2020 OEDA Annual Summit
Thank you to all that participated in the 2020 OEDA Virtual Annual Summit!
2020 OEDA Virtual Annual Summit Available Presentations
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
- Progress Flows From New Franklin’s Investment in Water Infrastructure: Creating a Roadmap for Development
- Evolving Economic Development Practices – Job Hubs and a More Competitive Future
- Private Incentives Practitioners Roundtable
- How to Develop a Long-Term Economic Inclusion Initiative
- Whitehall Works on Moving the Needle: Live with Zach and Jenna!
- CIC on Steroids
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
- Ohio Development Services Agency Update
- Kao USA Growing Cincinnati: Promoting Urban Manufacturing with Creative Solutions in Real Estate
- Creative P3 Presentation
- Launching The Beta District Brand During COVID-19
- Restoring the Food System Through Development Finance
- Broadband and the COVID-19 Economic Recovery
Thursday, October 1, 2020
- Creative Collaboration for Economic Development
- Leveraging EPA Funds for Small Business Growth and Community Development
- Your Money Multiplied
- Community Workforce Platform
- Small Town Ohio’s Comeback
- The Community College as an Economic Development Partner: Collaboration vs. Isolation
- Connecting Communities Through Alternative Transportation Facilities
- A Case Study of Leveraging Workforce, Education and Private Sector Partnerships to Drive Economic Growth Through Career Pathways
2020 OEDA Additional Annual Summit Presentations
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Tuesday, October 22, 2020
- Small Community ED Professionals Moving the Needle
- Driving Economic Development in Smaller Communities Wyandot County: A Case Study
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