Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

In this episode, Dane talks to Josh Mejia, the executive director of the Brownsville Community Improvement District in Brownsville, Texas about all the great work he's doing in Brownsville. We also touch on his work with the IEDC and entrepreneurship-led economic development, SpaceX, international trade and supply chains, downtown redevelopment and more. Special Guest: Josh Mejia.

In today's epsisode, Chad Chancellor (https://podcast.econdevshow.com/guests/chad-chancellor), CEO and Co-Founder of the Next Move Group (https://www.thenextmovegroup.com/) and I have a wide ranging conversation: Why your EDO needs two podcasts (one for local stakeholders, and another for outside attraction.) Executive Searches. Now's a great time to find a new economic development job. (How to double your salary.) Economic developers should take jobs all over the country. (The more people you

You're no doubt familiar with ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, and delivery services like Doordash, Uber Eats, and Instacart. These services work via an app on a smartphone, allowing users to request a ride, or a delivery, anytime, and in almost any medium sized city or larger. But it didn't used to be that way. DoorDash and Uber used to be exclusively focused on the big cities and the coasts. And there used to be places, decently sized communities like Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that they

In this episode Dane Carlson speaks with Rebecca Naragon, Economic Development Director for the United South and East Tribes, Inc. Many of us work in areas where governmental entities, be they cities, counties and even states and countries work together with through voluntary non profit associations of government. Where I live and work, in greater Houston, we have the Houston Galveston Area Council. It is the regional organization through which local governments consider issues and cooperate in

In this episode, we get a little bit of background about our host Dane Carlson.

A teaser and demo of sorts. Definitely not episode #1.