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Your success depends upon your ability to make the greatest impact on your community as quickly as possible.

IEDC exists to help you do just that.

Tap into a vast network of economic developers from all over the world...

...sharing best practices,
...engaging in stimulating dialogue,
...culling advice and sharing solutions with people in the field who face the same challenges you face every day.

Achieve your career goals with access to the premier technical, educational, and networking resources available to economic developers today.

Leapfrog over hurdle after hurdle in your day-to-day business life, with IEDC's extensive network of collective intelligence on your side.

Join the Leaders in the Field of Economic Development

From public to private, rural to urban, local to international, IEDC members represent the range of economic development experience.

As an IEDC member, you can access that vast network in multiple ways:

• Technical and annual conferences that connect you with economic developers from all over the world – or the next county over
• IEDC's members-only newsletter, chock full of the latest news and policy changes, case studies, success stories, and comings and goings of industry leaders
• Online discussion forums, enabling you to network with peers close to home or abroad, whenever it's convenient for you
• IEDC's Economic Development Journal, with in-depth articles on financing, tech-led development, rural development, business retention and expansion, green initiatives, workforce development and more
• Exclusive use of IEDC's membership directory

Our experienced members and library of publications compliment an expert staff that’s on call to place research, news, and reports at your fingertips.

Be the "Best of the Best" in Economic Development

As an economic developer, you have a thirst for fresh ideas and inspired solutions. With IEDC's training courses, you can meet that need and advance your career at the same time.

Our training courses – which explore key issues like business retention and expansion, entrepreneurship and marketing and attraction, plus specialized topics, such as workforce development and technology-led development – provide you with the latest practical tools and techniques to help you grow your region.

IEDC offers nearly 50 training courses throughout the year and around the country. Our courses not only fit your schedule and budget: they also lead you to the height of professional excellence, the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) designation.

Earning the CEcD designation expands your base of economic development contacts and knowledge, gives you recognition as a leader in the field and makes you a desirable candidate for the best jobs in economic development.

Gain Access to Customized Research

For over 35 years, IEDC’s Advisory Services and Research (ASR) department has provided customized solutions for communities’ economic development challenges. With an experienced staff and access to more than 4,500 members, we deliver practical economic development advice and solutions to local, state, tribal, federal and international clients.

Our services address the ever-changing demands placed on the economic development profession. Our Advisory Services and Research team will search its vast database of nationally-recognized member experts for you – people who have dealt with the same problems you are facing today – and bring them to your community to generate customized research and solutions.

Join Us Today!

It’s an exciting time to be involved in economic development, and IEDC is at the heart of it. Join today and leverage the strength of our united membership to get ahead...and get things done.

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