Economic Development and Developers in the News # 164

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Today's issue contains news from 184 economic development executives and organizations in 36 states and territories, plus Canada and Australia.

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Australia

Invest Sunshine Coast, Queensland is the Gold Winner for their Testing Tech in Paradise in the Multimedia Promotion - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Invest Sunshine Coast, Queensland is the Gold Winner for their Testing Tech in Paradise in the Paid Advertising Campaign - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Invest Sunshine Coast, Queensland is the Gold Winner for their Sunshine Coast Incentive Assistance Program (SCIAP) in the Recovery, Resiliency & Mitigation - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Canada

Strathcona County, Alberta is the Silver Winner for their Select Strathcona Investment Attraction Web Site in the Special Purpose Website - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Moncton - Economic Development Department, New Brunswick is the Gold Winner for their Avenir Centre downtown rejuvenation City of Moncton in the Real Estate Development & Reuse - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Burlington Economic Development Corp. - Burlington, ON, Ontario is the Silver Winner for their Burlington Economic Development Sales Booklet in the Print Brochure - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

County of Dufferin, Ontario is the Gold Winner for their Explore Dufferin Guide in the Print Brochure - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Brampton Economic Development Office, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their City of Brampton Economic Development 2023 Annual Report in the Annual Report - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Vaughan | Economic Development Department, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Make Your Next Stop Vaughan in the Paid Advertising Campaign - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Region of Durham, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Durham at Collision in the Special Event - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Hamilton Immigration Parnership Council, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Hamilton Newcomer Day 2023 in the Special Event - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Hamilton Economic Development, Ontario is the Gold Winner for their Economic Development Week 2024 - Invest in Hamilton in the Innovation in Economic Development Week (EDW) - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

County of Dufferin, Ontario is the Silver Winner for their exploredufferincounty.ca in the Special Purpose Website - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Hamilton Economic Development, Ontario is the Gold Winner for their Harvesting Prosperity in the Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Invest Barrie - City of Barrie, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Sector Specific Job Fairs in the Talent Development & Retention - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Town of Caledon, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Humber River Centre (HRC) in the Real Estate Development & Reuse - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Vaughan | Economic Development Department, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Better Your Business: Tourism Diversity Program (BYB) in the Economic Equity & Inclusion - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Vaughan | Economic Development Department, Ontario is the Silver Winner for their Digital Billboard Revenue Project in the Public-Private Partnership - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Hamilton Economic Development, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their Invest Hamilton Niagara - Global Startups Bootcamp in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Vaughan | Economic Development Department & Infrastructure Planning & Corporate Asset Management Department, Ontario is the Gold Winner for their OVIN Demonstration Zone in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

The City of Brampton, Economic Development Office, Ontario is the Bronze Winner for their The City of Brampton, Economic Development Office in the Economic Development Organization (EDO) of the Year - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Burlington Economic Development Corp. - Burlington, ON, Ontario is the Gold Winner for their Acceleration+ Program in the Best Use of Federal Resources - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Montreal International, Quebec is the Silver Winner for their Think Montréal video (cleantech) in the Multimedia Promotion - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Québec International, Quebec is the Bronze Winner for their Québec International : 2023 Annual Report in the Annual Report - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Montreal International, Quebec is the Bronze Winner for their Cleantech: Think Montréal to invest in real change in the Paid Advertising Campaign - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Québec International, Quebec is the Silver Winner for their TECH entrepreneurship for women in the Special Event - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Québec International, Quebec is the Bronze Winner for their EUROPE IME WAY - Parcours IME Europe in the Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Montreal International, Quebec is the Silver Winner for their Revitalization of the east end of Montréal in the Neighborhood Development - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Québec International, Quebec is the Bronze Winner for their The ZEM : Metropolitan Economic Zone in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Alabama

Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance is the Bronze Winner for their Belong in Baldwin Talent Report in the Print Brochure - Population between 200,000 - 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Pelham is the Bronze Winner for their Redevelopment/Reuse of Old Fire Station No. 3 for the Retention & Expansion of Southeastern Construction Partners, LLC in the Real Estate Development & Reuse - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Birmingham Business Alliance is the Silver Winner for their Magic City Data Collective in the Postsecondary Education Partnership - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Arizona

City of Surprise Economic Development is the Silver Winner for their #SwedishMeatballDay in the Multimedia Promotion - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Greater Phoenix Economic Council is the Gold Winner for their Greater Phoenix Economic Council's (GPEC) Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report in the Annual Report - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Surprise Economic Development is the Bronze Winner for their Cinnamon Roll Day (Kanelbullens Dag) Competition in the Special Event - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

aLocal is the Gold Winner for their Apache Corners Project in the Multi-Year Collaborative Economic Development - Population less than 25,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Mesa Office of Economic Development is the Gold Winner for their Mesa Business Builder in the Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Avondale is the Silver Winner for their Cafecitos in the Neighborhood Development - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Local First Arizona is the Silver Winner for their Green Loan Fund in the Innovative Financing - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Surprise Economic Development is the Silver Winner for their #SurpriseLovesIKEA in the Innovative Economic Development - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Surprise Economic Development is the Bronze Winner for their Surprise & OUAZ hosting 2024 FBLA Regional Competition in the Postsecondary Education Partnership - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Tucson is the Gold Winner for their City of Tucson International Trade Academy in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Greater Phoenix Economic Council is the Silver Winner for their Greater Phoenix Economic Council in the Economic Development Organization (EDO) of the Year - Population greater than 500,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

City of Avondale is the Gold Winner for their Avondale EDGE Scholarship in the Best Use of Federal Resources - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.

Arkansas

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has unveiled "75Strong," a program to spur small business development by training community leaders and economic developers in the state.

Heartland Advanced Medical Manufacturing Regional Cluster is the Gold Winner for their Heartland Advanced Medical Manufacturing Regional Cluster (HAMMRC) in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership - Population between 25,000 - 200,000 category of the 2024 IEDC Excellence Awards.