Team NEO, in partnership with the Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA)<\/a>, kicks off the year with a virtual event focused on sharing best practices for communities to be prepared to compete and win business investment. At this annual workshop, we\u2019ll discuss how local government has a critical role in community resilience, especially in these uncertain times of COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join us for lively dialogues and insights about how your community and the Northeast Ohio Region can stay competitive, prosperous and vibrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hear from keynote Jay Garner, highly-respected site selection consultant and author of Economic Development Is Not for Amateurs!<\/em><\/a> <\/em>A must-read for community leaders on how to achieve economic development success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UPDATE: All complimentary books have been claimed. <\/strong>Sign up by January 15th to receive a complimentary, autographed book, \u201cEconomic Development is Not for Amateurs!\u201d written by Keynote Speaker Jay Garner sponsored by Ohio\u2019s Electric Cooperatives.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Limited to the first 200 that sign up by January 15. Books will be mailed to the address you provide when you register after you attend the January 29 event.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guests will be able to choose one panel discussion when they register for the event. Please view the panel descriptions below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Find out how government organizations came together to redevelop a major asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Featuring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This discussion will feature how communities can prepare retail sites for new life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Featuring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Showcases how this new program is being utilized to encourage the orderly development of well-planned, diversified, and economically sound new undertakings with cooperation between developers and communities to carry out a new community development program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Featuring:<\/p>\n\n\n\nKeynote<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sign up by January 15th and receive a complimentary Keynote Speaker book<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel Discussions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Community Tax Sharing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Reconfiguring Retail and Vacant Sites<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
New Community Authority Program<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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