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Is Your Website Site Selector Ready?

By Lisa LaMere, Buxton Professional in Residence Most communities and economic development organizations engaged in business attraction do a great… ...

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Downtown Dallas, Inc. Recruits Retailers and Retains Existing Businesses and Workforce Using the Buxton Analytics Platform

In 2018, Buxton partnered with Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI) to help the area recruit new retailers and retain existing businesses… ...

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Prioritizing Retail Recruitment Strategies

By Lisa LaMere, Buxton Professional in Residence Retail recruitment requires a multi-faceted strategy so that when the economic development team… ...

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Thinking Beyond Residents: Defining Your Community’s True Consumer Base

No matter what your industry, defining who your customers are and how many of them there are is a critical… ...

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5 Tips for Recruiting Franchisees to Your Community

During the retail and restaurant attraction process, city government leaders often face the challenge of recruiting franchisees. The reason is… ...

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How to Put Your Tourism Market Analysis Into Action Through Targeted Marketing

Congratulations! You took the first step toward enhancing your tourism development strategy by conducting a tourism market analysis. Now what’s… ...

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5 Tips on How to Market a Tourist Destination

Anyone tasked with marketing a tourist destination knows it can be tough to create a winning marketing strategy that drives… ...

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3 Reasons to Consider a Tourism Analysis

Tourism analysis is not a new concept. Since tourism is an important economic driver for many communities, most tourism-focused cities… ...

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Maximize Library Resources by Getting a Read on Your Borrowers

Determining how to allocate resources to public services such as libraries can be a difficult process. Budgets are not infinite,… ...

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Marketing Basics for Successful Business Attraction and Community Development

No matter what role you hold with a local government, if you are involved with the process of attracting new… ...

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What Cities Need to Know About 2018’s Retail Real Estate Trends

The retail and restaurant industries are navigating sweeping changes. Whether your community is trying to attract new retail development or… ...

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What to do When Your Retail Recruitment Efforts Are “Stuck”

Retail recruitment can be a long and frustrating process. The next time you feel that your community’s retail recruitment efforts… ...

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