Our Developing Delaware conference last week in Dover yielded a few key takeaways. Among them were the importance of marketing Delaware as a place to do business, and getting permitting applications and approvals completed faster (within months) to be on par and competitive with other states.
Please visit
www.dscc.com/developingdelaware to look over presentation materials. In particular, watch the exchange between Governor Carney and two outside site selectors that are hired by companies to determine viable business locations, whether for new companies, relocation or expansion. They use a funnel analogy to explain the process and share insight as to how Delaware can increase its odds of making it through, ahead of the competition.
We also kicked off our Delaware Principal for a Day program yesterday - make sure to tag us, share your photos and connect with the DE Principal for a Day
Facebook page.
News You Can Use
Unemployment data for the state was released a couple of days ago, September “new home sales” data is to be released Wednesday and 3rd Quarter GDP on Friday.
