Poll on the Top Business Attraction Organizations

Wouldn't you like to know who ED leaders believe are the top-rated ED organizations doing business attraction? Lots of people would like to know this. That's why we sent out a request to 100 top ED leaders and consultants asking them to tell us which organizations do the best job in this arena. We will run a story discussing the poll results sometime in August.

Here is the request. Please feel free to send your suggestions by email to Don Iannone at: dtia@don-iannone.com.

ED Futures is in the process of identifying the industry leaders in business attraction (recruitment) across America. We would like your advice about which regional (multi-county) and county-level organizations and programs are doing the best job of recruiting new businesses to their areas. We are working to identify business attraction programs that meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. Recognized as a business attraction industry leader by a state, regional (multi-state), or national economic development association.
2. Frequently used as a business recruitment and marketing best practice example by other economic development organizations.
3. Viewed by economic development professionals, industry site selection location consultants, and other experts as running a highly effective program that gets significant recruitment results over time.
4. Described in the trade, industry, or professional literature as an effective business recruiter, and worthy of note because of its performance.
5. Seen as using innovative business attraction strategies and techniques.

We would like you to identify three (3) organizations that you are aware of that meet at least one of these five criteria. It would help us greatly if you could provide us with the name and location of the organization, and a person we could contact for additional information.

Please feel free to: 1) ask others who can help with this request; or 2) suggest your own organization as a recruitment leader, if it meets one of the five criteria.

In exchange for your help, we will supply you with a list of the top organizations suggested as business attraction “industry leaders.”

Time is of the essence. We would like to formulate this list by next Friday, July 22, 2005.

In anticipation of your help, I would like to thank you.

Sincerely,

Don Iannone

Publisher, ED Futures
dtia@don-iannone.com
Phone: 440.449.0753