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Wishing you a bright and brilliant 2019!
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Site Selection Trends in the Technology Industry
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By: Chris Engle, Principal
The technology industry has become one of the most dominant drivers of the U.S. economy today, as it permeates more aspects of consumer life and business strategy. Urgency now exists for companies to identify the best technology workforce to ensure dominance in their field. Despite low levels of unemployment, there is still fear that technology and automation will soon start to displace workers at levels never before seen (at least those tasks that can be automated). When Marc Andreessen famously said in 2011, “Software is eating the world,” he could have continued the sentence with, “and is coming to eat your lunch.”
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- The
Amarillo EDC
held their first ever State of the Economy event this month to discuss local growth and how national economic trends will affect the Amarillo economy. Avalanche VP Tony DeLisi, who led the Align Amarillo strategy in 2017, was one of the event's headline speakers.
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We started new year by visiting Sandoval County, NM, to kick off a new economic development strategy for the
Sandoval Economic Alliance
and the community. Next, we returned to
Chattanooga
to continue crafting the region's new five-year strategic plan, Chattanooga Climbs. Finally, Jennifer and our partners at CAEL led workshops in Hampton Roads, VA, to begin creating a workforce development strategy for the region. 2019 is certainly off to a running start!
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The Future Of
Featured Post:
Time to Support America’s Midsized Metros
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Ever since the 2016 election more attention has been paid to the growing disparity between highly successful major metros and the economically depressed rural areas of America, but what about those in between? Coastal tech hubs are booming while rural small towns are collapsing has been a common headline over the past two years, but less attention has been paid to how midsized metros factor into our national narrative. Midsized metros, characterized as metros with populations between 25,000 and 1 million, could be vital to encouraging widespread economic growth.
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Avalanche's curated news website,
The Future Of,
shares what we see as the most relevant news to our profession with YOU.
The Future Of is designed for busy thought leaders and change makers in our field who are continuously curious but do not have enough time to cull through messy mass media to find meaningful news.
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Avalanche Consulting: Research, Marketing, Strategy
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Avalanche Consulting
is the nation's premier economic development strategist. We are the best in the business at translating complex information into strategies, marketing messages, and motivation for action. We are deeply driven to make a positive impact and seek clients who are equally inspired to energize their economies. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Avalanche was established in 2005 and has assisted more than 150 communities across the US and abroad.
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Headlight Illuminates Data on Your Community
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Headlight Data
is Avalanche's award-winning online data system that enables economic and workforce development organizations to produce data-intensive websites on their region's economy and workforce, allowing them to better serve prospects, site selectors, and their community. Data can be aggregated into one central website or embedded into your organization's existing website.
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Avalanche Consulting, Inc. | (512) 917-3815 |
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