The Social Network

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

This is my 670th blog post. A little over 3 1/2 years ago, I began this blog with the post, “Hickman County Economic & Community Development Association“. That was less than a year after Facebook was opened to everyone. Less than thirteen months after Twitter was launched. I’m working on a website for mobile devices and I feel way behind the times. What’s next? How will we use it for economic development? Sometimes I feel as lost as Dorothy in Oz… “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1, There’s no place like 127.0.0.1, There’s no place like 127.0.0……“

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.
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