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ACCE 2016

Our entire Resource Development Group team attended ACCE’s Annual Conference in Savannah a few weeks ago, and in case you missed it, it...

The Silly Season is Upon Us…Again

Thanks to Ian Scott at ACCE, I recently read an article whose premise was hauntingly familiar: see Corporations and Politics: Shunning...

Economic Development Week

May 8-15th is Economic Development Week – something Resource Development Group is proud to celebrate! Please join us in honoring all of...

Are We Listening?

As I travel the country and listen to Chamber Execs., EDC Presidents and Board leaders talk about the challenges faced by their...

Building Blocks

Let’s face it. Unless you are one of the lucky few organizations with more money than you know what to do with, there never seems to be...

Hey, Maybe Our Communities Are Smart After All!

Last month I wrote about the value of communities focusing on a few, highly impactful and meaningful objectives rather than a litany of...