Strategic Partners:

Sponsors Advancing Leadership Excellence in Economic Development

Strategic Partners:

Sponsors Advancing Excellence in Economic Development

Chairman’s

Amazon’s Economic Development team supports worldwide expansion by building relationships with economic development organizations, policymakers, permitting agencies, and community stakeholders. We directly support Amazon’s investments and we help integrate our businesses into the communities in which they locate. Our engagement is not transactional. We build long-term, collaborative partnerships with economic development organizations to advance job creation and economic growth.

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.

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.

ResearchFDI Academy is an online platform designed to help economic development professionals enhance their expertise in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). With flexible, self-paced modules, you can learn anytime, anywhere. The Academy offers expert-led content, real-world examples, and actionable insights into the FDI process, from lead generation to investor aftercare. Tailored for those in investment attraction, stakeholder engagement, and economic development, the Foreign Direct Investment Professional (FDIP) Certification provides a recognized credential to advance your career. Elevate your skills and confidence to attract and sustain investments and help your region thrive.

Innovation Sponsor

ACT workforce solutions strengthen job readiness and skills development for individuals, businesses, government, professional associations, and education institutions in the United States and internationally. Our comprehensive training, assessments, and credential offerings have helped more than 5 million individuals and 28,000+ employers find success.

Supporting

Cheyenne LEADS is a private, not-for-profit corporation serving as the economic development entity for the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County, Wyoming. LEADS is funded by small businesses, larger corporations, and individual dues-paying members. Cheyenne LEADS holds contracts with the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County to provide comprehensive economic development services.
 
These services include, but are not limited to, business recruitment, working with businesses on retention and expansion projects, and fostering a supportive business environment. LEADS prides itself on being the link between the community and site selectors, as well as businesses looking to relocate to Cheyenne and Laramie County.
 
In addition to these services, Cheyenne LEADS owns the Cheyenne Business Parkway, a 900-acre business park, and the 740-acre North Range Business Park. Both parks are shovel-ready and offer immediate access to I-80. LEADS also manages two other large business parks, ensuring a variety of options for incoming businesses.

Media Partner

Your destination for premium location intelligence.
 
Make informed decisions, attract corporate investment and stay competitive in the world of foreign and domestic direct investment. Our economic development data products and consulting services can help your organisation make better strategic decisions for long-term success.
 
Trust insight over instinct.
Decisions driven by intelligence.

Spotlight Exhibit Sponsor

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.

Session Sponsor

FDI Center is a specialized advisory firm in the field of foreign direct investment. They are entirely focused on helping governments and investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to attract investment. FDI Center works with countries, regions, cities, special economic zones and industrial parks from around the world to develop and implement successful strategies and approaches for attracting and retaining investment. They know how intensely locations compete to attract investment and understand what makes a location attractive for investors and the important role that investment promotion agencies play in this competitive environment.

FDI Center focus on the practical aspects of investment attraction that directly impact their clients’ day-to-day activities and performance. Their support addresses the most important activities of investment promotion and helps their clients to attract investment more efficiently and successfully.

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