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From practical news, tips, and place marketing strategies to industry news and product updates, our blog posts keep you up to date and informed about all things economic development.
Economic development professionals work hard to gain the skills and expertise needed to represent their regions. This means not only the foundational education on corporate ...
The GIS Planning Design team always designs our online software products with the rule of ARI in mind. That means having applications that are easy to Access, Read, and Interpret. ...
We're thrilled to introduce yet another new feature on ZoomProspector: adjustable drive time analysis for cars, trucks and walking. This is a game-changer for prospective ...
Economic development data is critical to the practice of investment attraction, business retention and corporate site selection. GIS Planning is proud to offer a top quality range ...
The coronavirus pandemic has completely upended the practice of economic development. One of the things we have heard over and over again from economic developers and investment ...
At GIS Planning, we are always working to improve our software applications - and we get our best ideas from our clients. Our customers told us they wanted to display their full ...
If your economic development organization is still expecting site selectors and businesses making location decisions to rely solely on your outdated static data reports, you are ...
The creation of Opportunity Zones in the U.S. is easily one of the most important economic developments of the year, with big implications for investment attraction strategies in ...
By now you may have heard of the letters ‘GDPR’ being discussed in the industry. Wait, bear with me - don’t get bored just yet! What if I told you that the impact of complying ...
Lauren Drew Subscriptions Marketing Manager for the FT Specialist
We're looking forward to reconnecting with many clients at ICSC ReCon in Las Vegas in a few weeks and it's got me thinking about the ways economic developers expend resources, ...
Software and tech guru Marc Andreesson has argued that "software is eating the world." If anyone should know, it's him; as the co-author of Mosaic (the first widely used web ...
Chamber of commerce executives know more than just about anyone how the digital revolution has transformed the nature of business. They hear it everyday from the shop owners ...
As many of you may have heard, Xceligent declared bankruptcy and shut down operations as of last week. GIS Planning, owned by the Financial Times (Nikkei Inc.) is here to offer ...
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article discussing how site selectors target communities based on an underemployed labor force. With ...
We are eagerly looking forward to the 2017 IEDC Annual Conference in Toronto, and we are really hoping to see you there. Before you head out to Canada's largest city, make sure ...
Communicating economic development data in compelling and easy-to-digest formats can be a challenge. We all know too well how quickly one's eyes glaze over faced with rows and ...
Last week, I spent four great (and exhausting) days at the ICSC RECon event in Las Vegas. This is THE event for retailers, real estate developers, vendors, and economic ...
Economic developers tend to wear a lot of hats. We know you are busy people, often combining marketing with meetings with site selectors, managing RFPs and keeping an eye on your ...
Using data strategically gives locations a competitive advantage. That means taking advantage of powerful tools to build investment strategy internally, clarify objectives and ...
When it comes to economic development marketing, the vast majority of effort is spent generating leads. We blog, use social media in strategic ways, put together a clever, ...
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