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The "Seek Advice"
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project plans. |
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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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See the
explanation of column headings below for this directory of websites,
contacts, and other content for economic development organizations in the
Washington DC area. |
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Washington, D.C.
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link to Area Profiles if available |
Scope;
maps of
PA, NJ, MD, DC, VA, NC, WV |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Website and other resources
Project announcements |
Survey |
Profile |
| Greater Washington Initiative
- of the Greater Washington Board of Trade |
Region |
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www.greaterwashington.org
www.bot.org
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No |
No |
| Washington, DC
Economic Partnership (formerly the Washington, DC Marketing Center) |
City 20004 |
202-661-8670 |
www.wdcep.com |
No |
No |
| PEPCO - Potomac Electric Power |
Utility 20068 |
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www.pepco.com |
No |
No |
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Associations |
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| International
Economic Development Council (IEDC) |
International |
Jeff Finkle, President
202-223-7800 |
www.iedconline.org |
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| US Federal
Government |
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| US Department
of Commerce, Economic Development Administration |
National |
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www.doc.gov/eda |
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US Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, Trade Information Center -
The Export.gov
website consolidates many sources of US Government information related to
trade and investment. |
International |
1(800)USA-TRADE |
www.export.gov/tic
www.ita.doc.gov
You must now register to access country reports such as the
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Link to
register |
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| US Department
of State Foreign Affairs Network - includes country Background Notes, list
of US embassies, and consular data such as foreign travel advisories |
International |
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www.state.gov
http://usembassy.state.gov/
travel.state.gov |
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| US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export
Administration |
International |
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www.bxa.doc.gov |
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| Stat-USA, source for
various US government publications such as the National Trade Data Bank,
Country Commercial Guides, etc. |
International |
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www.stat-usa.gov |
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| FedStats -
statistics available from more than 100 US Government agencies |
National |
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www.fedstats.gov |
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| US Department of Commerce -
Economics and Statistics Administration - census |
National |
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www.census.gov |
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| US Trade and Development Agency |
International |
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www.ustda.gov |
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| Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
International |
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| Export-Import Bank of the United States
(Eximbank) |
International |
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www.exim.gov |
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Multilateral Organizations |
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| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA), The World Bank. MIGA also publishes FDI Xchange,
PrivatizationLink, and IPAnet (for investment promotion agencies, especially
in developing countries). FDI Promotion Center assists developing
countries with marketing resources. |
International |
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www.worldbank.org
www.miga.org
www.ipanet.net
www.fdixchange.org
www.privatizationlink.com
www.fdicenter.com
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Washington DC area local and regional economic development organizations
(EDO) and other relevant organizations as a "long list" extension of our directory for the larger
US
Mid-Atlantic region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
We maintain separate directories for Virginia and
Maryland which will have more organizations in
the Washington DC metro area suburbs.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
- greater
metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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trade and investment
promotion offices
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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.
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Contact information for relationship
leaders at GDI Solutions : |
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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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Name |
e-mail |
Phone |
Fax |
| Bruce Donnelly |
bruce@gdi-solutions.com |
847-304-4655 |
847-304-5375 |
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