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Tactical Guide: Municipal Economic Development Funding
In collaboration with Bloomberg Associates, a part of Michael Bloombergs’ Bloomberg Philanthropies, RDG developed a Municipal Funding...
Matthew Chambers
Dec 10, 20201 min read
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Economic Development Is Not for Amateurs
By: RDG Managing Principal Rob Radcliff I've known Jay Garner of Garner Economics for decades. Over that period of time I have learned...

Rob Radcliff
Aug 18, 20202 min read
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YES, you can successfully raise money right now!
This is the answer to the question we fundraising consultants are most asked in 2020. It's a great question! After all, back in April we...

Clint Nessmith
Aug 17, 20202 min read
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WHY DOESN’T CONGRESS LIKE THE 501(c)6?
If your corporate structure happens to be as a 501(c)6, that headline probably got your attention. In a recent POLL RDG conducted, 70% of...
Matthew Chambers
May 4, 20203 min read
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Funding Your Work In Uncertain Times – Part Two!
First off, I hope everyone is healthy and safe right now. This is an uncertain time for us all and the most important thing we can do is...
Matthew Chambers
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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RDG Celebrates Economic Development Week 2019!
Happy fourth annual Economic Development Week! Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council...
Matthew Chambers
May 6, 20192 min read
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Planning Now Translates To Future Fundraising Success
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at IEDC’s Annual Conference in Atlanta where my role was to speak about the...

Clint Nessmith
Dec 13, 20183 min read
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Investor Retention: The One Thing Everyone Must Do
So you just raised a bunch of money to fund your organization for the next three years. Or maybe you raised a new pot of money to use...
Matthew Chambers
Sep 19, 20182 min read
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Hidden Talent
You never know what you might discover in your backyard. I’m a Bruce Springsteen fan. Recently my wife and I went to NYC to see him on...

Michael Trubiano
Jun 13, 20183 min read
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I’m A Runner
One of my traditions is a New Year’s Day run. I’ve done one for at least 25 years now, sometimes alone, oftentimes with one or more...
Matthew Chambers
Jan 8, 20183 min read
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Thoughts on IEDC’s 2017 Annual Conference
I’m impressed! That is how I left feeling about Toronto after a very successful IEDC Annual Conference a few weeks ago. A city of over...

Clint Nessmith
Oct 2, 20172 min read
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Interview Series – Ashley Folladori, JAXUSA Partnership
Ashley Folladori, Director of Investor Relations for JAXUSA Partnership This year, JAXUSA Partnership is celebrating 27 years of...
Matthew Chambers
May 8, 20174 min read
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Takeaways from the 2017 IEDC Leadership Summit
2017 IEDC LEADERSHIP SUMMIT TAKEAWAYS I always enjoy the late January IEDC Leadership Conference — shorter timespan, more relaxed, nice...
Matthew Chambers
Feb 20, 20173 min read
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Lessons from the Greatest
I come from the generation that grew up with Muhammad Ali – I was 7 when he knocked out Sonny Liston; 12 when he knocked out Jerry Quarry...
Matthew Chambers
Jun 29, 20163 min read
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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...
Matthew Chambers
May 10, 20161 min read
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How Do We Tell Our Story?
One of the biggest challenges for EDO’s is telling their story in a succinct, clear and compelling way. Not the story of the community or...
Matthew Chambers
Jan 5, 20161 min read
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Does The Rising Tide Really Lift Everyone’s Boat?
I read an article in our local paper a few weeks ago that really stuck with me. It chronicled the dramatic disparity in relative...
Matthew Chambers
Jan 1, 20162 min read
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Big Things Come In Small Packages: Small Markets CAN Compete In The Big Leagues
RDG does a lot of work in major metros across the United States. In fact, of the 48 metros of 1 million population or higher with a...
Matthew Chambers
Dec 28, 20153 min read
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Regionalism and the Retirement of Pat Danahy
Principal and Co-Owner Clint Nessmith provides our blog for this edition of RDG Interactive. I was recently at Pat Danahy’s retirement...
Matthew Chambers
Dec 20, 20153 min read
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Wrestling is a Metaphor…
This past Saturday morning while the rest of the country was preparing for another weekend of March Madness, I was at a celebration...
Matthew Chambers
Dec 9, 20153 min read
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