How To Get A Job At A Major Air Service Provider

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1 Best Economic Development Practices Economic Development strategies that any chamber of any size and location can duplicate in their own community to create a strong local economy. Tom Pierson, ACE Chief Executive Officer Federal Way Chamber of Commerce

2 Overview of What Will be Covered Economic Gardening West Chamber of Commerce GIS Site Locator Websites Greater Spokane Incorporated Micropreneur Webinar Irvine Chamber of Commerce Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry Additional Resources

3 Economic Gardening Economic gardening is a local or regional economic development strategy that focuses on supporting local entrepreneurs and small businesses instead of "economic hunting" - attempting to attract new businesses from outside the area. The idea was developed in Littleton, Colorado in the late 1980s and has since spread to many communities across the US.

4 Economic Gardening West Chamber of Commerce, (303) Amy Sherman, President & CEO The Chamber currently has 925 members. West Chamber members come from: Lakewood Wheat Ridge Golden Arvada Littleton (South Jefferson County) Denver Evergreen Cities throughout the metro area Jefferson County Business Resource website: jeffcobrc.org

5 Economic Gardening Chamber of Commerce started Jefferson County Business Resource in 2005 Partnership between the County, five cities, the workforce center, and the community college. Funding for annual operations is about $125,000 per year. After two years in 2007 they spun the program off into a 501(c)3 for funding purposes. Jefferson County Business Resource website:

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7 GIS Site Locator Websites A GIS site locator website to help companies and site consultants find properties and demographic information in, and for this market area.

8 GIS Site Locator Websites Greater Spokane Incorporated (509) Rich Hadley, President & CEO Spokane is a city located in the state of Washington. It is the largest city, it is the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region. The city is located in Eastern Washington, 110 miles (180 km) south of the Canadian border, approximately 20 miles (32 km) from the Washington-Idaho border, and 271 miles (436 km) east of Seattle. Spokane is located in Spokane County with a population of 465,000. A GIS site locator website:

9 GIS Site Locator Websites OVERVIEW The Spokane Regional Site Selector project establishes a GIS based Site Selector website which allows citizens and businesses access to available commercial properties, business locations, land based GIS information, demographic and market information. The Spokane Regional Site Selector website will be a resource to local and imported businesses and regional economic development. The project leverages the communities existing investments in GIS to foster economic development, empower developers and investors with information, and improve regional economic development capacity. The project is organized and managed by the Spokane Regional Site Selector Consortium. The Consortium is an open group of public and private organizations committed to the creation and ongoing maintenance of the Spokane Regional Site Selector. As an open consortium, it can be expanded to include new members and will actively solicit new members during its existence. Current Consortium members are: City of Spokane, Spokane County, City of Liberty Lake, Greater Spokane Incorporated, and Avista Utilities. The Consortium is staffed and managed by Washington State University.

10 GIS Site Locator Websites OVERVIEW Search for Available Buildings or Land To search for vacant building space or developable land you can enter your minimum and maximum size requirements by square feet or acres. You can search for properties that are for lease or for sale. You can also search for the type of commercial property your want. Create Demographic Reports Once you have selected a property you can create site-specific demographic reports by clicking on a link or the file tab near the top of the web page labeled "Demographics". Create Business Competition & Synergy Reports After selecting a property you can create site-specific business competition & synergy reports by clicking on a link or the file tab near the top of the web page titled "Businesses". Select the distance from the property you want the analysis to include and click the "Calculate" button. Interactive Mapping

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13 Micropreneur Webinar Program Who is a Micropreneur? The more than 70% of Irvine businesses with five or fewer employees!

14 Micropreneur Webinar Program Irvine Chamber of Commerce (949) Tallia Hart, President & CEO Chris Lynch, VP of Business & Economic Development Irvine is a city located in the state of California. It is the located in Orange County with a population of 217,868. Micropreneur Webinar website:

15 Micropreneur Webinar Program IRVINE MICROPRENEUR PROGRAM. This weekly webinar series, hosted by small business expert and radio host Robert Coleman, will discuss and solve the needs of Irvine small businesses. Each show will start off with Robert addressing a particular issue that Micropreneurs in Irvine face, but then the discussion will go wherever the call-in listeners take it in this interactive show. Robert Coleman has strategized with hundreds of small businesses over the past 20 years and has hosted a weekly radio show on entrepreneurship in the Bay Area. Noon to 1:00 PM (Regularly scheduled time: each Thursday)

16 Micropreneur Webinar Program Upcoming Webinars: January 20 - Maximizing LinkedIn January 27 - Getting Personal With Your Business February 3 - Moving a Startup Beyond Incubation

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18 Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Definition of Economic Development is.increase in the standard of living in a population with sustained growth

19 Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry (360) Ken Oplinger, President & CEO The Chamber currently has 850 members. Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber members come from: Whatcom County which has a population of 190,814

20 Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Issue: Major Airline announced to pull service from Bellingham International Airport Potential loss of jobs in and outside of airport Potential loss of additional companies pulling service from airport Rising Gas Costs

21 Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Solution: Chamber pulled together data, demographics, partners, and politicians In a 50 mile radius of airport there are 3.2 million people Presentation to all companies providing Air Service To Prevent the potential loss of additional companies pulling service from airport --- shared data with all companies beyond Air Service Providers

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23 Issue Specific The Threat of Losing a Major Air Service Provider Result: New major Airline Service came to the airport Airline flights increased from 10,000 enplanements to over 40,000 enplanements Airport is in the process of tripled in size since the issue resolved --- doing this in 3 phases Jobs increased in and out of the airport by hundreds and the financial impact compounded.

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25 Resources West Chamber of Commerce, Amy Sherman (303) Greater Spokane Incorporated, Rich Hadley (509) Irvine Chamber of Commerce, Tallia Hart, CEO or Chris Lynch, ED (949) Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry Ken Oplinger (360) GIS Mapping Greater Spokane Inc, GIS Selector: Western Association of Chamber Executives