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Workshop Agenda

8:00 - 9:00       Registration and continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30       Welcome and announcements

9:30 -10:45      The relationship between community and economic development

  • Growth vs. development

10:45 - 11:00    Break

11:00 - 12:30    Site selection process

  • Beginning with the end in mind
  • Getting in the game
  • Today's typical facility siting process
  • The global marketplace

12:30 - 1:00      Lunch

1:00 - 1:45        Strategies to compete in the global marketplace 

  • Know thyself
  • Partnership
  • Retention and expansion
  • Entrepreneurship

1:45 - 2:00        Break

2:00 - 3:00        Marketing your community

  • Defining the product and message
  • Who's your target audience

                       Make a convincing case and close the deal

                       Adjourn