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2020 Mid-America EDC Annual Report to the Membership

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

With the switch from in-person to virtual for the 2020 Competitiveness Conference & Site Selector Forum, the leadership would like to provide to you this year the attached written annual report/update. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and we hope to see you (in person) in 2021! 2020 Annual Report The Mid-America EDC Board of Directors

December's Spotlight is on Colleen Eddy, Economic Development Specialist at the City of Elk River, Minnesota.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

It’s the most….. wonderful time….. of…. the year! Season’s Greetings Mid-America EDC Members. We hope you were able to join us for our Virtual Competitiveness Conference and Site Selector Forum. A reminder to those who were able to attend - all sessions were recorded and you can access them anytime via the Whova app - https://whova.com/. As we close the final chapter on 2020, we are excited to spotlight yet another one of our dedicated volunteer board members. We miss seeing everyone in-person at our conferences, so we hope these emails serve as a networking opportunity to meet our team that has a diversifie...

November's Board Member Spotlight is on Chris McGowan, President, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce & The Siouxland Initiative

Monday, November 02, 2020

Happy November Mid-America EDC Members! Big Ten Football is back, the election season is over, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It’s going to be a great month! We hope you enjoyed our very first edition of the "Board Member Spotlight" newsletter last month. These monthly short pieces are intended to provide insight on exciting economic development projects from around the Mid-America EDC Region while also providing virtual networking / get-to knows of the Mid-America EDC board members. This month, we are featuring Chris McGowan, President of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and The Siouxland Initiative (Sioux City, IA)...

Mid-America EDC 2021 Events and Information Planning/Update

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

As we continue Mid-America EDC’s planning for 2021, we wanted to share the current plan from the Board of Directors, as we know many are working on budgets for next year. We are happy to report that our membership and sponsorship rates will NOT increase in 2021. Visit our website at www.midamericaedc.org to renew today! Check out updated membership benefits, including monthly educational webinars that will be FREE to members, and that will offer additional sponsor exposure. At this time, we do plan to hold both conferences in-person next year (and are truly looking forward to it)! The Best Practices Conference will b...

October's Board Member Spotlight is on Nathan Schneider, Vice President, Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC

Thursday, October 01, 2020

As fall is now here, and 2020 is getting closer to being in the rearview mirror (good riddance), we hope you and your families and respective economic development organizations are well! Mid America EDC like all other organizations has continued to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we aren't able to network in-person quite yet, we wanted to share backgrounds, experiences, and advice from our volunteer board members from across the Mid America EDC Region. So, today is the first edition of our "Board Member Spotlight" newsletter that we plan to send out monthly (hopefully this is more than just another newslette...

Extended deadline and NEW category for the Mid-America EDC 2020 Awards Program!

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Submit your Entry for the 2020 Annual Economic Development Awards The Mid-America EDC invites you to participate in the The Mid-America EDC Economic Development Awards program. These awards recognize outstanding endeavors in development of marketing materials, marketing events and economic development efforts in our thirteen Mid-America region states. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our 2020 awards deadline will be extended to January 31, 2021 – AND, we have added a new award category “Overcoming Adversity”! Winners will be announced at the 2021 Best Practices Conference May 12-14, 2021 in Flint, Michigan. Award recipients will be recognized on the Mid-America EDC websit...