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The North Dakota economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in North Dakota and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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North Dakota local economic development agencies : Please reply to the GUIDE Network Survey so that we have information on file for response to investment project enquiries.  Publication of Survey responses is optional.

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Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
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North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Economic Development & Finance State 58502 701-328-5331

 

www.ndcommerce.com

www.growingnd.com

www.northdakotahasjobs.com

No No
Greater North Dakota Association - North Dakota's State Chamber of Commerce State Chamber 58502 701-222-0929 www.gnda.com  No No
Economic Development Association of North Dakota - Bismarck ND Association 58502 701-222-0929   No No
City of Wahpeton Economic Development City 58074 701-642-8559   No No
Fargo-Cass County Economic Development Corp. Metro 58102

701-364-1909

 

www.fedc.com No No
Grand Forks Regional Economic Development Corp Region 58201 701-746-2720 www.grandforks.org No No
Traill County Economic Development Commission, Mayville ND County 58257 701-788-4746   No No
Towner County Economic Development Corporation - Cando, ND County 58324 701-968-1743   No No
Jamestown - Stutsman Development Corporation, Jamestown ND City 58402 701-252-6861   No No
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. - MDU Resources Group Inc. Utility 58501

Kevin Magstadt

701-222-7772

www.mdu.com No No
Bismarck-Mandan Development Association City 58502 701-222-5530 www.bmda.org No No
Adams County Development Corporation - Hettinger ND County 58639 701-567-2531   No No
Minot Area Development Corp City  58702 701-852-1075 www.minotusa.com No No
Northwest North Dakota Marketing Alliance - Williston ND Region 58802 701-577-3765   No No
Williston Economic Development Partnership City 58802 701-577-8110   No No
McKenzie County Job Development & Tourism - Watford City, ND County 58854 701-444-2804   No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above links to the websites of many North Dakota economic development organizations (EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content about ND as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the ND and larger North Central region, following the same structure as our global directories.

These area representatives would typically include

  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 
Contact information for relationship leaders at GDI Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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