Spotlight Exhibitor

CivicServe is the only purpose built Program and Project Management Software designed to support all economic development strategies such as incentive programs, BRE and other economic development activities. The platform has been built to support complex economic development workflows, digitize state and federal economic development reporting requirements, and automate compliance with redevelopment agreement obligations.

Exhibitors

Accrisoft Corporation provides a finely tuned blend of technology and services that empower your economic development organization to accomplish your goals and better serve investors. Accrisoft Freedom™ is a comprehensive software solution that spans across your organization's operations, finance, marketing, and sales departments, allowing your entire team to work together harmoniously on a single platform.

aLocal Solutions provides economic information that's faster, better, and costs less. We provide market and economic forecasts, business intelligence and net economic impact analytics. We use proven algorithms focused not only on macro-economic impacts but understands how multiple systems in the community and the surrounding areas help predict economic demand in your community. Instead of only reading descriptive summaries of the number of employees compared to state averages, aLocal actually analyzes these variables and helps predict demand levels. Our powerful analytics allow you to see, on maps and tables, where there is current economic demand (or not) as well as possible outcomes for future changes in our community. This includes increased multi-family housing, economic growth, possible zoning changes and employment.

Axios Media delivers trustworthy news, expert insights and engaging information to get people smarter, faster on what matters most. The company was created around a simple proposition: deliver the cleanest, smartest and most efficient experience to our audience. Axios Local delivers smart, modern local news to 30 cities across the U.S. The daily newsletters are written by the best local reporters in each city in order to give readers exclusive scoops and consequential information about their cities.

Beacon Dashboards provides beautiful, interactive, informative, insightful, and innovative dashboard solutions to help organizations of all sizes make data driven decisions that accelerate success.

Bludot provides a suite of software solutions for your BR&E needs. Built in partnership with on-the-ground economic development practitioners, Bludot's solutions help you manage and support your local businesses, track your projects, and run shop-local rewards programs. Within 2 years of launch, Bludot is used by over 100 jurisdictions across 27 states. Bludot is recognized on Govtech 100 and an SBIR grant awardee of USDA NIFA.

Business Facilities is the leading full-service media brand specializing in the site selection marketplace. In print, online, and face-to-face, Business Facilities has created a dynamic community that connects corporate site selectors with economic development organizations from across North America and around the world. Business Facilities magazine is read by C-Suite executives, corporate real estate professionals, site consultants, and other business leaders. Published six times a year, each issue profiles state, regional, and international locations. BusinessFacilities.com is the share of market leader among all site selection websites, providing up-to-the-minute site selection news and industry-specific features. Business Facilities LiveXchange is an invitation-only matchmaking event that connects corporate executives and site consultants who have active projects with economic development organizations from across North America.

Camoin Associates was founded in 1999 and is the nation's only full-service economic development and business lead generation firm. We are a national leader in strategic and economic development planning for resiliency and prosperity and have delivered high-quality work to public and private clients of all sizes in 45 states and the US Virgin Islands. Our full range of services include strategic and organizational planning, industry and workforce analytics, economic and fiscal impact analysis, real estate development services, lead generation and business relationships, and entrepreneurship and innovation. Our team is ready to help you define and realize your community and economic development vision. Learn more at: www.camoinassociates.com. 

Chmura Economics & Analytics is an applied economic consulting firm specializing in delivering advanced economic analysis. Data are at the heart of Chmura. As individuals, organizations, and communities, we rely on accurate, timely data to help make critical decisions and plan for growth and improvement. The team at Chmura is dedicated to developing tools and services with that need in mind. Whether developed through customized consulting projects, delivered via off-the-shelf reports, or compiled through our software tools such as JobsEQ®, our data help you answer complex questions and implement effective solutions. Chmura has the experience and expertise to transform data into information that drives effective strategy.

Community Attributes Inc produces strategies, analysis, and on-line data tools. We tell data-rich stories that move communities forward. Grounded in data and packaged for effective communication, our solutions are evidence-based and delivered to be shared broadly.

CAI Live is a powerful window into your data story. With the CAI Live platform, we combine economic and planning expertise with technology and innovation to give you a dynamic tool that helps you visualize and inform your development strategy and communicate impact to your stakeholders.

CAI is community-centric, wherever your community is. We operate nationally and solve problems locally. We work with you, your community, and your stakeholders to deeply understand your needs, then develop strategies and tools that meet these needs to advance local initiatives.

Site Selection magazine, the leading publication covering global corporate real estate strategy and economic development, is in its 69th year of publication. It is mailed every other month to a qualified circulation of more than 42,000* corporate end users in print, in addition to publishing all of its material at www.siteselection.com.

Global corporate expansion experts Conway Data Inc., publisher of Site Selection, state economic development guides under its Custom Content Publishing Division, and the Site Selection Investor Watch newsletter, has been a trusted source of business intelligence to corporations, government economic development and investment promotion agencies around the world since 1954.

Conway Data owns and manages Conway Data Events, organizer of the World Forum for FDI and FDI training seminars. Conway Data also manages the Atlanta-based Industrial Asset Management Council, a professional association of 600-plus corporate real estate executives, economic developers and commercial real estate service providers.

DCI is “The Leader in Marketing Places." Since 1960, we have worked with more than 500 cities, regions, states, provinces and countries, helping them to attract investors, visitors, and talent. We specialize exclusively in three areas of place marketing: economic development, talent attraction and tourism including websites, branding, public relations, social/digital media, research, prospect development, travel trade, and special events. Current clients include a range of states (Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Vermont, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey), cities/regions (Charleston, Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Research Triangle Region, and Jacksonville) and countries (Netherlands, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Georgia), to name a few. With a team of more than 60 place marketers, DCI is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Denver, Los Angeles and Toronto.

EcoMap was founded based on a simple premise: it should be easy to access information about what's happening in the ecosystems all around us. Whether we're dealing with a local business community or an entire industry, we think that everyone should be able to easily navigate every ecosystem, everywhere. At EcoMap, we're on a mission to build more equitable & accessible ecosystems through technology. We developed powerful technology that lets us digitize them at scale, so that any ecosystem building organization can use our products to understand, showcase, and engage their ecosystems.

Economic Impact Catalyst works with economic development organizations across the United States to build the infrastructure that accelerates entrepreneurship, facilitates small business assistance, and measures the impact of entrepreneurship-led economic development. In addition to our technology-enabled platform, Startup Space, we provide data and surveys for our clients to understand their impact and drive policy.

EDOiQ® is a complete software solution designed by economic developers for planning, managing, collaboration, and reporting on credits and incentives projects throughout their lifecycle. It is an all-inclusive toolset for organizations to track projects of all sizes to manage the relationships that drive maximum return. 

The Employee Ownership Expansion Network (EOX) is a national nonprofit organization focused on significantly expanding employee ownership across the United States by establishing and supporting a network of independent nonprofit State Centers for Employee Ownership. We see employee ownership as a critical tool to help reduce income and wealth disparity, increase community wealth, and create a more vibrant, participatory economy for workers regardless of race, religion, or socioeconomic status. Our free unbiased programming on succession planning using ESOPs, worker cooperatives, and employee ownership trusts is best delivered to organizations such as chambers of commerce, economic development regions, community groups, and trade associations. Stop by our booth to see how we can be a resource for you to keep businesses from shutting down or leaving your region.

Entrepreneur Ready is a scalable, high-tech, high-touch, managed online accelerator provider creating a robust pipeline of diverse accelerated start-ups and small businesses. We transform small business outcomes for ALL by empowering individuals in a step-by-step, actionable journey to fast-track risk mitigation and product/market fit and expedite the journey to profitability and growth.

Expansion Solutions Magazine (ESM) is a leading media outlet for world-class economic development content, key industry-related trends, education, and breaking economic development news. ES facilitates connections between expanding companies and economic development professionals while assisting in the growth and maintenance of key relationships between a vital community of business professionals with their fingers on the pulse of economic development.

Through our bi-monthly digital and print magazine, website, LeadGen Program, eNewsletter, social media and digital campaigns – ES has created a multi-layer platform for C-level executives, site location consultants, commercial real estate brokers and economic development organizations to exchange ideas and collaborate.

As a full-service, multi-media company with a complete suite of tools available for branding, marketing, public relations, and business recruitment assistance, ES provides a full spectrum of services and assists in bridging the gap between corporate decision makers and public and/or private agencies seeking investment.

The partnership of fDi Intelligence and GIS Planning makes us the world’s leading online investment promotion service, with the most powerful and comprehensive portfolio of online products and services to help you to drive investment into your location.

Geographic Solutions has been working in partnership with state labor market information departments since we created the world's first comprehensive labor market information system for North Carolina in 1994. Since then, we have has secured ourselves as a leading source of valuable employment data used to analyze and predict current and future labor market trends. Today, we maintain the official labor market system in 22 states and U.S. territories, which provide real-time and historical labor market analysis to job seekers, employers, analysts, students, economists, career counselors, and more.

GIS WebTech provides the most advanced technology solutions available for economic development and site selection. The company’s technology helps economic development organizations attract, retain, and expand businesses within their communities and helps corporate site selectors identify and analyze ideal locations. GIS WebTech is the fastest-growing provider, and serves economic development organizations of all sizes, from small, rural communities to large states, provinces, and national governments, across North America and Europe. GIS WebTech’s solutions are built natively on the Esri ArcGIS platform, the world’s most powerful mapping software, and include the most accurate demographic and workforce data available.  For more information, please see www.giswebtech.com.

GSC Manufacturing, Inc. We are an American company committed to manufacturing and distributing a variety of safety supplies to empower individuals, hospitals, first responders, and government agencies with products of premium quality that provide superior protection. It’s our aim to provide our valued customers with an unrivalled level of customer service, in order to build long-term relationships based on loyalty and trust. 

Specializing in Economic Development; Community Development; Strategic Planning; Disaster Recovery; Emergency Management; and Hazard Mitigation activities, GRANTWORKS has secured and managed over $6 billion in state and federal funds. Through a team of over 300 professionals, whose combined experience exceeds 2500 years; our deliverable service capacities include: Grant Writing, Project Management, Reporting, Environmental Reviews, Income Surveys, Labor Standards, Buyouts and Acquisitions

NDC is now Grow America. In a time of unprecedented growth, we’re proud to be the country’s first and most dedicated community and economic development nonprofit.

For over five decades, we have worked to improve the lives of millions of people through new economic opportunity and community improvement, in every one of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We’re proud that our pioneering efforts established a field that now includes peers like CRF, Enterprise, LISC, and many others.

Grow America acts as partner, teacher, advisor, investor, developer, and lender, bringing together technical know-how and capital for community and economic investment. We’re rededicating ourselves to our programs in investments in housing and community development; innovative lending and entrepreneurial support; advisory support for community and economic development; and professional education and training.

“At Grow America, we listen. Then we artfully design creative solutions to support positive change in the community. Proof of concept to program.”—Daniel Marsh, President and CEO

Hunden is a trusted advisor for real estate projects, providing market and financial feasibility, impact studies, developer selection, owner’s rep and project delivery mechanisms. Mr. Hunden and his firm have worked on more than 800 projects and studies over the past 25+ years, totaling more than $6 billion in real estate, with $10 billion more in process. The firm completes approximately 50 assignments per year with its 12-person staff, focused primarily on mixed-use districts, sports facilities, convention centers, entertainment venues, and performing arts. Hunden’s background make the firm a resource for communities looking to develop their destinations in sustainable ways. Some projects include the Chicago Riverwalk and Navy Pier, Distrito T-Mobile in San Juan, a mixed-use destination in the Middle East), and the forthcoming Dallas Convention Center District.

Help your city's entrepreneurs thrive. HUUB is a one-stop, central hub for your city, bringing vital small-business resources to hard-to-reach entrepreneurs. Help entrepreneurs and small business owners get the support they need when they need it. Free up your city's resources and help economic development teams re-envision technical assistance programs and business retention and expansion strategy with a data-driven approach to small biz support.

HUUB's city-wide, custom-branded platform serves more than 1800+ businesses, more than 50% women and 50% people of color. Cities using HUUB  have seen the fastest recovery from the pandemic as measured by Intuit. Schedule a demo today: joinhuub.com

Established in 1993, Impact DataSource is an Austin, Texas-based economic consulting firm. Impact DataSource specializes in economic and fiscal impact analyses. Our firm is highly focused on supporting economic development professionals and organizations through consulting services and software. Impact DataSource has conducted thousands of economic impact analyses of new businesses, retention and expansion projects, developments, and activities in all industry groups throughout the U.S. In addition, Impact DataSource developed and supports Impact DashBoard, impact software built specifically for economic developers. Impact DashBoard is the result of our 30 years of experience helping economic developers change their communities.

Lightcast provides labor market data and analysis to help professionals make sound decisions in their regions. We tell stories with individual-level LMI data that are unmatched in the market. Our data, software, and consulting services help economic development professionals understand and communicate their communities’ workforce strengths, quickly respond to business inquiries, benchmark their regions against their peers, and boost their business services.

Livability Media is a full-service media and content marketing company and a recognized authority in talent attraction and best places to live. We work with economic development organizations, chambers of commerce and governments around the U.S. to tell their stories of why they are outstanding places to locate to, live in, work in and invest in. Best of all, we leverage the power of Livability.com, with millions of annual users, to help attract talent, business investment and visitors. Livability Media combines outstanding content and compelling design with targeted distribution and extensive promotion to reach the audiences that matter most to you.

Welcome to a whole new way of communicating your location’s advantages to businesses and talent. Localintel makes plug-and-play marketing tools that hundreds of economic development organizations have integrated into their website to:

• promote their location’s advantages, 

• increase website engagement,

• generate more leads.

Learn about the National League of Cities' Local Infrastructure Hub, a free online resource available to all small and medium-size cities. These free trainings teach cities how to write, strong competitive applications for federal infrastructure grants. So far 90 communities have won more than $220 million. Most participating and winning city staff have no grant-writing experience yet find success through the program. 

Established in 1962, The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (OU EDI) provides the latest tools and knowledge to be successful as an economic development professional. You may complete all courses in-person or a portion online. This provides significant budget savings, schedule flexibility, and speeds completion of coursework. OU EDI is fully accredited by the IEDC and meets the education requirements to sit for the CEcD Exam. OU EDI offers the only open enrollment CEcD Exam Prep course. By graduating from the comprehensive program, you also earn the OU EDI certificate which is widely recognized in the profession. Admission is based on completion of the IEDC BEDC “Basic” course, or two-years of industry experience. Contact us at 405-325-3136, edi@ou.edu, or visit pacs.ou.edu/edi/ for more information.

PDDG is an international marketing communications agency with 45 years of experience working with municipalities of all sizes across the U.S. and abroad, including long-standing client partnerships with economic development, tourism, workforce development, higher education, transportation, and related organizations. PDDG offers a wide range of services including branding, creative, graphic design, website design, marketing strategy, communications, social media management, and event planning.

Placer.ai is the leader in location analytics, instantly generating foot traffic insights for any location in the U.S. Commercial real estate, retail, and economic development professionals are using the product daily to optimize their decision-making. Placer.ai provides a range of easily accessible reports on-demand including true trade areas, visit trends, customer journey data, demographics, cross-shopping, property rankings and more. The breadth of perspectives empowers local governments to understand consumer behavior, attract the best-fit business and enhance local business performance to drive economic growth.

Proxi is the world's easiest-to-use map creation tool, primarily used by economic development organizations to generate foot traffic and revenue in their communities.

We proudly present Proxi as the unrivaled 'Google My Maps for Business.' Our revolutionary platform allows economic development organizations to create stunning white-labeled interactive maps, instantly shareable with their valued customers and audience through links, website embedding, and QR codes. With Proxi, map creators can effortlessly add points of interest enriched with detailed information, captivating images, irresistible promotional codes, and clickable URLs. What's more, our comprehensive analytics provide invaluable insights into viewership and clicks, empowering map creators to craft content tailored to their audience's interests and even drive revenue through local advertising partnerships.

PEDCO’s mission is to attract, retain and expand primary jobs for Pueblo, Colorado. We serve as the single point of contact for companies and site selectors considering doing business in our community.  Pueblo is the Manufacturing Hub of Southern Colorado and offers companies ease of access, strong transportation infrastructure, low cost of living, abundant supply of locally sourced water, available properties and greenfield sites, award winning workforce development programs, ample renewable energy generation efforts that helps to meet ESG goals and competitive incentive packages. Learn more at www.pedco.org or give us a call at 719-544-2000.

REDI Sites is the first-ever national standard in site readiness, with a rigorous assessment and designation process and a site database that showcases commercial and industrial sites across the country. In addition to helping corporations find the next site for their business, REDI Sites is excited to help communities grow jobs and capital investment.

Founded in 2010, ResearchFDI is a specialized investment attraction consulting firm widely recognized within the economic development industry for its accomplished lead generation programs that have yielded over $50 billion in new investments for its clients worldwide. In addition, ResearchFDI offers a suite of strategy, business intelligence and research reports that act as precursors to any investment attraction campaign such as developing economic development plans, FDI strategies, marketing plans, benchmarking reports, sector profiles, industry reports, investor pitches, pitch deck development and investment attraction training.

Building and Site Data for Economic Development

REsimplifi helps you stand out from the crowd by having the most accurate commercial real estate database available for your market.

Managing dynamic commercial property listings can be difficult as properties come and go off the market. Let us handle the tedious data management, allowing you to focus on higher value tasks.

Resonance creates transformative strategies, brands and campaigns that empower destinations, cities and communities to realize their full potential. As leading advisors in real estate, tourism and economic development, Resonance combines expertise in research, strategy, branding and communications to make destinations, cities and developments more valuable and more vibrant. Our Best Cities platform is the home of the planet’s most trusted city rankings. The data is used by leading news outlets, trusted by city leaders, and is widely considered to be the world’s most comprehensive annual city ranking. Bloomberg calls it, ”“The most comprehensive study of its kind; it identifies cities that are most desirable for locals, visitors, and businesspeople alike, rather than simply looking at livability or tourism appeal.” ResonanceCo.com | WorldsBestCities.com | BestCities.us 

Ipsos is one of the largest market research and polling companies globally, operating in 90 markets and employing nearly 20,000 people. Our passionately curious research professionals, analysts and scientists have built unique multi-specialist capabilities that provide true understanding and powerful insights into the actions, opinions and motivations of citizens, consumers, patients, customers or employees. Our 75 business solutions are based on primary data from our surveys, social media monitoring, and qualitative or observational techniques. “Game Changers”—our tagline—summarizes our ambition to help our 5,000 clients navigate with confidence our rapidly changing world. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos has been listed on the Euronext Paris since July 1, 1999. The company is part of the SBF 120 and Mid-60 indices and is eligible for the Deferred Settlement Service (SRD). ISIN code FR0000073298, Reuters ISOS.PA, Bloomberg IPS:FP www.ipsos.com

ROI Research on Investment (ROI) is an award-winning organization focused on investment attraction for economic development organizations. Since 2002, ROI has worked with over 500 clients worldwide with a proven track record of attracting capital intensive expansion projects from all key sectors. ROI's areas of expertise include lead generation, digital marketing, trade show support, benchmarking/target industry analysis, in-market representation services, and expert training courses.

ROI Digital Labs is our in-house team that provides digital marketing services specifically designed for economic development professionals. We specialize in developing digital marketing strategies, creating in-depth guides and promotional material, and implementing highly-customized communication campaigns. We support EDOs by enhancing their region's appeal, helping them get noticed and generating new and exciting opportunities. 

RoleCall is a talent attraction agency and consultancy, founded to revolutionize talent attraction. Our programs are trackable, measurable, personal — and completely customized. We specialize in talent attraction consulting, talent ecosystem development, lead capture and distribution strategies, employer engagement, strategic planning, and community onboarding and engagement.

Cloud Nine | Economic Development™ is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, providing a trusted platform and core CRM functionality such as:

Projects, Incentives, Grants, Compliance, Locations, Leases, Investors, Case Management, BRE, Business Process Flows, Goals Tracking, Activities, Contacts, Leads, Campaigns, Mailing Lists, and more.

This solution is our answer to the issues that Economic Development teams tackle every day.

We’ve created a pre-built set of enhancements that accelerates new implementations of Dynamics CRM and solves the most common challenges economic developers face, right out of the box. The solution completely covers all requirements of many EDO’s, and further customizations and enhancements can be made to address more complex needs.

The Cloud Nine EDO solution allows economic development organizations to greatly reduce CRM implementation cost and time.

Founded in 2003, SourceLink is a national organization working to build vibrant and cohesive entrepreneurial ecosystems that attract startups, accelerate business growth, create jobs, and develop sustainable community partnerships. Through a tailored mix of technology solutions and consulting services we help communities connect entrepreneur support resources, identify gaps in services and measure program success. SourceLink provides access to a network of economic developers, government leaders and ecosystem builders who share best practices and lessons learned for building diverse and equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems in more than 70 communities across the country.

For more than 7 years, Spectrum Media Solutions has been empowering the Economic Development circle—including Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Economic Development Authorities, Chambers of Commerce, and other key organizations.

We specialize in award-winning Website Development, dynamic Branding, and strategic Digital Marketing. Our goal is to help you bring everyone together through highly usable online experiences that highlight what makes your community special. Our innovative solutions tackle common challenges, enhance your organization’s online presence, and drive impactful change.

Partner with us to transform your community and ignite growth. Schedule a free strategy session today to explore how we can support your goals and elevate your economic development efforts.

Our goal is to empower entrepreneurs and enable economic developers to support them effectively. Economic developers often prioritize attraction, BRE, and workforce initiatives over entrepreneurship due to the perception that entrepreneurs grow slowly and frequently burn out. We have changed that narrative.

The SSC Digital Accelerator enhances entrepreneurs' capabilities through skilled training and holistic support. We collaborate with local SBDCs and mental health counselors to ensure entrepreneurs are well-supported both in skills and personal development.

Our program leverages expert training, access to mentors, and ecosystem referrals, preparing entrepreneurs through our certification process. By identifying high-quality entrepreneurs, we simplify economic development, saving you time and allowing you to focus on scalable ventures. Our flexible training can be customized to meet specific requirements.

Programming includes:

• Pre-Launch, Sales/Marketing, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Pitch Training.
• Comprehensive video training with captioning, transcripts, worksheets, and support.
• Connection to local SBDC/EDC consultants for further assistance.
• Monthly Zoom training for mental well-being support for the entire SSC community.

Join us in transforming how economic development supports entrepreneurs. Learn more at startsupported.com.

Yiftee is a digital gift card platform that empowers communities by supporting local businesses. It offers a simple, seamless way for consumers, corporations, and organizations to purchase and send personalized eGift Cards that can only be redeemed at participating local merchants. By keeping spending within the community, Yiftee helps boost local economies and fosters stronger relationships between businesses and their customers.

For corporations, Yiftee provides a powerful tool for employee rewards, client gifts, and customer incentives, all while promoting corporate social responsibility. The platform is fully customizable, allowing companies to brand the eGift Cards with their logos and colors, and offers valuable data insights on usage and impact. With no plastic cards involved, Yiftee also contributes to sustainability efforts. Whether for small businesses or large enterprises, Yiftee makes it easy to give the gift of local.

YourEconomy shows economic trends in every community – from a single Census Tract to multi-county regions, states and more. Our proprietary data shows details that aren’t available from any other source. Use YourEconomy to: build targeted programs, add context to grant proposals, guide policy decisions and inform your stakeholders.