… it’s probably here somewhere
Daryl Phillips, CEcD, EDFP
I work as an economic developer consulting with communities and companies developing locations, building communities and identifying and developing workforce. However, my opinions on this blog are free and my own, as is the blog itself.
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 over 20 years experience in economic and workforce development. I have earned and maintain the designation of Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) from International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) certification from National Development Council. I have earned a Master of Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University.
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- TIGER grants replaced by BUILD grants for local/regional transportation infrastructure
- Happy Economic Development Week!
- An update on Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds
- Have your quality in economic development programs recognized by your peers
- Retail Development Event for Tennessee and Kentucky
- How to ask your local government for money to promote rural tourism
- Happy Pi Day!
- 2018 IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Awards
- Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds – Another Economic Tool for Your Community?
- Successful Succession Planning for Business
- Opportunity Funds – A new resource for economic development investment
- Business resiliency and planning for disruption
- Helping businesses connect to customers online
- Have a wonderful life this holiday season!
- Small Business Saturday – Better than Black Friday and Cooler than Cyber Monday (Nov. 25th)
- 2017 Tennessee Governor’s Conference on Economic & Community Development
- 2017 IEDC Annual Conference
- Dove hunting season or shooting for tourism growth
- Disaster and Disruption Planning for Communities and Companies
- I put a dollar in a change machine and I didn’t get it
- Workforce development for advanced manufacturing in the Cheatham County region
- Cheatham County May 2017 unemployment rate lowest in nearly 2 decades
- 2017 Tennessee Economic and Community Development Conference
- Tennessee Reconnect: Help for adults to go back to college
- How do you measure your workforce?
- The It’s a Wonderful Life EDO
- Why Invest in Economic Development
- Tennessee Rural Economic Development Conference
- A post with economic development tied to a haiku, it’s true!
- Right turn on LOCAL CITIZENS WHO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STREET
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Small Towns, Great Communities
“The Future of Small Towns” addresses a lot of contemporary issues with small towns.
A Reason to Explore
Grinders Switch Winery gets a nice mention in this Nashville Scene article: “The Long and Wining Natchez Trace“. I think I might have to go visit them tomorrow.
A Wonderful Life brought to you by Economic and Community Development
Watching the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life is a holiday tradition for a lot of us. I just saw a clip of it on Facebook today and was reminded how much George Bailey and the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan … Continue reading
Centerville selected to participate in Tennessee Downtowns program
Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber today announced that Centerville was one of 12 communities selected to participate in Tennessee Downtowns, a competitive community improvement program for cities and counties seeking to revitalize traditional commercial districts. The press release…
Twenty-three more shopping days until Above the Rim High School Basketball Tournament
Start planning a trip to the 2010 Hickman County First Farmers Bank Above the Rim Christmas Invitational Basketball Tournament held on December 27th, 28th and 29th at Hickman County High School. The Girl’s Tournament Brackets are posted on the HCHS … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for a lot of things. Retailers can be thankful for a month of shopping days. When was Thanksgiving Day moved (though Tennessee rebelled) to give retail businesses more shopping days? The answer…
A Christmas Shopping Experience
As ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ looms forbodingly over our Thanksgiving holiday, Hickman County, Centerville and Bon Aqua offers another Christmas shopping experience, not incredibly dissimilar from the one described in 1885. An article from the December 18, 1885 edition … Continue reading
Peace and quiet or economic activity
I just read an article in The New York Times titled “Pushing 40, Southwest Is Still Playing the Rebel” about Southwest Airlines. It reminded me of graduate school where most every class had a case study of the success of … Continue reading
Looking for American Jeans — seek Diamond Gusset
Bon Aqua’s Diamond Gusset Jeans sponsors “Looking for America”, a new song recently released that helps support Operation Troop Aid. Story in The Dickson Herald.
Deck the balls with hoops of holly…
Well, it’s not even Thanksgiving, but the Christmas music channels have started on XM Radio and our household holiday party has been scheduled. So, maybe it’s not too early to start planning a trip to the 2010 Hickman County First … Continue reading
Ca-ching! or Business Growth in Hickman County
Tennessee Department of Revenue just posted the October tax collection reports. Local sales tax collections for October in Hickman County were the second highest monthly collections during the period of July 2006 through October 2010. As a matter of fact, … Continue reading
So, starting social media marketing?
“The ‘Ultimate’ Small Business Guide to Social Media Marketing” offers a great start for entering the mysterious world of SoMe marketing.
QR Codes – the next cool tool…
QR codes let people go to your website (homepage or special offer) using their smartphone – with no typing. I think this has a lot of possibilities. On a marketing piece (mailer, advertisement, slick, poster, etc.), one of these could … Continue reading
History and Tourism
I am attending the2010 Tennessee Sesquicentennial Civil War Signature Event in Nashville today and tomorrow. Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Susan Whitaker are among the speakers today. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will commemorate the 150 year … Continue reading
Whips, Fads and Facebook
Is social media a fad? If you totally doubt the power of social media, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. However, this video helps one think about how all this is fundamentally changing how we communicate and interact as a … Continue reading
Veteran’s Day, Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day
Today is Veteran’s Day. A ceremony to honor our veterans will be held on the Centerville Public Square today at 11:00.
HIRE Act provides break for new hires
Legislation enacted earlier in the year, the HIRE Act (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act), can provide tax incentives to employers who hire people who are unemployed. The first, referred to as the payroll tax exemption, provides employers with an … Continue reading
Hickman County teetotaler to taxes from this type of tourism
Distillery approved for Cannon County
Hickman County supports local business
We appreciate our local industry here in Hickman County. We invited key industry people for breakfast this morning down at Rudy’s Restaurant at Bucksnort. With everyone’s busy schedule, several weren’t able to join us, but we appreciate them doing business … Continue reading
Smarter Meter Matter
Dickson Electric System will upgrade their customers’ current meters with radio frequency-operated meters capable of being read from their headquarters. Dickson Electric serves 4000 customers in Hickman County, mainly in the East Hickman area. For more information, read “Remote-controlled meters … Continue reading
Retail Sales Recover Slowly?
“Markets Smell Recovery as Consumers Drive Retail Sales” on Bloomberg.com discusses a trend of more consumer spending. Locally, Hickman County is seeing this trend as evidenced in local sales & use tax revenue. Granted, a significant amount of the increase … Continue reading
Warning to business receiving email about the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
I received a scam email targeting businesses that use the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System to electronically file tax payments. I am the cautious type and the misspellings really raised the alarm. Anyway, the official Internal Revenue Service website has … Continue reading
Radio hour on TV? Proof on YouTube?
Hickman County’s Grinders Switch Radio Hour is featured on WNPT’s Tennessee Crossroads:
Tennessee Home Weatherization Assistance Program
I attended the Governor’s Housing Summit held Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Planning for an appropriate mix of adequate housing in an area should be an important part of economic development. One immediate thing that I was reminded of … Continue reading
Farmland Legacy Workshop Helps Plan for Future Seasons
A Farmland Legacy workshop series will be held in Hickman County beginning on Thursday, October 28th and continues the next three Thursday evenings. Organized by UT Extension, the purpose of the series is to help farm families plan for the … Continue reading
A Radio Hour on Television?
A radio hour on television? Yes, and if you come to visit in person (every Saturday morning at 10:00am at the Hickman County Chamber of Commerce) , it is such a bargain that the radio hour lasts for about an … Continue reading
Weems Springs, Reynoldsburg Road, Pine Factory, and places like that
The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War officially begins next year as it will have been 150 years since the first shots fired in 1861. Hickman County had its share of involvement and the first kiosk on the Tennessee Civil War … Continue reading
Why Change Comes Slow to Small Towns and What To Do About That
Another good post from Joanne Steele that I found of interest: Why Change Comes Slow to Small Towns and What To Do About That.
Is there an app for finding apples locally grown?
The October edition of Shopping Centers Today, the trade journal of the International Council of Shopping Centers, had an interesting article titled “Keeping Up With Smart Phones: Mobile Devices Pose a Major Opportunity — and Threat.” For rural retailers competing … Continue reading
"Nowhere" is Really "Somewhere"
I can relate to the post, “Nowhere” is Really “Somewhere” Daily Yonder Keep It Rural. Dealing with apathy, change aversion and/or negativity, I wonder… but, then I guess we all think a dream might come true.