22 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week
The stories Dane thinks you need to see. October 2, 2025 edition.
Welcome to this week's issue of What Economic Developers Need to Know This Week, where we explore the evolving dynamics of our economy.
This week we have 22 tools, stories, graphics, charts and videos that I think you'll find informative, useful, inspiring, and perhaps even humorous. Some are economic development related directly, and some only indirectly. 🤔
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1) Economic Development and Developers in the News # 215 - Econ dev news from 80 economic development executives and organizations in 27 states.
2) Podcast 192: How North Carolina Recruits on the World Stage with Anders Victor - Mentors, Mega Sites, and Mushroom Risotto
3) 29 New Economic Development Jobs This Week - From $65,437 – $200,000
4) 21 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week - The stories Dane thinks you need to see. September 25, 2025 edition.
5) Economic Development and Developers in the News # 214 - Econ dev news from 107 economic development executives and organizations in 23 states.
6) How Small EDOs Can Win Big Projects with Sitehunt: The Secret Advantage of Small EDOs
7) How the Hawaiian power grid works: A few of the complexities involved in managing a mini power grid.
8) Jeff Siegler is still on a tear about download landlords:
Because no one else in the community gets this kind of sweetheart treatment. Homeowners don’t get checks for mowing their lawns. Restaurants in the strip mall don’t get facade grants. Yet downtown landlords often get both the benefit of taxpayer investment in the public realm and additional public incentives, while still dragging their feet.
9) License plates, by state:
10) Where coffee prices are rising the most: Hot coffee prices rose the most in South Carolina (+9.6%), Nevada (+9.0%) and Florida (+8.3%). They stayed flat in a handful of states, including Idaho, Indiana, Montana and Pennsylvania.
11) How America's largest homebuilders shift the cost of shoddy construction to buyers:
12) Is "Peak TV" behind us?
