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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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Category Archives: Rural Tourism
Economic Impact of Travel on Hickman County
Looking at the The Economic Impact of Travel on Tennessee Counties 2008, a study prepared for the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development by the Research Department of the U.S. Travel Association in Washington, D.C., showed that Hickman County is improving … Continue reading
How Tennessee, USA Uses Scenic Byways to Draw Urban Visitors to Its Rural Town Delights.
Wow, the word of this Tennessee Dept. of Tourism initiative is getting around fast. This post was on http://www.ruraltourismmarketing.com/: How Tennessee, USA Uses Scenic Byways to Draw Urban Visitors to Its Rural Town Delights. Just this week, I became part … Continue reading
Creamy Cow from the Corn Belt
I am having to absorb more and more Midwestern culture and I just got the notice of the theme of the 2010 Iowa State Fair from the Iowa Butter Cow, one of my Facebook friends (http://www.facebook.com/buttercow). Maybe that is why … Continue reading
Day trips, rural experiences
It was great to host Joanne Steele from California last week in Hickman County, Tennessee and to talk about what my organization, the Hickman County Chamber of Commerce, and local businesses do to promote rural tourism. It was even more … Continue reading
More Marketing Resources for Rural Business
Thanks to a Tweet from Becky McCray of the SmallBizSurvival blog, I found another great resource for rural tourism business marketing. The RuralTourismMarketing.com blog contains information on rural tourism — for businesses, for local chambers of commerce, and for economic … Continue reading