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| | This page is more than a directory of recommended providers—it’s a profile of our extended Chabin staff. We collaborate regularly with these talented economists, planners, designers, and site locators. If you hire Chabin, it’s likely you will also meet some of the people described below. | |
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| | Applied Economics
Economic Analysis and Custom Data. If all economists were like Sarah Murley and Rick Brammer, we wouldn’t need those bad economist jokes. They are the brains behind MetroComp and other practical applications that you can use to show your prospects you understand their needs. How about an impact analysis to demonstrate a company’s effect on your local economy? Sarah has a master of science degree in economics from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s in mathematics and economics from Pomona College. Rick holds a degree in computer science and economics from the University of Oregon.
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| | Destination Development
Tourism and Downtown Development. Witness one Roger Brooks presentation, and you will come out seeing your community in a whole new way. Destination Development offers incisive tourism-related assessments and marketing campaigns. Their expertise in signage, parking, positioning--and even public restrooms--is must-have knowledge for communities seeking to attract visitors.
[Destination Development website]
[Order The 25 Immutable Rules of Successful Tourism by Roger Brooks] | |
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| | FJMcLaughlin & Associates
Strategic Planning and Analysis. Fawn McLaughlin, principal of FJMclaughlin & Associates, has moved a long way from her roots in city planning, but one thing that hasn’t changed is her planner’s knack for nailing the key issues with precision and efficiency. Her areas of expertise include technical assistance, grant writing, job creation planning, community assessments, strategic planning, and military base reuse. Prior to founding FJMcLaughlin & Associates in 1989, Fawn served as program manager with the San Francisco Economic Development Corporation (EDC). From 1985 to 1989, she served as the first executive director of the Stanislaus County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDCO). She holds a master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from California State University, Fresno, and a bachelor of science in Environmental Planning and Management from the University of California, Davis. | |
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| | Golden Capital Network
Entrepreneurial Development / Early Stage Investing. If you want to develop your entrepreneurial community, Golden Capital Network is the partner you need. Their Venture Communities program takes you step-by-step through the process of supporting growth companies and developing your local angel and venture capital network. In addition, they have connections to big-time investors and mentors outside your community who can provide specialized services when required.
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| | Kate McEnroe Consulting
Site Selection, Economic Development Review. Kate McEnroe will gently, yet firmly, tell it like it is from the site selector’s perspective. And not just any site selector. Her corporate clients have included Aetna, Hilton, Sprint/Nextel, and Atlanta Gas Light. For communities, Kate’s services include workforce business case development and screening assessment (or how to make it to the short list).
[Kate McEnroe Consulting website] | |
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| | MC2 Design Group
Graphic Design, Internet and Media Development. Chabin’s comprehensive creative services are unique in economic development circles, and MC2 Design Group has had a large and creative hand in many of our award-winning projects. Outside economic development circles, their portfolio includes successful work for OSRAM-Sylvania, Macromedia, Apple, Sierra Nevada Brewery, and Paramount Parks. MC2 is full-service design and marketing agency serving a national and international market. They provide graphic design services, marketing consulting, internet development solutions and media production. Brian Curtis and Rocky Campbell founded MC2 in 1989. With the addition of partner, Michael Coogan, they strengthened their already impressive web capabilities.
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| | Marketek
Downtown Development and Retail Market Analysis. When someone says “downtown," Mary Bosch at Marketek is the person we call. Mary has expertise in retail feasibility analysis, marketing downtown business districts, business development and consumer research. She has conducted assignments for over 125 communities throughout the United States on various aspects of economic development including market analysis, business retention and recruitment programming, niche marketing and cluster planning. She has led workshops and conducted presentations on these subjects for state and local Main Street programs throughout the country. Mary has a Master of City Planning degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is also a graduate from Indiana University in Communications.
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| | Don Schjeldahl
Site Location Consultant. One of our most popular services is site consultant visits, and one reason they’re so popular is Don Schjeldahl. He’s our own Simon Cowell—minus the sarcasm. If you want to know what site consultants are really going to think about your community—before a crucial project comes down the pipeline—you’ll get honest and constructive advice from Don. At The Austin Company, Don assists companies in developing and implementing location strategies for office operations, manufacturing plants and distribution facilities throughout urban centers and rural areas in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. He is a frequent contributor to industry-specific publications and location selection journals including Food Processing, Warehousing Management, Business Facilities and Area Development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban Geography from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in Economic Geography from Wayne State University. | |
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