and dedication work without the hard their provided to those that thanks Many Committee. Elgin Savour that to ensure and expertise knowledge is a quality culinary program. Savour Elgin CulinarySavour Guide of Elgin County Elgin, ON Canada and promote to with a goal a program Elgin is Savour The ON. in Elgin County, enhance culinary tourism ON Elgin County, through is a route Elgin trail Savour wineries, farms, restaurants, best of the some visits that food and focus on that culinaryand other attractions Elgin County. and unique to local drink that’s include; program Elgin Savour Other activities of the with culinary and partnership in participation of as facilitation as well events and agricultural distributors, food producers, between connections and suppliers. goals: culinary tourism-specific Elgin has three Savour The City of Port Colborne is a beautiful waterfront waterfront is a beautiful Colborne Port The City of Coast, South on Niagara’s located community at crossing Border the Canada-US from 20-minutes the of 19,000 people, With a population NY. Buffalo, tourism include manufacturing, sectors largest city’s services. and government HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Wind Energy Manufacturing Cluster Folder Folder Cluster Manufacturing Wind Energy Colborne City of Port Colborne, ON Port Canada Colborne Wind Energy The Niagara-Port in 2010 as a developed Kit was Manufacturing sales high-impact, comprehensive high-quality, energy with green one-on-one meetings for tool strategic during several companies manufacturing It includes a dedicated and conventions. conferences a brochure; promotional manufacturing wind energy aerial and transportation profile; site comprehensive fact sheets. and informative maps; Manufacturing of the Wind Energy An objective level of wind the to increase is Initiative Marketing in the city by manufacturing equipment energy Port Colborne as a leading manufacturing promoting It also serves a industry. the wind energy for centre expansion and in businesses retention role strong supply chain. existing the on promoting with a focus with the input of both developed The kit was Project stakeholders. and public sector private the to advance regularly to meet continue partners for new and discuss potential sector wind energy partnerships. materials combines marketing The kit effectively economic public sector two and messaging from industry with private agencies development messaging under a single, and promotional marketing identity. unified brand profiled. To show economic benefits of owning of benefits economic show To profiled. businesses’ highlighted business, we a Perryton local to advantages and communicated successes growth the town’s showed We entrepreneurship. additions/ on recent write-ups through and vibrancy do in town. and things to improvements numerous received we have Since the publication, come have companies New information. for requests been created. have start-ups and play, into CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000-500,000 City of Vaughan ON Vaughan, Canada Development Economic its 10-year completed Having Vaughan – Building a Gateway entitled, Strategy Economic Vaughan’s Economy, Tomorrow’s to published a reader-friendly Department Development the to accompany Summary Executive 16-page Summary The Executive report. original 178-page the four and graphics in text and conveys captures of the Strategy. goals and creativity innovation, A sense of energy, cover. to cover from opportunity flows economic of the City popping- 2-D illustration cover The front flowing and the airways North America up from world - successfully parts of the different from as a dynamic city and a gateway. Vaughan portrays starts of the cityscape illustration The inside cover a great to transforming of Vaughan the storytelling the sense of place that capture Readers urban centre. future its residents, for become to is aiming Vaughan and investors. employers, Denton’s “hidden treasure” in terms of being an in terms “hidden treasure” Denton’s In 2010, the the community. for engine economic is Fund and an Enterprise Airport became Denton fund. general the city’s by being funded no longer and marketing to has been given priority Therefore, available the airport and its property of promotion of increasing In addition, because development. for at to locate wanting companies private by interest to created was a special purpose brochure DTO, about the information and general technical provide for available lots property identify airport and to 2010 in October debuted The brochure development. Association) Aviation Business (National the NBAA at is now The brochure Georgia. in Atlanta show trade section of www. Development online in the Airport has been a handy The brochure DentonEDP.com. in with parties interested when talking have piece to to clearly airport. In addition Denton to the locating available lots it identifies all airport property, showing access and parking. access with future with taxiway Vaughan Building a Gateway to to Building a Gateway Vaughan Economy Tomorrow’s HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Denton Airport Available Properties Brochure Airport Available Denton Partnership Development Economic Denton TX Denton, is a general-aviation Airport (DTO) The Denton airport for as a super-reliever serves airport that been has always DTO DFW airport in Dallas, Texas. Aerospace Brochure Aerospace Development Economic County Newberry SC Newberry, is strategically South Carolina County, Newberry the metropolitan 26 between on Interstate located and Columbia. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 108 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 109 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE GNO Inc. “Year in Review: Greater New Orleans at New Greater in Review: GNO Inc. “Year Point”the Inflection Orleans, Inc. New Greater Orleans, LA New the Orleans at New Greater in Review: The “Year Inc.’s for GNO, created was Point”brochure Inflection that evidence suggests Broad 2011 Annual Meeting. point” an “inflection is at – on progress the region’s key in a number of acceleration the brink of rapid human talent, including entrepreneurship, areas, The development. and business perception, positive successes in the on recent details provides brochure Orleans New of the Greater comeback economic the New about rankings several It also lists region. as of Louisiana, as well and the state Orleansarea and Investors. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 110 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 111 AWARDS sville’s industrial parks industrial sville’s d introductory note from the BDC from note d introductory Data Wheel for snapshot comparisons of Bartlesville comparisons snapshot for Wheel Data benchmark MSAs vs. Bartle Map highlighting Individualize president information with contact book match Branded cover inside ‘handwritten’ shop rag Branded

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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 112 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 113 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION - 500,000 200,000 Virginia Beach Development Authority Annual Virginia Beach Development 2010 Year Fiscal Report Beach City of Virginia VA Beach, Virginia Beach Development the City of Virginia Year Fiscal month in the an Annual Report Authority prepares the City In 2010, year. fiscal preceding the of July for completed Authority Beach Development of Virginia overview an provides that publication a 43 page the for economy Beach’s City of Virginia on the includes sections on 2010. The report Year Fiscal Virginia economy, financial accomplishments, the Land Use Oceana Center, Town Beach Amphitheater, of the other highlights and many Program, Conformity activities. year’s fiscal past Annual Report 2010 Creating Expanding 2010 Creating Expanding Annual Report City Missouri Kansas and Evolving City Missouri EDC of Kansas MO City, Kansas Missouri’s City, of Kansas is the City The EDC of KCMO EDC has a The agency. development economic services in excellent of providing history 25 year expansion, recruitment, of retention, the areas and citizens KCMO and loans to redevelopment businesses. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Purdue Research Foundation Research Purdue IN Lafayette, West is a private, Foundation Research The Purdue the mission to advance created Foundation nonprofit in 1930, the Established University. of Purdue funds trusts; gifts; administers accepts Foundation on property and acquires and grants; scholarships was In the 1990s, the Foundation behalf of Purdue. of in the realm with helping the University charged the oversees Foundation The development. economic which is the Lafayette, of West Park Research Purdue in the business incubator university-affiliated largest established has Foundation In addition, the country. Indiana across in other locations business incubators Newincluding Indianapolis, Merrillville and Albany. report annual Foundation Research The 2009-10 Purdue entrepreneurs, prospective provide to developed was influencers key and leaders political business leaders, and support promote would that with a succinct report outlines report in Indiana. The development economic data, development economic goals, mission, history, the in the report’s completed projects growth, economic for the statements and financial awards timeframe, Foundation. 200 Companies. “4 Locations. is called The report The purpose of this name is to 4,000 Indiana Jobs.” a glance about the economic at know the reader let Research impact of the Purdue development Park network. Research and its Purdue Foundation The City of Port Colborne is a beautiful waterfront waterfront is a beautiful Colborne Port The City of Coast, South on Niagara’s located community at crossing Border the Canada-US from 20-minutes the of 19,000 people, With a population NY. Buffalo, tourism include manufacturing, sectors largest city’s services. and government Purdue Research Foundation 2009-2010 Foundation Purdue Research Annual Report

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Annual Report 2009-2010 Annual Report Inc. Partnership, Richmond Greater VA Richmond, Greater the Greater 2009-2010 covers The Annual Report activities and achievements Richmond Partnership’s reports The publication year. fiscal the latest for successes and informs demonstrates on progress, to year made in the latest on developments investors programs. core build upon the GRP’s the forefront it is at demonstrate to The GRP strives on behalf strategies development of economic the also allows The Annual Report of the region. into some insight provide GRP an opportunity to new attract to works our team as the economy businesses. existing businesses and grow program by is organized content The Annual Report stories. results and success highlighting service areas and narrative overly being avoids The content of progress. representations graphical provides which represent crystals The design incorporates The multidimensional. and are transparency value, our to transparency region, the to value GRP provides regional to approach and a multifaceted investors, development. economic Inc. was Richmond Partnership, The Greater public- launched in 1994 as a pioneering regional economic regional as the to serve initiative private the City of Richmond and the for group development Henrico. and Hanover of Chesterfield, counties CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION 2009 Annual Report 2009 Annual Report Authority Development Economic County Fairfax VA County, Fairfax Economic County of the Fairfax The annual report the many highlights Authority (FCEDA) Development which FCEDA, the of activities and achievements as one of the best Virginia, County, Fairfax promotes “A world. The 2009 theme: in the business locations County”. Fairfax for works economy diversified Board County the Fairfax showed The annual report and county the business community of Supervisors, economic and aggressive a consistent how residents economic built a diversified program development the weather County helped Fairfax base that community other than virtually any better recession in the nation. been building their have that companies Several this economic illustrate County in Fairfax presence technology), Hilton (information CSC diversity: and (research SAIC (hospitality), Worldwide of America Group engineering) and Volkswagen (automotive). corporate successes include large Highlighted expansion of and the and relocations expansions and foreign-owned of small, minority-owned dozens activities include during 2009. Highlighted companies and a conference events welcoming corporate into County Fairfax of the transformation spotlighting with dozens Partnerships an urban business location. in growth support economic that of organizations noted. also are County Fairfax

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 114 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 115 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Uncharted. Unexpected. Unexpected. Uncharted. Colborne City of Port Colborne, ON Port Canada Unexpected.” Uncharted. South Coast: The “Niagara’s to the recognition bring helps campaign marketing of visiting, living,conducting and advantages many Colborne, Ontario. business in Port Uncharted. South Coast: In 2010 the “Niagara’s was developed campaign marketing Unexpected.” research and consultation an extensive through and formal groups, which included focus process marketing. discussions, and test informal include to has also been updated logo The City’s text. South Coast” in stylized brand the “Niagara’s brand the “Niagara” This has helped leverage and build awareness world-wide, which is known with other confusion reducing while of our location sharing similar names. Since its creation communities has been branding Unexpected in 2010, Uncharted via a multi-disciplined the marketplace to introduced mix of print, includes a strategic that approach and online media. video, electronic, outdoor, South Niagara’s new Colborne’s The City of Port brings initiative Unexpected Uncharted, Coast: to municipal messaging consistent and effective It efforts. marketing and investment tourism brand South Coast the Niagara’s that reinforces awareness raising in component be a critical could Colborne as a business and of the City of Port the City’s reinforcing also while destination tourism name. the Niagara and leveraging location geographic waterfront Colborne is a beautiful The City of Port South Coast, on Niagara’s located community at crossing the Canada-US Border from 20-minutes of 19,000 people, the With a population NY. Buffalo, tourism include manufacturing, sectors largest city’s services. and government CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION Spending Locally Makes Common Cents Makes Spending Locally of Hinsdale Village Hinsdale, IL “Spending campaign, advertising print A weekly to created was Common Cents” Makes Locally of the the retailers for much-needed support provide Chicago. suburban in west of Hinsdale Village historic many months, than seven of more the course Over owner-operated unique, independent, of Hinsdale’s their to no cost at featured were establishments proprietors. Common Makes “Spending Locally importantly, Most local” “shop the ubiquitous reinterpreted Cents” fashion. whimsical even in a playful, message which business discovering to forward looked Readers and a “visit” Franklin, Lincoln, receive would from Pay “You the consumer: to The message Washington. in Hinsdale!” Stay in Hinsdale…We’ll the highlight designed to: ads were “Common Cents” so in such a manner establishments retail Village’s residents; with connections personal develop as to at of options of the full range residents remind special to finding daily needs meeting home, from citizens out; educate nights special to enjoying gifts of local linkage on the direct and business owners and services; and, municipal projects spending to food-and-beverage additional sales and help generate revenue. tax Development Economic of Hinsdale’s An initiative Common Makes Commission, “Spending Locally in campaign advertising local is the latest Cents” development brand Hinsdale Distinctly the Village’s initiative. Paid Advertising Campaign Advertising Paid CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Integrated Marketing Campaign Marketing Integrated Partnership Regional Myers Fort FL Myers, Fort campaign advertising The mission of the integrated Partnership Regional Myers the Fort launched by the within relationships existing leverage to was candidates business potential identify to community To to Lee County. or location expansion for Partnership Regional Myers this, the Fort accomplish traditional mix of both an effective implemented for economic approaches marketing and new-age development. the rallying mean business” became we “Together, used in advertising, and was the campaign cry for to show materials and promotional marketing residents, full-time business leaders, – local everyone Lee County – that and vacationers residents winter a business. The or locate expand place to is a great saturate effectively also able to was Partnership its thus increasing message, with this their market effectiveness. County’s Lee Partnership, Regional Myers The Fort expand retain, works Office, Development Economic a thriving Lee County, to jobs value high and locate airport, regarded with a highly business community real and ample development corporate significant retaining attracting, is opportunities. The area estate businesses with a unique high-value and growing and business climate blend of an outstanding five is home to The county superior quality of life. Fort Myers Springs, Bonita Myers, cities--Fort vibrant and Sanibel--and is the heart of Beach, Cape Coral, Florida. Southwest CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000-500,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Tulsa Metro Chamber Metro Tulsa OK Tulsa, Development Economic Chamber’s Metro The Tulsa of more area a geographic Division represents Ad Tulsa than 1.2 million people. The GrowMetro region’s our increased Campaign has significantly and professionals location among site awareness alike. business executives Martin County Races for Business Races Martin County of Martin County Board Business Development Stuart, FL race his Sharp located Scott driver When ALMS race was so impressed Florida, he Martin County, to team his speed in accommodating with the community’s the word. help us spread to he agreed needs that ever paid first This ad is one of Martin County’s a broad recruit from to designed advertisements as a magazine Trend Florida utilized audience. We ourselves packaging for this outreach, point starting Martin County’s feature best issues that in three Research Yearbook, Florida Economic strengths: issues reach Florida, and Business Florida 2012. These and position Martin Florida, beyond an audience well for state of our great context within the County purposes. recruitment County of Martin Board The Business Development development economic official is the county’s Florida, Inc. partner of Enterprise and organization, The mission of the Coast. Research and Florida’s in Martin growth economic promote BDBMC is to targeted existing assisting and retaining by County new businesses desirable businesses and attracting expanding and the quality of life, while preserving opportunities. and employment educational Grow Metro Tulsa Ad Campaign Tulsa Metro Grow

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 116 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 117 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION Newsletter/Newspaper Economic Colborne Port News Development Colborne City of Port Colborne, ON Port Canada newsletter Development Colborne Economic The Port tool communication is designed as a flexible of qualified range with a broad connect used to is published quarterly The newsletter stakeholders. and interests based on preferences versions in three distributed are versions Two of subscribers. in distributed version a highlights electronically: and a high-impact multi-page HTML e-mail format, HTML links Both contain photos. PDF with colour with additional background readers connect to – which also serves as a mechanism to and detail and of both individual versions readership track economic selected features version The third topics. interest general of a articles which are development Colborne and is of the City of Port residents to household (8,000+) in the city every to distributed – newspaper with the local a partnership through has access stakeholder local every that which ensures of interest. content to in has been instrumental The newsletter the priorities, activities and successes communicating office. Development of the City and its Economic to continues the newsletter to in subscribing Interest in economic of the community and engagement grow and business activities has also development of the newsletter. as a result increased copy on primarily centered are costs Production and editing. Distribution layout development, of the versions and print both electronic for costs to the partnership nominal thanks are newsletter copy hard sponsors that newspaper with the local costs. and distribution print waterfront Colborne is a beautiful The City of Port South Coast, on Niagara’s located community the Canada-US Border from 20-minutes of With a population NY. Buffalo, at crossing include sectors largest 19,000 people, the city’s services. and government tourism manufacturing, HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Only in Seattle Marketing Campaign Only in Seattle Marketing Development Economic Office of City of Seattle WA Seattle, (OED) Development Economic Office of Seattle’s and business environment supports a healthy They succeed and grow. to companies empowers businesses through to services directly provide and expansion assistance, and retention advocacy, “http://www. HYPERLINK development. workforce \t “_blank”www.growseattle.com growseattle.com” a citywide marketing Only in Seattle, OED created and owners business districts featuring campaign which encourages neighborhoods, in various This campaign shop and dine locally. to consumers neighborhood broader of Seattle’s is a component the Only strategy, revitalization business district small to allow strives which Initiative, in Seattle the unique reflect to and flourish; grow businesses to business where of the neighborhoods character their vitality; to and contribute located are districts organize to business owners empower and to The investment. vision and attract a common around independently- focuses on local, campaign marketing with customers provide businesses that owned and services, high quality goods an authentic plus they where of the district reflective experience is a visually-lush The campaign located. are shops retail gem” “hidden the many of celebration unique neighborhoods in Seattle’s and restaurants with each neighborhood’s in conjunction and works campaign efforts. In 2010, the marketing existing 20 businesses had 5 neighborhoods and over over 55 participating, and 13 neighborhoods and “http://www. in 2011. Visit businesses participating onlyinseattle.org” \t “_blank”www.onlyinseattle.org 1980s 1980 AIDC changed its name to AEDC

AIDC renamed the American Economic Development Council (AEDC) in 1980

1981 1982 The Economic Recovery Tax Act of U.S. Unemployment Rate is 9.7% 1981

Economic Development Institute (EDI) class of 1980

1982 1983 Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 begins Housing Development Action Grant and Rental Rehabilitation programs

1981 AEDC new Chicago office

1984 First successful personal computer with graphical interface

Dr. David Sweet AEDC Chair 1983-1984 1985 AEDC Educational course offerings expanded to include cities such as Indianapolis, San Diego, and Kansas City

Future AEDC Chairs Jim Devine(1999-2000) and Jim Roberson (1985-1986) at a Conference in 1984

1986 Tax Reform Act of 1986

1989 Dr. David Birch giving presentation at A gentleman at the 1984 AEDC conference AEDC Conference

1986 1986 Jeff Finkle joins CUED as Executive Low Income Housing Tax Credit was Director created through the Tax Reform Act of 1986

Jeff Finkle (CUED / IEDC President & CEO 1986-Present)

Late 1980s First Merger talks begin between CUED and AEDC

New AEDC logo introduced in 1985

1988 1989 Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd becomes first Defense Base Realignment and female CUED Chair Closure Commission (BRAC) round one commences

Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd - first woman CUED Chair 1988-1990 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Monthly Online Newsletter Online Newsletter Monthly City of Cape Coral FL Cape Coral, created (EDO) Office Development Our Economic avenue as another online newsletter a monthly community with the business of communications of the reach of broadening and with the goal to serve that news and critical tools programs, of our and vitality growth economic promote quick and for allow to wanted The EDO marketplace. in a simple information quality high effective cost was chosen as the best An e-Newsletter format. agenda this communications accomplishing for tool of the constraints budget fit within the tight and to web- is part of a The e-Newsletter department. promote to strategy saturation and optimization EDO The monthly resources. website’s the EDO’s informative of about a dozen consists eNewsletter such resources, development articles and economic about changes information as business seminars, Web links. facts, and useful and laws, in legislation from message with a personal starts newsletter Each a maintain to Director Development the Economic The newsletter reader. to the connection personal with other business in partnership is produced for our city’s synergy resulting in a organizations, the unified It communicates business community. and in Cape Coral climate of a pro-business message businesses, jobs to grow approach is a collaborative and region. within the state and resources tables with links to available properties within within properties available to links with tables industrial and other select Parks Industrial TDC’s TDC positions well. The e-newsletter as properties for economic information for source to’ as the ‘go The available in the region. opportunity development feature are all the as interactive, tables are properties to multimedia issues include links articles, and some is the e-newsletter A link to as well. components in not yet prospects to embedded in correspondence the database. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000 - 200,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE The Development Corporation of Clinton County NY County of Clinton Corporation The Development NY Plattsburgh, created publication ONLINE is a digital TDC NEWS County of Clinton Corporation The Development by the local to each month NY (TDC), and distributed real businesses, prospecting business community, select media outlets, selectors, offices, site estate officials. government and local as state as well to relating articles includes The e-newsletter stories, success local business expansion/retention, TDC’s from highlights development, community Analysis Economic and for Development Institute and updates market workforce/labor local (IDEA), The Torbay Business Brief The Torbay of Torbay Town NL Torbay, Canada growing fastest is the second of Torbay The Town Canada. and Labrador, municipality in Newfoundland suburb of our provincial a rural considered years For itself is redefining Torbay John’s, St. city, capital designed initiatives, and innovative unique through and support the current business new attract to chamber Without an active business community. were of gaps a number in Torbay, of commerce Economic new a through addressed and identified programs, on support vision, focusing Development materials. and promotional communications acts as the premier Business Brief The Torbay business existing for our method communication and support, promote Designed to community. is a this E-Newsletter businesses in Torbay engage and celebrate will help educate that tool resource of months Within three businesses in our community. 50% had almost Business Brief its launch, the Torbay signed on. of all businesses in Torbay TDC News Online TDC News

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 120 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 121 AWARDS Manufacturing Office Professional Firms and Hi-Tech Entrepreneurs Technology Industry Aviation

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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 122 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 123 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Positioned for Growth Positioned Incorporated Spokane Greater WA Spokane, is the 2011 edition of an for Growth Positioned Incorporated Spokane Greater annual magazine with The Journal of Business. The piece creates and business development our region’s highlights and outside local successes and is used both for more cover, added a glossy we audiences. This year, to photos and more news upbeat colors, vibrant and circulated were in. 20,000 copies readers draw We included an ad with a positive. very was feedback so that a splashpage to readers which took QR code an posted We also traffic. web measure could we website. on our version flip-through electronic Regional is Spokane’s Incorporated Spokane Greater Council and Chamber of Development Economic and business jobs grow to Working Commerce. team Development the Economic investment, expansion, and and retention in recruitment, assists with public and Collaborating business assistance. maintain we the region, throughout partners private live, in which to environment and vibrant a healthy is the hub of the and do business. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 124 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 125 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION 25,000-200,000 TDC’s ‘We can make a difference’ Clean a difference’ make can ‘We TDC’s Up Campaign at the North Country Business Expo NY County of Clinton Corporation The Development NY Plattsburgh, County of Clinton Corporation The Development their to approach theme and a new (TDC) created The North Country at as an exhibitor presence Annual Business Expo – the Chamber of Commerce’s in northern New show business-to-business largest exhibitors. over185 Expo featured year’s Last York. launched the “We TDC publically the Expo, Prior to by Campaign Clean-Up a difference’ make can to bags litter plastic oxo-biodegradable distributing the gave and later of Directors, its 42-member Board the booth at TDC’s at of a premium bags out instead with various printed Business Expo. 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CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION City of Port Colborne City of Port Colborne, ON Port Canada Colborne, the the City of Port by Organized and tour event Bio-Food Valley Carbohydrate 2011. It included one-on-one place in May took exporters and food manufacturers with meetings 100 Over area. Colborne-Niagara the Port from and participated attended delegates international the at hosted strategically day in this networking venue 35th floor Centre’s & Trade Investment Ontario and across of Toronto views enjoyed visitors where The region. the Niagara to all the way Ontario Lake and wine manufacturers food of Niagara products food the invited to also showcased were producers food Niagara’s North America. across from buyers their respective by supported were manufacturers four nearby from offices development economic in the initiative. municipalities which partnered bio/food Niagara a day-long Also included was bus round-trip which involved tour industry Centre Convention Toronto the from transportation on the bus the video screens On route, Niagara. to videos: short background two show used to were and “Ontario’s Business Success Stories”, “Niagara of tours highlighted The day Valley”. Carbohydrate and included manufacturers, Valley Carbohydrate two region. the municipalities across in four stops the leverage designed to was event This two-day conferences bio-food unique opportunity of two in the nearby being held during the same week 15,000 attracted which collectively City of Toronto, delegates. industry and international domestic Special Event Special Carbohydrate Valley Tour Tour Valley Carbohydrate HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Annual Report 2010 Creating Expanding and 2010 Annual Report Evolving City Missouri Kansas City Missouri EDC of Kansas MO City, Kansas the annual celebration are Awards The Cornerstone of accomplishments development of the economic Missouri. City, the City of Kansas Missouri’s City, is the City of Kansas The EDC of KCMO The EDC has a agency. development economic services in excellent of providing history 25 year expansion, recruitment, of retention, the areas and citizens KCMO and loans to redevelopment businesses. 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CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000 – 500,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Catalyst University 2011 Catalyst First Michigan Southwest MI Kalamazoo, 8:00 am sharp, the bell rang On January 20, 2011 at First’s Michigan Southwest University, Catalyst for current our region’s empower to program ongoing We to greatness. of leaders generation and next ready Southwest to come decided the time had The Inside Scoop Development Economic Texas City of Keller, Department TX Keller, carpet out the red rolled Texas The City of Keller, pass to backstage an exclusive our VIP’s give to 2010, the In August learn “The Inside Scoop”. a showcased Department Development Economic than more a luncheon for at venue Keller premiere or properties who represent brokers 70 commercial was The theme the city. businesses in prospective encourage to intended and was ‘The Inside Scoop’, and share partners strategic with the city’s interaction information. real commercial engage designed to was The event about conversation in an ongoing brokers estate our and demonstrate efforts collaborate Keller, staff key city officials, inspiring city support. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 126 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 127 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE The Ultimate Home Game The Ultimate Regional Alliance Pittsburgh PA Pittsburgh, awareness career was a Home Game,” The “Ultimate Penguins and the Pittsburgh between effort and attraction talent a ImaginePittsburgh.com, on Conference of the Allegheny initiative retention (of which the Pittsburgh Community Development Alliance is an affiliate). Regional a searchable features ImaginePittsburgh.com and provides jobs 22,000+ available of database and sectors economic about promising information region. in the Pittsburgh careers emerging 25, held on September Home Game, The Ultimate pre-season third specially-added a free, 2010, was designed to the Columbus Blue Jackets against game people of the growing among young awareness raise event region. The job opportunities in the Pittsburgh four- aged fans young featuring a sellout crowd drew to is critical that – a demographic 24-years-old to well as fan pipeline as Penguins both the Pittsburgh pipeline. workforce region’s the Pittsburgh of the affiliate Regional Alliance, an The Pittsburgh on Community Development, Conference Allegheny conducting business in of the benefits markets the all over companies to Pennsylvania southwestern expanding. Visit or relocating growing, are that world www.pittsburghregion.org. opportunities, health care, real estate, etc. The etc. real estate, care, health opportunities, a for evening that repeated was program entire web-based and Boeing. Written from group second to all provided were items and gift information in attendance. employees was rate acceptance Boeing’s relocations, In past an 80%+ Boeing has seen date, 10% and to around rate. acceptance CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Greater OK Oklahoma City, 550 2010, Boeing announced that In August Long Beach, CA to from be relocated would jobs Boeing by asked The Chamber was Oklahoma City. of the percentage in increasing assist could they how the relocation accept would that Boeing employees by Boeing with input provided The Chamber, offer. two in 30 days and produced crafted groups, focus hour sessions in Long Beach for three back-to-back and their families. the employees experts content 40 over Cornett, Mayor Led by Long Beach in the early plane for a charter boarded a multimedia, one hour afternoon, morning. That Secretary by the Mayor, presented was presentation leaders. other community and several of Commerce, based on issues and questions was The program followed This was Boeing employees. by raised breakout topical hour time slot of eight a two by partner employment sessions, including education, 2011 Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Forecast 2011 Annual Economic Corporation Development Economic Anchorage AK Anchorage, Development Economic The 2011 Anchorage is Luncheon Forecast Economic 2011 Corporation’s of Alaska. in the State event business the premier this 2-hour annual With nearly 1,500 participants, speakers recognized nationally for is recognized event the are reports that economic and highly anticipated The 2011 luncheon event. hallmark of this signature and of IEDC and CEO Finkle, President Jeff featured and consultant speaker author, Sheahan, noted Peter data Economic 500 companies. global Fortune to of the 2010 Anchorage included a recap presented job Anchorage for forecast the 1-year data, jobs 2011 of the in 2011, and the presentation growth survey. Index Business Confidence Anchorage Boeing Relocation Presentation Boeing Relocation HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Perquimans Marine Industrial Park website Park Marine Industrial Perquimans Inc. ElectriCities of NC, Raleigh, NC Economic the asked of Hertford The Town Inc. of ElectriCities of NC, team Development the promote would that a website develop to selectors site to Park Marine Industrial Perquimans also serve as an would and businesses. The website in learning interested anyone for online resource in North trades about the park and marine more Carolina. Website MPOWER Corporation Development Economic MPower OK McAlester, economic local is a solutions driven, MPOWER and for McAlester organization development economic We promote Oklahoma. 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WEBSITE AND NEW NEW AND WEBSITE AWARDS MEDIA CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Webster City Economic Development City Economic Webster IA City, Webster is the economic Development City Economic Webster City, Webster City of for the entity development City Economic in 2010, Webster Created Iowa. support the growth to exists (WCED) Development General Purpose Website General Innovation Day at the UA Day at the Innovation Parks Research Office of University UA AZ Tucson, of the best UA highlights at the Day Innovation student – from innovation (UA) of Arizona University emerging to researchers, faculty to inventors, Since its companies. technology and established has grown event in 2004, the annual inauguration one of Tucson’s become to and stature in size by hundreds Attended events. community signature each year, members community and of University of successful is a highly visible celebration the event technologies. It provides UA of commercialization models and with role entrepreneurs early-stage offers efforts, and it their continue to incentives to with an introduction investors prospective is event The potential. with commercial projects Office of University the UA by and executed organized with other (OURP) in collaboration Parks Research with aligns perfectly The event departments. UA of innovation communities create mission to OURP’s and education research support and promote that and commercialization and innovation technology business development. high technology Webster City Economic Webster Website Development

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 128 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 129 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000 – 500,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Corporate Website Corporate Corporation Development Economic Niagara ON Thorold, Canada communications is a powerful niagaracanada.com Niagara’s tells effectively that platform and marketing is a vibrant, Niagara that the world: to story re-design features new video, a new live Twitter feed Twitter live a new video, new features re-design element navigation dropdown and an expanded what find people to and easier for quicker making it and important advanced most need. 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Supported developments, and quality commercial leadership Magazine Money by has been recognized Frisco in the United live 100 places to as one of the top supports an exceptional This infrastructure States. quality of life. and an extraordinary community diversification, through economy strong a Offering to is proud Frisco and quality of life, vitality corporate in motion. as a city with progress be known CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION – 200,000 25,000 Longview Texas EDC Website Texas Longview Corporation Development Economic Longview TX Longview, to our website and reprogrammed redesigned We seen before never look with some new, it a fresh give for look vibrant a more wanted We functionality. or “boxy” segmented and also a more the website and more more which is becoming the layout for feel design. Both goals in quality website consistent The measure. beyond accomplished absolutely were Lawrence Kansas Economic Economic Kansas Lawrence Website Development Chamber of Commerce/Lawrence-Douglas Lawrence Development Economic County KS Lawrence, Economic County The Lawrence-Douglas the strong highlights website Development County, Douglas between exists that partnership Chamber the Lawrence and the City of Lawrence to is committed partnership That of Commerce. and actively of the region growth the economic of the Lawrence- the unique assets promotes to including its proximity region Douglas County and research workforce, educated universities, three and available quality of life incubators, technology America’s why demonstrates The website property. businesses with place for Heartland is a welcoming and quality location strategic its geographically for environment an excellent provides that of life and their families. employees think people to cause is designed to The website Kansas and living in Kansas – about about differently unique blog provides The website in Kansas. working of the Lawrence and vibrancy culture into insights choice an excellent this region make that community presents a business. The website or grow locate to capabilities of the qualities and picture a complete home and Douglas County, in Lawrence be found to and academia businesses, agriculture, high-tech to industry. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION OrlandoEDC.com Orlando EDC Metro FL Orlando, Orlando EDC is a full-service, regional, The Metro partnership development economic public-private Florida region. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 130 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 131 AWARDS POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION MENTION HONORABLE Special Purpose Website Special Tool Writer’s Grant Brownfield Ball Research, Business and Economic for Center University State Muncie, IN Tool (http:// Writers’ Grant The Brownfield in was developed brownfield.cberdata.org/) Communities with Building Better collaboration Muncie, Indiana), Kansas University, (Ball State Agency Protection Environmental University, State ATC and Program 5, Indiana Brownfields Region up- provides tool Inc. This web-based Associates in and health data economic demographic, to-date was tool This interface. easy-to-use an interactive, as they writers grant support brownfield to created and growth stimulate and to projects new develop accurate providing By communities. in transformation way, and dynamic in an intuitive data and relevant grant in data pertinent easily report can writers’ streamlined With its and presentations. applications and graphs, tables and downloadable user interface giving writing time significantly, has reduced the tool communities. their serve better the ability to writers (www.bsu.edu/cber): About the Center Research Business and Economic for The Center research and forecasting policy (CBER) is an economic Miller University’s housed within Ball State center encompasses of Business. 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ADA it more in the a reduction and of the layout streamlining added had the Those changes number of photos. to easier website of the of making the pages benefit a multitude as across as well see on smaller monitors, resolutions. of screen award-winning of three is one OrlandoEDC.com Orlando EDC. the Metro by maintained websites HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Cleveland Street District (Clearwater, Florida) Florida) (Clearwater, District Street Cleveland Website Redevelopment Community City of Clearwater Agency FL Clearwater, Community Redevelopment The City of Clearwater website (CRA) launched a special district Agency in April 2011. The Clearwater in downtown located is maintained www.ClevelandStreetDistrict.com, site, CRA office, which funded the site’s the city’s through design and development. the District’s design showcases clever The site’s interactive, are that The maps, unique character. and parking, and destinations District to guide users that e-newsletter a free to subscribe can visitors web Dozens information. more for the site them to drives beauty and charm and the area’s illustrate of photos and business owners residents local videos from visit. people to invite of main areas into organized was The content Residential Business, Dining, Entertainment, interest: the improve to Then, technologies and News. added including: multimedia were functionality capability with embedded accommodation content upload and run audio/video files such as MP3 or to group to utilize functionality Flash; email newsletter for optimization tools; site messaging and marketing calendar of to use easy mobile phone compatibility; and quality for marketing tracking/analytics events; and with businesses, parking maps control;interactive Business Directory. and, a district locations; event to improve is positioned ClevelandStreetDistrict.com businesses and for downtown communications for potential opportunities while showcasing patrons, businesses and residents. incoming

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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 132 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 133 AWARDS Marketing the Sustainability and Vitality of the and Vitality the Sustainability Marketing Development Workforce Regional Supporting Small and Business Capacity Building Catalyzing Southeast Louisiana Coast Brand Louisiana Coast Southeast Entrepreneurship

HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE 1. 2. 3. Coastal Vitality Project Website Vitality Coastal Orleans, Inc. New Greater Orleans, LA New (CVP) Project Vitality Coastal Inc. / Chevron The GNO, the to mitigate response launched as a proactive workforce on the regional impact incurred economic Horizon the Deepwater by and business community CVP will serve as an umbrella Oil Spill Disaster. of services set specifically a broad providing program, by impacted businesses and communities to tailored economic with local will work Inc. GNO, the disaster. and associations industry organizations, development focusing on three organizations, community-based deliverables: of core areas In past relocations, Boeing’s acceptance rate was rate acceptance Boeing’s relocations, In past process, end of the current the At 10 percent. around packages relocation offered of employees 84 percent to move offer the company’s accepted in Long Beach Oklahoma City. to with partnership The success of the Chamber’s partnerships the possibility of more Boeing has led to in the future. Chamber is the voice Oklahoma City The Greater in visionaryof business and the organization Oklahoma City. GNO, Inc. is the regional economic development development economic Inc. is the regional GNO, of Southeast serving the 10-parish region agency Louisiana. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION POPULATION – 500,000 200,000 Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Greater OK Oklahoma City, 550 jobs 2010, Boeing announced that In August to Long Beach, Calif. from be relocated would highly-skilled, represented These jobs Oklahoma City. of training with years seasoned engineers, highly-paid replace. to be difficult would that and knowledge of those employees Boeing needed a high percentage to the move. to agree personnel” deemed “essential the number of those who increase to In order with the Greater Boeing partnered relocate, would Long Beach inform Oklahoma City Chamber to of the Oklahoma City on the positives employees via preferred- skilled engineers in a way region and the internet. technology www.ABetterLifeOKC. The Chamber built a website, and launched it on the relocation com, on issues focused The website date. announcement housing projects: with relocation common most issues activities, quality of life schools, cultural costs, and weather. Tulsa Metro Chamber Metro Tulsa OK Tulsa, back spending brings out-of-area Do Business Let’s 1,100 Tulsa-area than More region. the Tulsa to Do Business and in Let’s participate companies a local do business with when possible, to pledge, company. A Better Life OKC Website OKC Life A Better Let’s Do Business Website Let’s HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Mobile Website Version Mobile Website Corporation Development Economic Nacogdoches TX Nacodoches, of the Nacogdoches process In the pre-production needed to concepts several mobile website, EDC’s a required NEDCO.org, be in place. The website, data and content critical also provided solution that as the simultaneously, people using mobile devices to mobile toward shifting is dramatically trend growing such features this approach, undergoing use. By web are Proposals and Online as the Community Profile for building information Even 100% function. still is fully functional using a mobile Profile a Custom device. an Apple iPhone app, of creating Instead the general account into EDC took Nacogdoches an created and, instead, census of our viewers for This allows mobile website. all-user-friendly to be the most is displayed that and data information selectors site from everyone to and relevant current of their mobile regardless members, community to etc.). 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 134 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 135 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION POPULATION – 500,000 200,000 WORKshift video WORKshift Development Economic Calgary AB Calgary, Canada and an engaging do: “Create to and hard say to It is easy – in of work video short on the future provoking thought cynics of hardened imagination the capture essence, than just do a lot more It also has to in the C_Suite.” value, business present it must imagination: the capture studies, case highlight features, program showcase Greater Halifax Partnership Halifax Greater NS Halifax, Canada both the increase significantly decided to we In 2010-11, into branching activity, online our of quantity and quality within Social Media media with different areas, more we Ultimately, as an organization. our mandate live to our help to used our enhanced Social Media program for economic catalyst ‘a goals as reach its organization of Greater awareness to build - and confidence’ growth markets; and international national in local, Halifax in dialogue and encourage our community engage to to position us as a leader action; and in take to them like- with other collaboration and alignment promoting city and within the organizations minded and mandated province. and guidelines a Social Media Strategy, developed We messages plan and specific content a comprehensive on one communicates (as the way medium each for example) for (FB), Facebook is not the same as Twitter and celebrate our audiences engage to and clear goals social media all of our also branded We our investors. message. brand a consistent present to accounts we have year, in the past of our efforts, As a result example: for increase, numbers our participation seen YouTube by 132% and in up Linked was up 129%, Twitter up 584%. were views page Increasing Participation on Social Media Increasing Participation HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Chattanooga Gig Chattanooga International Counsellors Development NY York, New (DCI) International Counsellors Development Gig Campaign on behalf the Chattanooga executed Chamber of Commerce Area of the Chattanooga raise to EPB, utility, municipally owned and the city’s economic secret TN’s of Chattanooga, awareness and fastest largest America’s weapon: development campaign used The network. fiber-to-the-home to social media and websites online media relations, launch websites, news in top-tier coverage garner the and engage ChattoogaGig.com, the microsite about in conversations global business community of the campaign’s Within 48 hours the network. of the New on the websites appeared launch, stories Fortune, Press, Times, CNN, The Associated York reaching 50 articles with the top and others, Yahoo! an audience of 200,000,000. 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AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 136 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 137 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000-500,000 CAER - Industry - University CAER - Industry Collaboration in R&D Engineering and Research Advanced for Center VA Lynchburg, Engineering and Research Advanced for The Center and success of the the growth (CAER) is drives of an industry- the efforts through economy region’s science and engineering collaborative university companies area assists that organization research well as as and processes, products new in creating science and retain and recruit develop, serving to The CAER is part of a technology engineering talent. that (TBED) strategy development based economic Engineering and also includes Science, Technology, and development workforce (STEM) Mathematics the business support services. It accelerates related based economy to a knowledge transition region’s and technology research level bringing university by lacking. This previously it was where a region into faculty research of includes the engagement initiative The Dunedin ICT (Information and Communication and Communication ICTThe Dunedin (Information match to seeks Program Internship Technology) local with Colleges local from interns quality student ICT local need from Borne out of the ICT companies. vacancies job available fill to struggling companies being to opportunities due and missed commercial 1 in that boast now program the staff, find unable to internship. their after a full-time job gets 3 interns the Dunedin ICT Business Cluster, through Delivered fun “speed- and an intense delivers the program companies and students College dating” where event with each other “dating” of focused spend 7 minutes City Council by Backed a match. are see if they to the financial pressure reduce to funding which is used this also helps an intern, employ to on companies companies that in the and confidence build trust Based solely on the need deliver. can interns College the traditional bucks businesses, the program from the to is no alignment there where trend internship all. This technology- at outcomes academic student’s gives initiative development based economic “get to students allow to businesses the freedom have activities that commercial core into their teeth” line and as such bottom impact on companies real wealth of Dunedin. and profile the economic grow PROGRAM AWARDS PROGRAM CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Dunedin ICT Internship Programme Dunedin ICT Internship Unit Development Dunedin City Council Economic Zealand Dunedin, New Columbia, SC formed was The USC-Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative the Carolina, of South the University in 2006 by position and SCRA to City of Columbia, EngenuitySC and fuel cell Columbia, SC as a leader in hydrogen attract to Its mission is technology. and innovation fuel cell scientists, top partners, sector private the Columbia to and innovators entrepreneurs sector with private collaborate as to as well region; the for the fuel cell market of all areas from leaders of fuel cell and other deployment unprecedented multiple city, technologies into energy alternative throughout applications commercial and university the region. are collaborative by the The activities supported an “innovation and expand help create to intended include which fuel cell technology, pipeline” for knowledge research mass of to build a critical efforts that of fruits the commercialize phase), discovery (the creation product for in specific applications research phase), (the development formation and company attract and to grow incentives and then create (the deployment clusters enterprise into industries more secured the Collaborative date, phase). To the supported investment, than $50 million in capital launched 22 technology startups, of 10 new growth industry and established projects, deployment companies. sector with 35 private partnerships Technology-Based Economic Economic Technology-Based Development University of South Carolina - City of University of South Collaborative Cell Columbia Fuel ere purchased and purchased ere Zoning changes facilitated new retail and retail new facilitated changes Zoning restaurants as “The brand its nature refreshed The Village Village” Arboretum Installing a beautiful prairie style “place making” a beautiful prairie Installing extensive fountain, a stunning featuring streetscape landscaping, seating, lighting style prairie new facilitated programs Grant and restaurants retail facades, w 23 floodplain properties to manage basin a retention into transformed of Natural A $400,000 Il Dept water. storm a popular 4.5 acre helped create grant Resources area themed recreational nature one lane in either to reduced was Main Street attract to median with a center direction safety improve traffic, calm pedestrians,

CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION • • • • • • Multi-Year Economic Economic Multi-Year Development of Lisle Village Lisle, IL undertaking is a significant a downtown Redeveloping hanging in the balance. The results with high stakes in place for and remain a community will transform that the initiatives presents This project decades. redevelopment. Lisle’s Downtown to contributed significant Lisle had experienced Downtown remaining Anchor businesses closed, deterioration. The streetscape, buildings needed repair. required utilities and landscaping infrastructure, people whisked street lane A four replacement. in a Homes located and out of downtown. through routinely flooded. floodplain guide to created Plan was Master A Downtown successfully Plan initiatives Master redevelopment. include: years five within the past completed Multi Year Economic Development - The - The Development Economic Year Multi Lisle of Downtown Redevelopment HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE NEXT of Program Development NEXT - An Economic Chamber Greenville SC Greenville, of the economy grow NEXT is in the business to and attracting by of South Carolina the Upstate technology-based supporting globally-impactful, economic into resources NEXT leverages companies. wages, livable fostering jobs, growing by results capital, to expanding access wealth, new creating talent nurturing the entrepreneurial and growing companies aligned with the new pool, and attracting NEXT supports the needs clusters. emerging regions infrastructure through entrepreneurs of technology service and public advocacy. concierge development, ventures early-stage and entrepreneurs NEXT serves verticals technology of variety a representing and biotechnology, energy, including IT/software, manufacturing, materials, sciences, advanced life in all are Our clients and more. devices electronic in located and are of business development stages of the Upstate. communities both urban and rural from R&D partners and the facilities to house the to facilities and the R&D partners from targeted are These R&D activities activities. CAER’s technology industry the unique, high potential to region in the growth economic drive will that clusters nuclear the specifically 10-20 years, the next over communications and the wireless cluster power product new into translates This R&D cluster. businesses existing grow can either that innovations fosters the CAER ones. In addition or spin-off new recruitment help in opportunities that educational STEM highly trained well paid and of a and retention workforce.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 138 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 139 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION Business Retention and Retention Business Event – Single Expansion District Development Economic Grenada MS Grenada, Inc. needed a and Assembly, Stamping Grenada profits and increase around turn its fate to strategy new finding base. After its income diversifying by the faced the company industries, in new customers to accommodate its facilities of upgrading challenge cash flow and banking climate A negative orders. new recession threatened by the about brought situation the initiative. PUNCH 1: a $495,000 CDBG secured of Grenada The County Authority the Mississippi Development from grant be leased building to a County-owned rehab to (MDA) a $50,000 provided County Grenada the company. by match. PUNCH 2: another required The success of the venture This time the Grenada within months. expansion the MDA from a $135,000.00 grant EDD secured be had to that building a city owned renovate to The City company. bankrupted a local from acquired a $15,000.00 match. provided KNOCKOUT: EDD facilitated and Grenada County, The City, employers. largest efforts of one of its diversification 65 had created 2011, the company As of March its sales and investment and had exceeded jobs target is on company the Currently projections. build to and plans 50 additional jobs create to Grenada, in facility an additional 80,000 sq. ft. Mississippi. “One, Two, Knockout Punch” Knockout Two, “One, HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION - 200,000 25,000 Central Alberta: Access Prosperity Access Alberta: Central Project Investment Direct Foreign Alberta Central AB Deer, Red Canada is an (FDI) Project Investment Direct The Foreign economic at aimed initiative attraction investment Alberta Central of the stabilization and diversification region. (RDRED) Development Economic Deer Regional Red carried would be in 2008 which the project initiated Deer of the Red analysis phases. A gap out in three three in phase one revealed completed region with reasonable here, thrive would that sectors development. potential significant that confirming With research the onto RDRED moved FDI in the region, for exists juncture, At this critical phase. leads generation Economic Alberta with Central RDRED partnered include to the scope broaden (CAEP) to Partnership and qualitative Through Alberta. all of Central CAEP identified RDRED and research, quantitative from companies and growing 150 interested over be a strong would that States and the United Europe industry. existing to fit and complementary foreign RDRED and CAEP pursued In phase three, and ongoing information with customized companies expanding into of about advantages communication was also database generation A leads Alberta. Central dialogue and effective ongoing ensure to developed project By companies. up with targeted follow a has become in April 2011, the project completion and investment enabler of bringing in new critical the region. alliances into strategic HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Business Retention & Expansion - Single Event & Expansion - Single Business Retention One Southern Indiana IN Albany, New business retention of One Southern Indiana’s Two need of in desperate were clients and expansion Accent operations. their respective grow space to Foods International Kemper Services and Marketing Indiana to leave opportunities both considered pulling one of Clark and Floyd essentially entirely, and one of (Accent) employers largest Counties’ out of the (Kemper) companies its high growth municipalities in three had operations Accent region. was Foods Kemper while spanning both counties, With a County. in Floyd growth future poised for hungry are States where climate economic national a new jobs, of for the allure and hyper-competitive of getting placed on the challenge was premium to interests competing with communities these three not dealt a was the region and ensure together work blow. devastating players key all the With One Southern Indiana inviting together region united table, the the negotiating to in Clark both companies’ a deal keeping broker to Although some of the facility County. and Floyd another, one city to from change would addresses good the greater the door for at checked were egos a piece received and each community of the region, investment of capital in the form project of the total and added employment. Development Department saw the necessity to provide provide to the necessity saw Department Development to merchants the Downtown to and support relief which closure, bridge 6 month by the be affected before day the 23rd, November 1 through June lasted with developed was The strategy Thanksgiving. Street Main the Rochester of merchants, input the and arts and the Chamber of Commerce Organization, aspects for plan involved The groups. entertainment downtown activity, construction of communication promotions, and events special beautification, buildingcapacity and program local” “shop initializing a on economy weak with the struggling entrepreneurs for than - less $30,000 City Council funded of it all. The top of support coalition - and the half of the original request of the plan pull off all of the elements able to was on the which aired commercial including a television During the construction 2 months. for networks cable and all of them pulled together business community the months. and Fall the Summer through survived CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION – 200,000 25,000 North Main Street Bridge Mitigation Strategy Bridge Mitigation Strategy North Main Street Development Economic Rochester NH Rochester, awarded was Hampshire New The City of Rochester, the to repair an important complete ARRA Funds to bridge a stone-arched Bridge, Main Street North a main arterial is still and that in the 1800’s constructed Economic The Business District. the Downtown into Lansing Economic Development Corporation Development Lansing Economic Lansing, MI Station Power Lansing Ottawa The Downtown and contaminated a vacant transformed Project into plant burning power coal former ten-story, Fund of the Accident headquarters the world This brownfield of America. Company Insurance of the renovation combined project redevelopment of a with the construction plant power the historic results that create to space, office contemporary new functional. and extremely both visually stunning are and economic environmental of physical, A long list a the project make to be overcome had to barriers the Lansing Economic Bernero, Virg Mayor reality. the City of Lansing Corporation, Development closely with worked Authority and its Brownfield overcome to Company, Christman the developer, Economic The Michigan hurdle. each and every of Department Michigan Corporation, Development Preservation Historic State Quality, Environmental Agency Protection Environmental U.S. Office and the a help create to assistance invaluable also provided prominent turned a that package financial incentive a major and decline into of stagnation symbol activity and civic pride. All of economic generator one over tallied the $182 million project together jobs 600 high-paying retained hours, million worker the over positions another 500 more and will create years. five next Downtown Lansing Ottawa Power Power Ottawa Lansing Downtown Project Station

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 140 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 141 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000 – 500,000 Business Retention and Retention Business of 3 – Programs Expansion More or Years Development Economic Springs Regional Colorado Corporation Springs, CO Colorado Economic Springs Regional The Colorado track- (EDC) has a proven Corporation Development reason, the For this efforts. in its expansion record the Colorado by a grant and provided asked EDC was International and Development Economic Office of a “Business Expansion develop (OEDIT) to Trade capabilities, based on the EDC’s Template” Program the assist to and also, statewide; is replicable that the program out and implementing OEDIT with rolling throughout organizations development economic for of Colorado. the State do smaller ones in particular, communities, Many develop to the means or the manpower not have are of their efforts Most program. an expansion The retention. and attraction to specifically related community help a is to purpose of this program to business attention allocate (or communities) from for Colorado new jobs netting EXPANSION, without a significant companies, Colorado existing resources of or development additional investment Toolkit, The Business Expansion etc. in marketing, them allows communities, all Colorado to available expansion, in business practices best implement to existing leveraging way of cost-effective a offering of all agencies development Economic resources. tools taking the toolkit, the utilize able to are sizes and also drawing in their areas, appropriate are that resources. community local from the makes part of what are Community partnerships Springs successful. in Colorado program expansion that ensure to partners local with many work We a local necessary for the resources have companies toolkit will have practice best The EDC’s expansion. communities on effect impact and a significant the state. throughout Business Expansion Toolkit Toolkit Business Expansion HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE GREATER THAN 500,000 DMC Vanguard Growth Development Economic County’s Wayne Engine MI Detroit, City of Detroit’s in the single investment The largest billion acquisition $1 Systems’ Health Vanguard history, not have would (DMC) Center Medical Detroit of the from cooperation significant without possible been and Wayne City of Detroit, the of Michigan, State the remaining of only two one who provided County, which this project, for Zones Renaissance geographic Ultimately, environment. a virtually tax-free created DMC’s clear the to Vanguard for the way paved this deal and other $400 million in debt of over sheet balance expand andto $850 million invest as well as obligations, of new hundreds creating campuses, DMC’s renovate the region. for jobs Top Selection Magazine’s Named one of Site of 2010, Wayne Groups Development Economic Engine Growth Development Economic County’s transformation (EDGE) is leading the economic local closely with working Michigan, of Southeast and academic partners, private governments, economy region’s this to diversify institutions strategic businesses. Through new and attract to and a dedication incentives robust partnerships, made their have that the businesses and citizens as a hub for has emerged County Wayne home here, alternative biotechnology, manufacturing, advanced commerce. and air logistics, energy, HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE The GCP Business Development Program The GCP Business Development (GCP) Partnership Cleveland The Greater OH Cleveland, than 15,000 business of more An association Partnership Cleveland the Greater members, economic private-sector largest (GCP) is one of the in Ohio and one of the organizations development in the nation. of commerce chambers largest focuses Program The GCP Business Development attraction expansion and on business retention, for growth objective: core opportunities. Our our mission execute We Ohio companies. Northeast visits with our businesses. site conducting by to us enable that relationships establish We work We opportunities and challenges. identify partner with our public and private collaboratively resources to connect business We organizations. workforce, estate, real to including but not limited financial assistance. and incentives economic visits with site has conducted Since 2007, our team over 160 identified have We 600 companies. over to 2007 From 60. completing projects, expansion projects 155 potential reported 2010, our companies retained 22,879 jobs, of 2,684 new with an estimate and estate, of real feet 3,337,500 square jobs, $648,870,000 investment. pipeline of In 2010 and 2011 Q1 & Q2, our expansion of in upwards result 24 which could by grew projects nearly 3,975,000 jobs, 4,787 retained jobs, 966 new and development, estate real of new feet square investment. $376,332,000 capital CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc. Richmond Partnership, Greater Richmond, VA Greater Richmond is a business Greater Business First in executed expansion program and retention offices development with the economic collaboration City of and the Henrico Hanover, of Chesterfield, region’s the support to works program The Richmond. outreach a proactive through businesses existing and resources to businesses connect area to effort and thrive. grow to needed information approach holistic uses a systematic, The program practitioners development economic engaging by of network jurisdiction and a in each respective an innovative utilizes Business First partners. resource projects, to manage platform technology web-based in Virginia. the first which was community the business engages effort The outreach interviews helped conduct who have as volunteers in Greater than 2,600 business leaders with more led by are teams Richmond since 2006. Outreach Interview staff. development economic localities’ community development the economic inform results critical address to who work team and resource business to barriers business issues and remove to inform responses serve the Collectively, growth. issues. on business climate stakeholders the region’s Inc. was Richmond Partnership, The Greater public- launched in 1994 as a pioneering regional economic regional as the to serve initiative private the City of Richmond and the for group development Henrico. and Hanover of Chesterfield, counties Business First Greater Richmond Greater Business First The mission of the Colorado Springs Regional Regional Springs of the Colorado The mission not- a private Corporation, Development Economic quality of life to sustain is corporation, for-profit providing so by It does economy. a healthy through in the services result that development economic of attraction and retention and future current diversity, economic for primary which provide jobs for and job opportunities jobs of lost replacement time. www. the first for the workforce those entering coloradosprings.org

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 142 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 143 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000-500,000 Entrepreneurs’ Edge Edge Entrepreneurs’ (Leap, Inc.) Partnership Area Lansing Economic Lansing, MI as Inc.) serves (Leap, Partnership Area Lansing Economic organization. development economic Lansing’s Greater to buildingcommitted a leaders of area Leap is a coalition thrive. can business where region and vibrant prosperous businesses, new start entrepreneurs help we do this, To new businesses attract to and grow, business existing help attract to work we efforts, region-wide Through region. the support placemaking workforce, a talented and retain the and enhance the region, throughout improvements assets. and creative cultural region’s providing by entrepreneurs serves Leap currently launch and to need they everything access to easier in our region—globally companies build sustainable area’s the will improve that companies competitive being agile entrepreneurs, For health. economic components essential are connected and intensely Through advantage. a competitive of maintaining developed have we (E2), Edge Entrepreneurs’ venture of stages all to serve programmatics choose when to entrepreneurs E2 allows development. stages key three primarily through engage, to and how and Entrepreneurs Launched or Growth. - Discovery, now can our region from other small business owners to participants and events with E2 programs, engage expertise support services and critical access to gain while also and investors, including domain experts network. peer peer to a strong developing to create a summer camp aimed at middle-school at aimed a summer camp create to program is an award-winning result The students. that business experience real-world gain teens where ventures. new create to them an opportunity gives The primary purpose of the Dublin Entrepreneurial is The Dublin Apprentice, as Camp, also known in spirit inherent entrepreneurial the capture to and sustainable long-term strong, building by teens and government local teens, between partnerships of transfer a system creates businesses. This program and local among teenagers knowledge of valuable entrepreneurs these young prepare businesses that and small business owner needs of the the future for workforce. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 The City of Dublin, OH Dublin, OH team Development The City of Dublin Economic and attract expand, retain, to programs provides the success and global and promote jobs create to order of Dublin businesses in competitiveness health of the City of fiscal the long-term ensure of Ohio. and the State Dublin, the region In 2008, Dublin launched the Dublin Entrepreneurial an services and promote provide to Center ventures. entrepreneurial encourage to environment the entrepreneurial engage the need to Realizing Development the Economic age, a younger spirit at Services Recreation with the City’s worked team camps, activity school-age which offers department, The Dublin Apprentice: Teen The Dublin Apprentice: Camp Entrepreneurial Washington County Economic Development Council Development Economic County Washington TN Johnson City, giving competition is a business pitch Will This Float to “float” their ideas. a platform entrepreneurs their concept pitch to 5 minutes have Contestants A panel have. may aid they presentation using any critique in start-ups experienced judges of three and business fundamentals. concept, their delivery, the audience chooses the however, Ultimately receives The winner voting. message winner via text our local from $1,000 of seed funding, assistance space and free Center, Small Business Development based co-working a Johnson City Spark Plaza from of stages on the initial focuses Will This Float venue. at the same time ideas, while innovative developing to learn investors for potential a platform creates an early stage. about these ideas at Entrepreneurship Will This Float CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY Small Business Development Center at University of University at Center Small Business Development Florida Central FL Orlando, Central with the purpose of strengthening Founded the Small Business Development economy, Florida’s Florida conceived of Central University at Center Council (ABC) in the Advisory Board and developed level. the next help small businesses reach 2003 to since the Government County Orange Funded by revenue sustainable facilitate to inception program’s Council provides the Advisory Board and job growth, advisory boards businesses with no-cost established who volunteer professionals of area comprised stage second targets The ABC their expertise. an intensive offer and is designed to companies on key focus to owner the business period for and improve their company grow to issues strategic powerful are Advisory boards business performance. to address firms assist that tools management advantage their competitive strengthen challenges, opportunities. The of market advantage and take to model effective cost an extremely ABC has found of small the benefit for resources community into tap is $100,000 annual budget businesses. The program’s impact achieved the economic to compared modest has program companies. The its participating by County Orange for 150 advisory boards over formed $64.2 million sales achieved businesses, which have $14.1 and retained, created 1,804 jobs increase, and $54.1 million in formation million in capital obtained. contracts government Advisory Council Board ww. ww. wners wners er, a dedicated facility, facility, a dedicated er, ance in writing a business plan Directories of local organizations that help small that organizations of local Directories women and organizations, businesses, networking and City of organizations, minority professional and incentives. programs Austin Assistance with completing forms to establish a to establish forms with completing Assistance business in Austin; Online small business mapping service, w ExploreLocalAustin.org; on doing business in Austin; Information small business services; area to Referrals BizOpen®, which helps small business o BizOpen®, which helps and land development complex Austin’s navigate building permit processes; such as the award- events annual Special-topic the Lender® and Getting winning Meet expos; Connected® Direct assistance in preparing a loan package and a loan package in preparing assistance Direct behalf with lenders; on applicants’ advocating of business topics; a variety classes on Training Online small business mapping service, w ExploreLocalAustin.org; The Business Solutions Cent through to business information access offers that resources; web-based of a variety One-on-one assist plan; a marketing and formulating

CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION • • • • • • • • • • • • Small Business Development Program Development Small Business Program Small Business Development City of Austin TX Austin, 100% city-funded and gender-neutral, SBDP is a race growth the creation, foster to established program has served of small businesses. SBDP and survival in 2000. Most since its inception 14,000 clients over the customer. to no cost at provided services are the needs-based and address services are The SBDP’s study findings of a small business needs assessment providing in 2009 by in 2002 and updated conducted services: the following

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 144 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 145 AWARDS POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION MENTION HONORABLE HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Neighborhood Development Program Appearance Wahpeton Downtown City of Wahpeton ND Wahpeton, created was Program Appearance Avenue The Dakota Jane Director Development Economic Wahpeton by City Council in the Wahpeton by Priebe and adopted is to program April of 2009. The purpose of the grant The initial district. historic enhance the downtown City Sales the Wahpeton from allocated funding was by and administered Development Economic for Tax Commission. Development Economic the Wahpeton preserves business corridor in this central Investment JumpStart: Transforming Economies through High through High Economies Transforming JumpStart: Entrepreneurship Growth Inc. JumpStart OH Cleveland, and philanthropic public, private, unites JumpStart through economies regional transform to entities The organization entrepreneurship. high-growth in Greater this goal toward has been working and funding assisting since 2004 by Cleveland raise to with the potential startups innovative jobs create and wealth, generate millions in capital, Ohio transforms, As Northeast the community. for and is sharing its unique experience JumpStart from funding received The organization expertise. Administration Development Economic the U.S. six to assist Foundations and Knight and the Surdna their in assessing the country across regions Midwest their high growth accelerating and unique strengths founding partner activities. And, as a entrepreneurial is JumpStart Partnership, America of the Startup and public, private, $2 billion in raise to also working across help other regions to resources philanthropic their own strengthen and develop States the United support ecosystems. entrepreneurial

HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Bluegrass Business Development Partnership Development Bluegrass Business Partnership Business Development Bluegrass KY Lexington, Partnership Business Development The Bluegrass in the and job creation wealth (BBDP) drives supporting by of Kentucky Region Bluegrass High-tech companies. startup high-technology other by shared not challenges encounter startups need a startups firms. High-tech startup “lifestyle” buy expensive to of early cash infusion tremendous level recruit Ph.D. and supplies, equipment scientific entrepreneurs experienced and attract researchers, the business aspects of the company. manage to one-on-one BBDP provides these hurdles, lower To its at company each for support—individualized business planning, areas: three of growth—in stage and securing funding. BBDP has making connections, of individuals and scores with 144 startups worked & Biotechnology Manufacturing, in Advanced & Media, Business Services, Education Healthcare, and IT & Consumer products, & Biomass, Food Energy & Software. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION - 200,000 25,000 EastSide Phases I, II and III EastSide Authority of Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment PA Pittsburgh, to bring new effort is a successful project The EastSide corridor that retail a into options and transit employment A multi- of disinvestment. decades through had suffered emphasizing development’ plan ‘zipper 20-year phase, brought stage The first designed and executed. was the building; commercial a vacant into store Whole Foods mixing center retail two-story phase built a dense, second fourth and fifth third, businesses; the and local national transit units, a office/retail/residential include stages store department Target two-story and a large center, With a plethora context. fit within an urban to designed more in the area, and establishments stores of new the community. into drawn being already are customers sectors: various across The impact has been felt significantly, has improved investment private housing has increased, and market-rate affordable and new been created, have jobs of new hundreds of As an example the area. enter to eager are projects two has seen, within the first the success the project so was of opening, Whole Foods the demand at years than it had employees 100 more it hired that strong hires new 56% of all Additionally, expected. previously and 63% of the communities, low-income from were than minimum wage. paid more jobs HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION 25,000 - 200,000 Downtown Incentive Reimbursement Grant Reimbursement Incentive Downtown Partnership Development Economic Denton TX Denton, Grant Reimbursement Incentive The Downtown a 50:50 which offers is a city funded grant Program building owners’ of downtown the expenses for match $50,000. Eligible improvements up to improvements repairs, and signs, outside wall awnings include new enhance that renovations and other utility upgrades, Year 2007- of the buildings. Since fiscal the exterior dollar every For been awarded. have 2008, 15 grants has invested sector the private the City has invested, in the past has occurred that $36. The redevelopment of the previous growth nearly equals the years four of the grant Since the inception combined. 17 years in the area $6,793,814 has been invested program, which redevelopment, and construction in new This activity recipients. grant to related is directly in the build and develop to others has encouraged An additional $6 million has been area. downtown who did investors private from in the area reinvested monies. not seek grant and perpetuates a center of commerce that has that of commerce a center and perpetuates is now of 1869 that days since the frontier existed located conveniently retailers with big box competing the central of 2 miles northwest by-pass on a highway has been an essential This program business district. buildings. historic of several piece in the re-investment exterior, make businesses to incent It has helped to their buildings to improvements and interior structural a small revitalize helped to which in turn, have downtown. Midwestern

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 146 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 147 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Pipeline to Finish Line Project: Newark’s Finish Line Project: Newark’s Pipeline to Groundbreaking Year Corporation Brick City Development NJ Newark, was (BCDC) Corporation Brick City Development CoryBooker Mayor Newark in 2007 by founded catalyst development as the primary economic organized BCDC was Jersey. New Newark, for businesses, enhance and grow attract retain, to and spur real small and minority business capacity vision is for Booker’s Mayor development. estate leading city in urban “America’s become to Newark role effort is BCDC’s to this Critical transformation.” strategic assets, Newark’s promoting in successfully value for as a place future and bright location in an urban landscape. and investments creation (“the Pipeline/ Line Project Finish The Pipeline to BCDC in response by Finish Line Project”) created was 37 change. visible,catalytic for call Booker’s Mayor to or slow stalled Pipeline. All were in the were projects and strategy a BCDC formulated In response, moving. the toward and resources energy focus mechanism to of catalog Armed with a actionable projects. most assessed possibilities, BCDC leadership development and and the viability of site readiness developer the original 37 projects, From structures. financing would it that team determined the BCDC executive the “Pipeline” and from projects nine move to work result would this Collectively, the “Finish Line.” across $282 million of investment. in over etail and commercial and commercial etail Opening of 11 new r Opening of 11 new June 2010. July 2009 and businesses between crime. A 37% decline in violent living in the nearly 2,000 youth engaging By has been an 80% decline in there Parramore, arrests. juvenile The construction of 35 new and rehabilitated single rehabilitated and of 35 new The construction housing new homes and the opening of 120 family units.

CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY • • • efforts, revitalization concentrated of years five After a is once again community Heritage the Parramore place for and prosperous sustainable livable, safe, to thrive. businesses and institutions Orlando citizens, • City of Orlando FL Orlando, and District Dyer Buddy Mayor In June 2005, Orlando launched Lynum W. Daisy 5 City Commissioner effort a comprehensive Parramore, for Pathways Heritage Parramore historic Orlando’s revitalize to most Orlando’s which had become community, At neighborhood. and crime-challenged blighted in lived children 2,000 Parramore’s the time, 73% of high adults had neither a 47% of Parramore poverty, rate arrest and the juvenile school diploma, nor GED, of Orlando. rate 2_ times the citywide was on revitalization focuses Parramore for Pathways business housing, public safety, areas: key in five and quality and education children development, of life. Parramore, for Pathways of years five the first In just successes include: revitalization Orlando’s Pathways for Parramore Parramore for Pathways Orlando’s Initiative HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE services. The Business Development Division focuses focuses Division services. The Business Development businesses and existing of the growth on facilitating community through of neighborhoods building strong them is the Allegheny Among programs. development and community which encourages program, Grows and urban farming through development workforce non- local with a partnership Through gardening. Pennsylvania Western and the Pittsburgh Grow profits, education, provides Grows Allegheny Conservancy, for assistance and technical planning resources income in low-to-moderate gardens food community The program’s the County. across communities gardening community support and utilize mission is to visually productive, to land vacant return to activities community for a platform provide use; attractive sources increase project; shared a through engagement communities; for produce and healthy local of fresh, community on running a communities and educate Allegheny years, two first In its initiative. gardening thriving lots into vacant five has transformed Grows food local seven provided gardens, food community rainwater fifteen delivered produce, with fresh pantries and other educational composting catchment, food access and improved participants to workshops families. nearly 100 for Community of Lemay Neighborhood Development Community of Lemay Neighborhood Development Initiative Council Economic St. Louis County St. Louis, MO Community Authority’s Port St. Louis County of example Fund is an impressive Reinvestment to funding source use of an unlikely the innovative on the neighborhood development economic stimulate fund has early on, the reinvestment From scale. cleanup, streetscape an environmental accomplished well as the as preservation historic improvements, for loans interest and low investment of jobs, creation is fund reinvestment the small businesses. Ultimately, a focal into community a once disinvested transforming regeneration. of economic point is a land lease with casino The unique funding resource After Pinnacle Entertainment. and operator owner former National the contamination, of severe years of Pinnacle’s as the location life new gained Lead site When St. Louis facility. and entertainment gaming was included the deal, a benefit negotiated County neighborhood the South St. Louis County Lemay, for built. As part of the agreement, was the facility where CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Allegheny Grows Allegheny Development Economic County Allegheny PA Pittsburgh, is (ACED) Development Economic County Allegheny and residential economic for public agency the premier eight ACED’s County. in Allegheny development of development in a variety Divisions specialize City of Austin Small Business Development Program Small Business Development City of Austin TX Austin, the and promotes recognizes The City of Austin funding the by businesses of locally-owned value Business of Independent and marketing establishment is an An IBIZ District (IBIZ) Districts. Zone Investment that area geographic within a of merchants association for shopping as a destination the district promotes marketing a cooperative through and entertainment IBIZ Districts seven currently are There campaign. 300 locally-owned over encompassing in Austin forming. district businesses, with an eighth non- city-wide, with a local, contracts The City of Austin provide to (Contractor) association merchants profit submit an must An area for the districts. support staff an IBIZ to become criteria certain and meet application businesses independent Only locally-owned, District. as district participate eligible to are within the district districts potential assists The Contractor members. an and develop a name and logo, choose organize, to all then performs plan. The Contractor initial marketing plan, with the marketing implement to required tasks member assistance. some voluntary to continues the Contractor establishment, After periodic meetings, host to with each IBIZ District work problems solve communications, inter-district maintain and develop success, and to hinder the district’s that plan. an annual marketing implement IBIZ Districts

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 148 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 149 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 200,000-500,000 HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Ann Arbor SPARK MI Ann Arbor, state the left who have back grads to lure In an effort firms elsewhere, high tech burgeoning at jobs take to private of several led a consortium Ann Arbor SPARK and the groups, development economic companies, Corridor member universities Research University of the University University, State – Michigan launch – to University State and Wayne Michigan, events hosts MichAGAIN campaign. the MichAGAIN communities tech high cities with vibrant in various alumni. college of Michigan numbers and significant with representatives talent connect These events METS Mobile Training Lab (METS Manufacturing Lab (METS Manufacturing METS Mobile Training System) Training Education Authority/Pioneer City Development Ponca Center Technology OK City, Ponca (METS) System Training Education The Manufacturing child of Pioneer Technology the brain was lab training of Business Director Beliel, current and Laurence Center City Development Ponca at &Expansion Retention The Technology. of Pioneer formerly Authority (PCDA), simple: lab were mobile training of the METS goals and companies to equipment manufacturing take to side technical expose the better to facilities educational from workforce recruit industry, manufacturing of the businesses help levels, school primary secondary and and to companies their grow to training with onsite These goals community. in the dollars training retain Ponca in goals development with economic in line were economic this as a great recognized City and PCDA Pioneer between partnership The tool. gardening existing, to help continues and PCDA Center Technology start as supporting new as well prosper to industry local programs with training companies up and relocating such as METS. MichAGAIN CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Greater Dubuque Development Dubuque Development Greater Initiative Workforce Corporation Dubuque Development Greater Dubuque, IA of 24% in January of rate With an unemployment “Will the last in Dubuque, IA read 1983, billboards one in Dubuque please turn out the lights?” In 1984, was Corporation Dubuque Development Greater steady brought that focus an industrial with formed role expanded time, assumed an and, over returns Although the of the region. harness the strengths to remained the talent recruiting improved, economy The Greater looming in the distance. storm perfect was Initiative Workforce Dubuque Development not only the needs of existing address to created but also business prospects businesses expansion worldwide. competition Dubuque against weighing and number one in the 20 nationwide Ranking top Dubuque the Greater job growth, for of Iowa State the pace as a visible leader in 2011. sets region as the #1 Best Forbes.com from accolades Boasting and a #3 job Job Growth Projected for Smaller Metro Dubuque Careerbuilder.com, from ranking growth the across other communities the pace for sets to shape a model continue leaders Local country. filled with ample opportunity and an community of our future the workforce for ideal environment our on for stay – one in which the lights thrive to follow. to and generations grandchildren children, Human Capital Pinnacle completed extensive environmental environmental extensive Pinnacle completed within roadway arterial built an remediation, a $5.1 million toward contributed and the area, center. community Authority Port St. Louis County payments, rental Using the Fund. The Community Reinvestment the established development community endow to purpose of this fund is and redevelopment jobs new create that projects through fund is allocated reinvestment opportunities. The of Lemay’s 2) implementation and process 1) a grant Comprehensive plan and St. Louis County’s comprehensive five the first (CEDS). For Strategy Development Economic devoted are payments lease of Pinnacle’s 75 percent years, in Lemay. projects to CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION - 200,000 25,000 Responding to Globalization to Responding The Research Valley Partnership, Inc. Partnership, Valley The Research TX Station, Bryan-College is a Gateway International Valley The Research Research of The program globalization signature foreign- and help attract to Partnership Valley businesses rapidly science/technology owned marketplace. the U.S. enter and inexpensively the companies pursuing international For products, the of their innovative commercialization connecting for proximity offers Gateway International one of the System, A&M University with The Texas headquartered institutions research elite nation’s are entrepreneurs Whether Valley. in The Research forward going opportunities or their market exploring business the value-added, presence, a U.S. establish to Gateway services of the International virtualization of launching, investing the complexities streamline in the U.S. customers and developing is a public-private Partnership Valley The Research and the corporation development economic College in the Bryan, growth industry for catalyst As an Texas. region of County Brazos and Station Texas tool with development economic innovation has Gateway the International A&M collaborators, position competitive community in a positioned the and prospect investment trade, foreign secure to and preexisting countries targeted from deal velocity Research The Leveraging relations. international speed-to-market customized Partnership’s Valley business and innovation-friendly support in a strong, accessing the U.S. for pathway a new environment, has opened. economy Research Valley International Gateway International Valley Research CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Intern Program Intern Works Innovation PA Pittsburgh, local match helps Program Intern Works’ Innovation participate to with students companies technology of with the cost program, in a summer internship and the companies split 1:1 between the intern to is The purpose of this program Works. Innovation small technology to of interns the value demonstrate do not that companies manufacturing and advanced or perceived cost either due to interns hire regularly opportunities post-school provide help as well as value have Interns students. promising to in the region undergraduate from of backgrounds a variety and work candidates MBA to engineering students success of the continued to the critical on projects segmentation market companies, such as participating analysis. and process and analysis from companies, such as GE and Barracuda Networks, Networks, as GE and Barracuda such companies, from development and economic universities, and colleges opportunities career the talk about to officials back home in Michigan. them to available back talent attract is to of MichAGAIN The main goal job opportunities of awareness raising by Michigan to is of goal A secondary companies. within growing growing the buzz for generate is to MichAGAIN in job opportunities -- businesses -- and subsequent the state. MichAGAIN to Michigan, back talent attracting By in the state. development economic supports directly they talent the to access by having Businesses benefit opportunities by having benefits Talent grow. need to businesses. As growing with exciting, employment for businesses and individuals so does the state’s succeed, economy.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 150 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 151 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION MENTION HONORABLE Vail Academy and High School Academy Vail Parks Research Office of University UA AZ Tucson, is a K-12 and High School (VAHS) Academy Vail Unified School Vail by school, operated charter of the University on the campus and located District K-12 is the first VAHS Park. Tech (UA) of Arizona to be located country facility in the educational park. This research of a university on the campus an environment creates integration unparalleled – grades the earliest – from students where as accessible and see science and technology High School opened its In 1997, Vail approachable. school high It provided Park. Tech the UA at doors school-to-work with an award-winning, students “rub shoulders” them to allowed curriculum that formally, daily – both and engineers with scientists and experience, and work internships through In areas. and common in the cafeteria informally the school to forced ordinances zoning 2005, new Park. The Tech UA in the another location to relocate KC Advanced Energy: America’s Home for Next Next Home for America’s Energy: Advanced KC Technology Energy Generation Council Development City Area Kansas City Region Kansas Council (KCADC) Development City Area The Kansas charged agency development economic is the area’s capital and new payroll new jobs, new with creating 18-county bi-state, the entire throughout investment strategic establishing By City. of Kansas region high- KCADC identifies initiatives, industry targeted to the investment new attract to sectors growth priority, as a national With clean energy region. to an opportunity aggressively identified KCADC economic for City region the Kansas promote City Advanced The Kansas in this industry. growth competitively region our positions initiative Energy new attract to markets other major national against www. in this industry. investment and new jobs kcadvancedenergy.com CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION Village of Lisle Village Lisle, IL has generated movement While the sustainable municipalities can how the world, around enthusiasm within their changes sustainable positive facilitate communities? has a great Lisle, “The Village,” Arboretum Morton renowned world The for nature. appreciation wetlands, of woodlands, 1,700 acres Arboretum, as the Village’s serves and meadows, lakes prairies, connection, To honor this nature inspiration. brand or sustainable green is encouraging the Village community. the throughout initiatives joining by focus Lisle businesses support this green - “Green Lisle Business Partnership the Sustainable the needs of on meeting which focuses Choice,” By and conserving waste while reducing consumers, a receive businesses Participating resources. natural and products/services audit, sell sustainable green operations. into practices sustainable incorporate in Choice” decals By “Green display Members These in stores. cards tent and colorful windows the supporting for thank consumers materials to website the Village’s them to business and direct of Lislebusinesses. Directory the Green review green business’ each participating lists The directory and highlights services and operations products, initiatives. special green the Village, budgets, marketing limited stretch To in joint and businesses participate organizations campaigns. marketing to sustainability introduced effectively This program in the community and consumers businesses many based brand. nature while supporting Lisle’s Sustainable and Green Green and Sustainable Development Sustainable Lisle Business Partnership - Partnership Lisle Business Sustainable Choice” By “Green CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Downtown Lansing Ottawa Power Power Ottawa Lansing Downtown Project Station Corporation Development Lansing Economic Lansing, MI Station Power Lansing Ottawa The Downtown and contaminated a vacant transformed Project the into plant burning power coal former ten-story, Fund Insurance of the Accident headquarters world redevelopment brownfield This of America. Company power of the historic the renovation combined project contemporary of a new with the construction plant visually are both results that create to office space, of functional. A long list and extremely stunning had barriers and economic environmental physical, Mayor a reality. the project make to be overcome to Development the Lansing Economic Bernero, Virg the City of Lansing and its Brownfield Corporation, closely with the developer, Authority worked each and every overcome to Company, Christman Development Economic The Michigan hurdle. of Environmental Department Michigan Corporation, Office and the Preservation Historic State Quality, provided also Agency Protection Environmental U.S. a financial help create to assistance invaluable symbol turned a prominent that package incentive of generator a major and decline into of stagnation the together activity and civic pride. All economic one million worker over tallied $182 million project and will create jobs 600 high-paying retained hours, years. five the next over positions another 500 more The project solidifies Whirlpool’s 100-year history of history 100-year solidifies Whirlpool’s The project and community our building toward contributions the to will serve and the catalyst as our economy well as as Harbor, Benton of Downtown revitalization entrance. western the City’s at of commerce a beacon CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION Cornerstone Alliance Cornerstone MI Harbor, Benton investor-driven, Alliance is a non-profit, Cornerstone to dedicated organization development economic that communities in the base creation and job tax corner in the lower Northern Berrien County comprise partners The organization Michigan. of Southwest and other economic units of government with local such as the Michigan organizations development facilitate to Corporation Development Economic expansion projects. and location partnerships through change facilitate Our purpose is to all through by enjoyed enhance the quality of life to Services base. provided tax and improved job creation research and customized assistance location include site our service area. considering prospects business for of contact point as a single Alliance serves Cornerstone corporate and consultants selection site companies, for executives. estate real accomplished is business retention This project government local with several partnerships through resulting in Whirlpool organizations, and state foot, new 270,000 square a constructing Corporation The Harbor. facility in Benton office state-of-the-art is a $20 million investment, phase of the project first nearly totaling follow, phases to subsequent with two $70 million, and housing 1,100 employees. Whirlpool Corporation’s New Office Office New Whirlpool Corporation’s Downtown Campus - Transforming Harbor Benton Sponsored by AECOM Sponsored by Real Estate Estate Real and Reuse Redevelopment Vail School District and the UA Office of University of University Office and the UA District School Vail to this approach a positive took Parks Research and used it as a catalyst – turn of events challenging in a state-of- housed program, a full K-12 to expand to facility. the-art green

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 152 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 153 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION – 500,000 200,000 Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment PA Pittsburgh, abandoned an revitalized Project Square The Bakery strategic the through Pittsburgh of East strip industrial complex. Bakery Nabisco 6.5-acre of a former reuse Biscuit Company, the National Originally built in 1918 by a dedicated to since 1998. Thanks vacant lot sat the the from financial investment and strategic developer a LEED-certified, turned into was site the City and State, center. lifestyle mixed-use retail, space, office includes currently The project a gym and an shop, a coffee hotel, a 120-room such as Google, Tenants 849-space parking garage. Anthropologie Center, Development UMPC Technology an identity crafted have Roasters Tree and Coffee a short walk Situated the area. through radiates that young attracting communities residential two from also a part of the city’s was project the professionals, of businesses trend a decades-long reverse to attempt periphery the of the to moving workers and young customers, businesses attract helped area It has city. of in the value see an increase owners property the appreciate citizens Pittsburgh and homes, their bring in new that reuse projects for large-scale potential integrity the architectural while maintaining employers past. industrial Pittsburgh’s of the Bakery Square Bakery HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE The Palace Senior Housing Development Senior Housing The Palace Gables City of Coral Gables, FL Coral beautifully Gables, Florida is a The City of Coral of community upscale and tropical architectural and is also home to 47,000 residents approximately of Miami. The City has been focused the University in bringing residential years several in the last and business district, to its central opportunities for senior community need strong a also identified in remain to residents allow would housing that an aging City The City utilized age. the City as they the street, across and a parking lot property garage well but condition, in a distressed both of which were and main street the City’s within a block from located a public/private into enter to hospitals, local close to build a new to Group with the Palace partnership the public parking and provides replaces that garage residential to support an upscale additional parking across building with 243 units being constructed Palace on the City lot. In addition, the the street property aging hotel an adjacent purchased Group of A unique feature included in the site. was that of a Community the creation was the partnership finance the public used to District Development tax of with the issuance parking portion of the Project bonds. exempt A Military Base Conversion Success Story Success Base Conversion A Military Port Central America’s IL City, Granite the by is managed which Port®, Central America’s located is strategically District, Port Regional Tri-City and River on the Mississippi in the heart of the U.S. transportation intermodal a strategic to adjacent The Port, systems. and highway rail of river, system of servicesrange and a wide offer and its tenants, of rail and truck transfer including barge, facilities residential and commercial industrial, commodities, and as warehouse as well sites, development former Charles lease opportunities. The commercial to transferred was Center Support Melvin Price Army serves and now an act of the US Congress by the Port Illinois. southwestern for engine as an economic CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Charlotte Regional Partnership Regional Charlotte NC Charlotte, over with collaborates Partnership Regional Charlotte to market businesses and 16 counties 150 private the to adds Factory Music The NC USA. Charlotte of an example and provides of the region vibrancy development use of economic cooperative successful, brownfields of government: level every at tools and NC County Mecklenburg involved improvement Resources; and Natural of Environmental Department site and NCSHPO historic of Interior US Department and City of Charlotte credits; and tax redevelopment support and local agreements; transportation NCDOT The NC Music Partners. City Center of Charlotte illustrates NC, City Charlotte in Center located Factory, and redevelopment the possibilities of challenging by is surrounded The site in an urban setting. reuse in access isolated was yet I-77 and I-277 beltway, core the from tracks railroad active several across of a point and provides City Charlotte, of Center the Greenville to the beltway across connection neighborhood. Vision, risk, and urban renewal Rick and Noah Lazes developers by experience a decade over tools development economic combined and talent, use of space, creative accomplish to the to district destination an authentic into promotion City Charlotte. of Center edge northwest NC Music Factory NC Music Factory CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY Pipeline to Finish Line Project: Newark’s Line Project: Newark’s Finish Pipeline to Year Groundbreaking Corporation Brick City Development NJ Newark, was (BCDC) Corporation Brick City Development as the CoryBooker Mayor Newark in 2007 by founded Newark, for catalyst development primary economic and attract retain, to organized BCDC was Jersey. New enhance small and minority business businesses, grow Mayor development. estate and spur real capacity “America’s become to Newark vision is for Booker’s to Critical leading city in urban transformation.” promoting role in successfully is BCDC’s this effort as future and bright location strategic assets, Newark’s in an urban and investments creation value a place for landscape. (“the Pipeline/ Line Project Finish The Pipeline to BCDC in response by Finish Line Project”) created was 37 change. visible, catalytic for call Booker’s Mayor to or slow stalled Pipeline. All were in the were projects and strategy a BCDC formulated In response, moving. the toward and resources energy focus mechanism to of catalog Armed with a actionable projects. most assessed possibilities, BCDC leadership development and and the viability of site readiness developer the original 37 projects, From structures. financing would it that team determined the BCDC executive the “Pipeline” and from nine projects move to work result would this Collectively, the “Finish Line.” across $282 million of investment. in over

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 154 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 155 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION POPULATION – 500,000 200,000 2nd Street District 2nd Street Redevelopment and Growth Economic City of Austin Services Office TX Austin, transform to efforts initiated In 1999 the City of Austin of its central quadrant southwest in the six city blocks of the six blocks five City owned The business district. to further and wished 2nd Street, West fronting City Hall; including: building a new goals several downtown of a distressed redevelopment catalyzing Amway Center Amway Magic City of Orlando & Orlando FL Orlando, City of the between partnership A public-private Center Magic, the Amway Orlando and the Orlando including project is a $480 million redevelopment sports and foot 875,000 square 20,000 seat, a new retail, supporting office, with arena entertainment and surrounding infrastructure parking, public plaza, acres 20 encompassing improvements streetscape on historic Florida. Located Orlando, in Downtown entertainment the downtown in Street Church 2010, opened in October Center the Amway district, home of the as the new on time and within budget and Orlando Predators Orlando Magic, AFL’s NBA’s family shows. concerts and events, national will host to catalyst as a serves project Center The Amway Orlando and the surrounding Downtown revitalize Orlando’s neighborhood, once considered Parramore community. and blighted disadvantaged most local, for opportunities and residents for jobs Creating businesses, project minority and women-owned Floridians Central than 1,400 more provided efforts and women by owned Firms with employment. worth of than $94 million more minorities performed one of the largest representing on the project, work business participation minority and women-owned history. in Florida’s project of any rates PARTNERSHIP AWARDS PARTNERSHIP CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000 - 200,000 Cancer Treatment Center Treatment Cancer Chamber Foundation Ardmore OK Ardmore, and is developed was Cancer Center new Ardmore’s a sister Chamber Foundation, the Ardmore by owned Authority. Development Ardmore of the organization 13,377 square encompasses The $15 million Center mirrors project space. The of modern medical feet Authority build-to-suit Development the Ardmore of the art a state it is for In this case, program. Memorial Mercy is leased to that facility medical Hospital. of the Development and CEO Stucky is President Wes and the Chamber the Chamber Foundation Authority, of set-up This unique organizational of Commerce. and Foundation Charitable Authority, a Public Trust flexibility great allows Organization Membership to method and legal in choosing the appropriate the benefitting facilities and construct develop community. development an economic is Cancer Center The new but more physicians); new and two (25 jobs project medical improves that it is a project importantly, Cancer Center The new services in the community. of cancer the best receive to residents local allows modern with the most community in their own care available. in the State linear accelerator Public-Private Partnerships Public-Private CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000 – 200,000 Department f Community and Economic f Community and Economic Department Pennsylvania City of York, Development, PA York, is a six-week (YBA) Business Academy The York and prospective new which provides program and details, concepts, with the business owners owning a business and operating advice concerning and the City ofPennsylvania in the Commonwealth in Free the Students is run by The YBA of York. of York College (SIFE) from organization Enterprise the by has been developed The content Pennsylvania. of the Business with support and assistance students needs based on entrepreneurs’ faculty, Department each class. after based on feedback and updated A Business Plan; sessions include Developing YBA and Financing Growth; Planning; Accounting Strategic and City Codes, Zoning, Permits, Understanding Tax Service; and and Customer Inspections; Marketing seven for the past been held Classes have Regulations. and spring sessions. with fall years than 175 students more of the program, the life Over currently with 25 of those students graduated, have class recent businesses. The most running their own with 26 students, date, to successful the most was the six completing high school students, including two a group by conducted This program, program. -week and the City, the College from volunteers of dedicated to participants program and motivated has inspired self-sufficiency. of economic their pursuit continue retail and commercial options. The partnership The partnership options. and commercial retail impact economic the realize entities helped both They’re generate. staff University and the students redevelopment. for the catalyst the true financial Redevelopment Blvd./Downtown Rowan Glassboro’s a community/ how of example plan is an outstanding to catalyst this utilizes based partnership university assets, enhance existing core, its commercial restore walkable a create and students of the creativity utilize learn, shop, play work, people live, where downtown and dine. City of York and York College of College and York City of York Business York SIFE’s Pennsylvania Academy CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000 THAN LESS POPULATION A Perfect Public Private Public Public Private A Perfect Partnership of Glassboro Borough NJ Glassboro, economic and negative to address In an effort and downtown a blighted social issues surrounding Rowan borders areas that residential deteriorating in the heart of Glassboro, located campus, University’s with Rowan body partnered governing Glassboro’s NJ, Blvd./ Rowan the to create administration University’s The plan creates project. Redevelopment Downtown campus the University’s links directly that a roadway to spur expectation with the downtown the existing to and Council by Mayor The plan, adopted revitalization. including team a redevelopment by and approved downtown officials/planners, University Rowan and state county Borough, planners, redevelopment as SORA Holdings our master well officials, as code specialists; marketing and commercial redeveloper downtown of the renovation the has initiated existing the revitalizing and is sprawl without creating housing, updated efficient, neighborhood with more Partnerships with Educational with Educational Partnerships Institutions area; returning underutilized city-owned land to the land city-owned underutilized returning area; demonstrating assets; historic preserving base; tax practices; development land responsible/sustainable investment; private secure to assets public leveraging destination; as a retail downtown re-establishing luring majorstock; residential adding downtown realm; public a pedestrian-friendly creating employers; additionalstimulating city center; a denser creating overall, and, downtown; investment public and private have All six blocks vitality. downtown strengthening entities. with six private in partnership redeveloped been the In 2010, all been realized. have goals The City’s spun off $4.55 District of the 2nd Street six block core $300 the before and this was taxes, million in property in late opened project and Residences million W Hotel $2.29 million of sales also produced district 2010. The of the in spite in 2010. The success of the district, taxes investment has regenerated downturn, economic recent downtown throughout projects retail and in residential Austin.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 156 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 157 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION University of Maryland / Maryland Technology of Maryland / Maryland Technology University (Mtech) Institute Enterprise MD Park, College R&D collaborative for awards matching MIPS provides System and University Maryland companies between innovative develop to of Maryland (USM) faculty in Maryland. jobs create that products technology states, unique among US program, This innovative facilities of and expertise the world-class leverages work to putting them public universities, Maryland’s economy. the State’s for University to funds go Both MIPS and company Participating researchers. and student faculty with matching these projects co-fund companies MIPS has depending on their size. contributions in every nearly 500 Maryland companies engaged from products in developing part of the State homeland security, clean energy, to biotechnology aerospace, technology, information communications, aided by products Commercial others. and many drug Synagis® include: MedImmune’s MIPS projects disease; Black and Decker’s respiratory infant for Speed Tip MasonryBullet Drill Bit; Hughes Network Internet-via- HughesNet industry-leading Systems’ Biosciences’ Formulaid® and Martek product; satellite additive. formula infant to a rigorous subject are MIPS applications of both reviews of consisting process evaluation track MIPS’ potential. merit and economic technical and innovation technology of successful record the program that has proven commercialization development product commercial Successful works. $21B billion MIPS has generated through supported of the state and increased jobs in sales, created revenue. Maryland’s Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Partnerships Maryland Industrial CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION - 500, 000 200,000 Virginia’s Region 2000 Technology Council 2000 Technology Region Virginia’s VA Lynchburg, Council and Central 2000 Technology The Region an ongoing formed have Community College Virginia a to cultivate in an effort dynamic partnership future employers’ regional to appropriate workforce reached thousands has needs. Since 2003, this effort via activities and K-20 and adults in youth of area Workforce” Your Own “Grow in the initiatives pathways career use of the an innovative initiative, of the “Grow model. The primary design philosophy development workforce Own” comprehensive Your regionally well-defined, create to was strategy and pipelines with activities path career relevant school elementary from extend opportunities, which education. graduate through a seamless provides Own” project Your The “Grow can access engaging students whereby continuum education, technical career activities, educational work and hands-on education, post-secondary has The Initiative employers. area experiencewith career the nuclear technologies as its main focus the pathway of the components however pathways, STEM for all regional pipeline an effective provide engineering, careers. and math) (science, technology, has partnership Own Workforce” Your The “Grow economic between bridge an effective provided Region 2000. in Virginia’s and education development needs workforce future employers’ for providing By employers with area together and bringing students proactively is working the region an early age, at the region’s to appropriate a workforce produce to jobs. in technical growth strong projected Growing Our Own Workforce in Our Own Workforce Growing 2000 Region Virginia’s HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Employ Florida Workforce Centers Florida Workforce Employ Florida, Inc. Workforce FL Tallahassee, in targeted partner with industry Banner Centers among other needs and, training identify to sectors to is objective curricula. A key new things, create can be shared that training relevant and timely create training and institutions multiple educational across statewide. businesses by access for providers than 70 more statistics, labor market to According be in will still labor force current of Florida’s percent now—making from 10 years workforce the state’s to and to businesses critical training skills upgrade future. Florida’s the needs to respond to designed are Banner Centers and education workforce, of business. With industry, through together all working development economic organizations, and industry institutions postsecondary real- existing, address to able are the Banner Centers for training. needs time and emerging in the formally surfaced concept The Banner Center and remains Future Florida’s to 2004-2009 Roadmap economic of the state component talent a world-class plan. development 48% fifteen increased wages Trainees’ Banner Centers training [2008-09 FETPIP of completion after months data] HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE The Nanotechnology Institute--Accelerating Institute--Accelerating The Nanotechnology Innovation Institute The Nanotechnology Philadelphia, PA is a novel (NTI) Institute™ The Nanotechnology removing has succeeded in that program and the entrepreneurship innovation, to barriers Created research. of university commercialization through barriers these in 2000, the NTI addresses structures, thinking and new new completely of public investment (1) core uniquely combining: that team a leadership by managed funds carefully experts, development economic faculty, integrates officials; (2) multi-university transfer and technology comprehensive novel, a through participation (3) strategy; and revenue-sharing IP-pooling and universities to grants strategically-targeted faculty- promotes that small businesses loans to IP university and prioritizes collaboration industry emphasis strong (4) potential; with commercial and high strengths, regional on interdisciplinarity, of commercialization (5) recruitment quality research; and (6) review, and program in oversight experts sharing, information networking, outreach, extensive activities coordinated These efforts. and marketing pace: In at an accelerating outcomes generating are IP assets, the number of new years three the past has spinoffs company licenses, and new technology years. seven previous all activities in the exceeded now being are these activities importantly, Most region for the impact real economic in reflected not only the This reflects of job growth. in terms but the general, in of nanotechnology maturation success of the NTI model in particular.

AWARDS CHARLOTTE, NC | SEPT 18-21, 2011 158 IEDC 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 159 AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, Inc./ Enterprise, Redevelopment Industrial First-Ring Allis City of West Allis, WI West Enterprise Redevelopment Industrial First-Ring Entity, Community Development (FIRE) is a regional gap provide to focused strategically in 2007, formed commercial, developments, to mixed-use financing and expansions projects development and industrial historic Wisconsin the Southeast throughout Racine and Milwaukee (Kenosha, corridor industrial experienced utilizing the was created FIRE counties). the City of from team and NMTC development with neighboring Allis. The City partnered West development and economic communities Markets FIRE in seeking New form to shareholders With the main Treasury. the U.S. from Credits Tax economic regional of mission being stimulation projects into inject capital vision is to FIRE’s growth, job produce that (3) counties three throughout growth, tax base to enhance retention, and creation of targeted in the urban cores life yield new and to FIRE benefit, the direct Beyond areas. dis-invested concepts “green” advance that supports projects or training), (i.e. job development and workforce such as minority business initiatives employment of $35 allocation a NMTC received FIRE participation. a $70 million allocation by million in 2007, followed all $105 million FIRE has obligated date, in 2009. To $200 million of over which has leveraged in NMTCs, output, and fostered and economic development new jobs. family-supporting of 1,600 the creation First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Redevelopment Industrial First-Ring Inc. (FIRE) Enterprise, CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION 25,000-200,000 Central Alberta: Access Prosperity Alberta: Central AB Deer, Red Canada is an Project (FDI) Investment Direct The Foreign economic at aimed initiative attraction investment Alberta Central of the stabilization and diversification is planned and implemented The FDI project region. Red between partnership a highly collaborative by and (RDRED) Development Economic Deer Regional (CAEP). Partnership Economic Alberta Central Deer the Red between alliance RDRED is a strategic Red Deer, The City of Red Chamber of Commerce, CAEP is a regional College. Deer and Red Deer County of 42 consisting alliance development economic include that members municipalities and 15 associate and institutions post-secondary associations, industry companies. private contributed Since 2008, RDRD and CAEP have successfully and have the FDI Project $273,000 to funding federal $240,000 in an additional leveraged in completion project By the project. supplement to enabler a critical has become April 2011, the project alliances and strategic investment of bringing in new branding a new and developed the region into which Access Prosperity Alberta: Central identity, FDI purposes. This collaboration, be used for could funding and joint strategies shared in pursuing regional impact that of the positive is exemplary on an area. can have cooperation Regionalism and Cross-Border Cross-Border and Regionalism Collaboration Central Alberta Foreign Direct Foreign Alberta Central Project Investment HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE Space Transition Public Relations Strategy Public Transition Space Commission of Florida’s Development Economic Space Coast FL Rockledge, – in particular, space program The flux in America’s Economic the provided – retirement the Space Shuttle Space Commission of Florida’s Development a proactive, develop with an opportunity to Coast media national on capitalize to response affirmative – the Space press negative and mitigate attention awareness This Strategy. Relations Public Transition opportunity us with an unprecedented provided opportunities and the Space Coast’s highlight to if this endeavor However, advantages. competitive a forge needed to we its goal, accomplish to was and business, political, with Space Coast partnership was born. collaboration A leadership. community in silence suffer might other communities Where hardship, a uniquely challenging economic through of the EDC, comprised partnership, the Space Coast 16 municipalities, Space Florida, County, Brevard Development Tourism Coast Space Workforce, Brevard of Commerce, Chambers four Council, Lead Brevard, acted leaders, sector private and numerous As Space on an opportunity. capitalize to expeditiously on the final such mission embarked Atlantis Shuttle fruits of its the realized on July 8, this partnership key spanned the globe, several reports As news labor. Relations Public Transition the Space from messages that reassurances offering view, into came Strategy this from indeed emerge would the Space Coast than stronger even perhaps challenge, economic before. CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY POPULATION GREATER THAN 500,000 THAN GREATER POPULATION Metro Pulse Partnership Metro Chamber of Commerce Metropolitan Sacramento CAI Sacramento, public, of eighteen Pulse is a partnership Metro in the 6-county partners non-profit and private pooled have partners These region. Sacramento the cost maximize to and in-kind resources cash and retention business region’s of our effectiveness by a governed is The partnership efforts. expansion each (partners), of the investors committee steering cooperation of whom sign an intergovernmental by which they the protocols specifies that agreement adhere. must steering on the seat a voting partner receives Each the activities and both which directs committee, As the Managing the finances of the partnership. Chamber provides Metro the Sacramento Partner, including to the partnership, support administrative finances. All funds of the partnership’s management are accounted activities the partnership’s to dedicated finances of the Metro the general from separately for Chamber. partners the 2007, May in Pulse Metro launching Since visits with nearly 8,200 face-to-face conducted have expanded have companies. As they regional existing in other model and engaged use of the business walk have they strategies, expansion and retention business their annual number of business visits every increased 450 businesses. In over just visited In 2007, they year. 4,200. approximately 2010 along, visited they

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