Tag: FCG

Foote Consulting Group set to assist with the Strategic Plan for the Alamogordo, NM Area

The Otero County Economic Development Council has retained FCG to complete a new Strategic Plan for the region. The plan will include targeting, a community assessment, focus group review/training, and strategic recommendations.

FCG is excited about assisting this important military base community. These types of communities are excellent locations for select targets. One of our most successful site selection projects was the location of the ING Financial Services Center in Minot, ND near the Air Force base there. This has become one of ING’s most productive centers in part due to the high quality of workers coming from the base.

Foote Consulting Group (FCG) and Austin Consulting are assisting the new “Select Tennessee” Certified Sites Program

“Select Tennessee” is the newest state certified/shovel ready sites program. You can read more about “Select Tennessee” here: http://www.selecttennessee.com. FCG has partnered with Austin Consulting to help certify industrial sites across the state from a site selector’s viewpoint. It is well recognized that certified/shovel ready sites attract more site selection projects, and speed more projects to a successful conclusion. Applications are now being accepted under Phase 1 of the program.

Tennessee Select
Select Tennessee

Deane Foote, a Founding Board Member of the Site Selector’s Guild, recently attended the ‘Lakeside with the Guild’ Event at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri

The Missouri Partnership and the Missouri Economic Development Council hosted the event attended by 10 members of the Site Selectors Guild, and over 30 economic development practitioners from around the state. Numerous productive roundtable discussions took place during the day and half session, including topics such as: best practices for success, growth industry trends, certified sites, site tours and prospect visits, the RFP process, incentives, Right to Work, and websites/marketing. The Guild members also participated in a session with state legislators to discuss site selection issues. The bottom line: Guild members are now better prepared to discuss Missouri with corporate clients that are looking to expand!

Left to right: Guild Members: Will Hearn and Gary Yates and MO partnership President: Christopher Chung
Left to right: Guild Members: Will Hearn and Gary Yates and MO Partnership President: Christopher Chung
Beautiful Lake of the Ozarks
Beautiful Lake of the Ozarks

Site Selectors Guild: RFP for Annual Conference Host Location

The Site Selectors Guild held its first conference in January 2012, in Orlando, Florida. The event was hosted by 30 Guild members and attended by 150 economic development professionals.

The Orlando event was sponsored by a state-led host committee, Enterprise Florida, and its regional partners, as well as a number of other industry organizations.

The Guild Conference takes place over a day and a half, with golf and other optional activities taking place the day before the program portion of the conference begins.

The typical schedule for the Guild Conference is outlined below. (Please note: this schedule is subject to change pending finalization of the conference program content.)

The Conference dates have not been announced, but the estimated time frame is expected to be in March of 2013.

Please see the official Location Host flyer for all of the details: Site Selectors Guild: RFP for Annual Conference Host Location