IEDC: Business Retention & Expansion
MEDA Members can attend at the IEDC Member rate. This interactive course presents the core components of a BRE program and why the concerns of local businesses need to be...
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IEDC: Economic Development Finance Programs
The core objective of this analytical course is to explain the financial tools used to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent, private sector jobs, increased...
IEDC: Real Estate Development and Reuse
This course clearly articulates the eight stage process for real estate development and reuse. Specifically, course participants will learn the fundamentals of market and site analysis, financial feasibility, and what...
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2021 MEDA Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course
VIRTUALThe Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of economic development. The course is designed to prepare participants for the challenges they face in the practice...
IEDC: Economic Development Strategic Planning
This highly interactive course lets participants work in small teams to help understand the complexity of strategic planning and its challenges. Economic developers must build consensus among board members, stakeholders...
IEDC: Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Strategies
This multi-faceted course explores the core aspects of entrepreneurial and small business development including value-add partnerships, technical assistance programs, financing, business incubation and more. Entrepreneurs and small businesses stimulate job...
IEDC: Workforce Development Strategies
MEDA Members can attend at the IEDC Member rate. Skilled workers are the backbone of a productive and efficient economy. This versatile course explains the strong relationship between economic and...
IEDC: Economic Development Credit Analysis
This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private...
IEDC: Neighborhood Development Strategies
This practitioner-driven course uses the case study method to complement current neighborhood development theory. Participants will learn how to identify the major neighborhood actors, their objectives, and strategies for redevelopment,...
IEDC: Real Estate Development and Reuse
This course clearly articulates the eight stage process for real estate development and reuse. Specifically, course participants will learn the fundamentals of market and site analysis, financial feasibility, and what...
