The 57th annual Governor’s Conference on Economic & Community Development will be held at the Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville on September 16th and 17th. Economic development professionals, community leaders, elected officials and business leaders will attend to learn new strategies and best practices from interactive sessions led by knowledgeable economic development professionals. Attendees will also network with site selection consultants and peers in the economic development profession.
In addition, this conference is normally the venue where the Governor’s Three-Star Award for excellence in community development is officially presented to those communities that do the planning and hard work necessary for the certification.
For more information, check out the 2010 Governor’s Conference webpage on the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development website.
About Daryl Phillips, CEcD
I am a professional economic developer. I presently work for communities and companies in developing and implementing workforce and economic development solutions as CEO of Phillips Economic Development Solutions (Phi EDS).
Prior to September 2017, I was the economic development professional who served a community team of elected officials, business people, community leaders and dedicated stakeholders for economic development in Cheatham County, Tennessee (pop. 39,880) and its four towns. During my five-year tenure, I served the team as Cheatham County grew over 1,700 jobs, turned around population declines at the start of this decade into healthy population growth, increased tourism expenditures 20.3% and local tax revenue from tourism 25.4%, grew sales tax revenue 36%, focused on developing the local workforce and was recognized by SmartAsset as having the 9th highest Incoming Investment Index of all the 95 counties in Tennessee.
I am a member of International Economic Development Council, Southern Economic Development Council, Tennessee Economic Development Council and International Council of Shopping Centers.
I have earned the designation of Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) from International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) certification from National Development Council and hold a Master of Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University.
