Economic Development Navigator: July 2024

April 2024

Slideshow of different aspects of the Blue Economy, including offshore wind, fish farming, seaweed farming, commercial fishing, and off-shore oil.

The Blue Economy: What Is It and What's New?

By Dawn Otterby

The blue economy encompasses a wide array of ocean-based and coastal sectors. To ensure the long-term productivity of our oceans, sustainability and climate change considerations have emerged as dominant themes across emerging opportunities.

An outstretched hand holds a small wooden house with a question mark next to it

Demystifying Deed-Restricted Affordable

Homeownership

By Tom Dworetsky, AICP

Examine the positives and negatives of deed-restricted homeownership, which limits how a homeowner can use their property in order to ensure it remains affordable to future buyers. Is it right for your community?

A historical photo taken in 1890 of about 30 residents of a boarding house in Tacoma, Washington.

Could Trends From the Past Help Today's Housing Crisis?

By Katherine Follansbee

The US has a housing gap of 4-7 million homes. Could intergenerational family living and boarding houses — once common practices in our country's history — be relevant again?

A laptop on a wooden desk with hand-drawn images depicting successful search engine optimization images

4 (Relatively) Easy Ways to Improve Your Website's SEO

By Jilayne Jordan

Search engine optimization (SEO) can be complicated but not every business or organization can afford to hire expert help. Here are four ways you can increase visitors to your website and improve your ranking in search results even if you're a novice.

A Multi-Faceted Approach to Entrepreneurship Leads to Success

By Patricia Stanley

Cumberland Coffee Co. in Cumberland County, VA, is a community-building small business that exemplifies multiple types of entrepreneurship.

A lighthouse on the rocky coast of Rhode Island at sunset

Project Profile: Rhode Island Long-Term Economic Development Strategic Plan

Camoin Associates worked closely with the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation in 2023 on a statewide strategic planning process. Includes a link to the final strategic plan.

Camoin Happenings

🎉Exciting News!

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Camoin Associates Launching New ProspectEngage™ Dashboard

We are excited to announce that we'll be rolling out a new and improved dashboard for our existing and future ProspectEngage™ clients on July 22. The updated dashboard is packed with game-changing features designed to supercharge your lead generation and business prospecting efforts! The updates include:

Advanced filtering, including for geography, company size, and industry
Enhanced mapping with Esri maps and map filtering and data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Esri demographics
Deeper analytics with expanded insights into activity on your website
Access to our target industry, site selection, trade show, and business expansion news databases

Learn more & request a demo

✈️Out and About

Space-Based Economic Development: The Race to the Stars. A plenary session hosted by Camoin Associates Senior Vice President Dan Gundersen, FM, HLM, at 2 pm on Tuesday, July 30 at the Southern Economic Development Council's annual conference in Savannah, GA. Featuring Alex MacDonald, Chief Economist at NASA and Kelli Kedis Ogborn, Vice President, Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship at the Space Foundation

Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) Annual Conference
July 28-30 | Savannah, GA

We are proud to sponsor this year's annual conference and will host an informative and inspirational plenary session titled "Space-Based Economic Development: The Race to the Stars" at 2 pm on Tuesday, July 30.

This session is not to be missed, with our Senior Vice President Dan Gundersen, FM, HLM, leading an exciting discussion about the economic development opportunities driving the space economy with NASA's Chief Economist, Alex MacDonald, and the Space Foundation's Vice President, Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Kelli Kedis Ogborn.

If you're attending the conference and would like to learn more about Camoin Associates' services, please stop by our booth (#2) in the exhibit hall or connect directly with one of our attendees to schedule a quick meeting:

💻 Webinar

Camoin Associates' Senior Vice President, Jim Damicis, will participate in a free webinar titled "How to Effectively Use Data for Strategic Impact" at 12 pm EST on Wednesday, October 16.

This webinar features a diverse panel of thought leaders who will share tips about how organizations can more effectively use data in their strategic planning efforts.

Space is limited, so sign up to reserve your spot today!

> Learn more about this webinar and RSVP

📚 Learning Opportunity

IEDC Economic Development Strategic Planning Training Course. July 25-26, 2024. Online. Instructors: Jim Damacis, John Karras, Andy McMillan, CEcD, EDFP, and Jennifer Wakefield, APR

Our Senior Vice President, Jim Damicis, will be one of the instructors of this year's International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Economic Development Strategic Planning training course on July 25 and 26.

This course covers the intricacies of economic development strategic planning, including quantitative techniques to better understand your community and how to set priorities and measure a plan's impact.

Jim and Camoin Associates' Director of Industry and Workforce, Alex Tranmer, CEcD, recently helped the IEDC update the training manual for this course to reflect current and emerging best practices.

> Learn more about this training course and register

👋 New Hire

We are excited to welcome our new Project Manager, Michelle Black, to the Camoin Associates Team!

Michelle previously worked for the Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership and the Northeast Tennessee Regional Hub, gaining valuable experience in research, data analysis, program development, branding and marketing, and stakeholder engagement.

At Camoin Associates, she will manage client projects across many of our service lines, including real estate and industry market analysis, economic and workforce development strategies, and more. Welcome aboard, Michelle!

Michelle Black, Project Manager at Camoin Associates

Client Buzz

📢 Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) Awarded $44 Million Phase II Tech Hub Grant (Manchester, NH)

📢 This Michigan Coal Plant is Being Turned Into a Giant Battery (Detroit, MI)

📢 New Hampshire Celebrates an Economic Upturn (New Hampshire)

📢 Study on Worthington Housing Reveals City Needs at Least 2,000 More Units (Worthington, OH)

📢 New Hampshire's Flagship Research University Joins NH Life Sciences (Bedford, NH)

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