It allows a prospective developer to key in his or her business or industrial requirements and find the communities that meet those requirements. The real job of economic development leaders is to create jobs. To achieve that, leaders need to be well trained. That is a job regional associations are well suited to accomplish. TMCN sponsors conferences, brings in economic development experts for speaking engagements, and has training sessions in cooperation with professional development experts provided by utility companies.
Education is the key for economic development boards.
Besides, they owe it to the taxpayers to know how and what to do with that money. And training promotes vision and it takes vision to do economic development. To get out of the mess we're in, we're going to have to have vision. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement .