Public Sector

Like many places in the state of Michigan, Bay City, a community on the Saginaw River near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron, has seen better days.…

“The City of Rochester is very progressive for a small, New England town,” says Karen Pollard, Rochester New Hampshire’s Economic Development Manager. “We’re not sleepy; we have a whole different…

Jackson, Mississippi, is the capital and largest city in the state. The region that is now the City of Jackson was historically part of the Choctaw Indian nation. It was…

The cities of Phenix City, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia, sit on opposite sides of the Chattahoochee River, which forms the southern border between the two states. Today, these two metropolises…

Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, the founder of the city’s first newspaper once called Duluth, Minnesota, a city of some 86,000 souls on the southwestern tip of Lake Superior: “The Zenith…

Marion is a city in Linn County, Iowa with a population of about 40,000. But, Tom Treharne, Marion’s Planning and Development Director says that, when asked, even local residents will…

The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) is the primary public convention center for the Central Florida region, known throughout the world as the home of Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, and…

According to Peggy Daidakis, Executive Director of the Baltimore Convention Center, in 1979, when the facility was first built, the convention center industry was still fairly new. “Arenas often doubled…

The Kaskaskia Regional Port District, based in Red Bud, Illinois, was created in 1965, by the Illinois General Assembly in order to promote industrial, commercial, transportation, and economic activities on…

The Utah Territory became a part of the United States in 1850, but it wasn’t until 1896 that Utah officially became the nation’s 45th state. And Utahns wanted to show…

Wildwood, Missouri, once an unincorporated portion of St. Louis County, and an exurban suburb of the City of St. Louis, became an incorporated city in 1995. According to City Administrator,…

Located in the heart of downtown Providence, and managed by SMG, the worldwide entertainment and convention venue management company, the Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) is a multi-purpose facility that…

First opened in 1973, the Dayton Convention Center (DCC) began as a relatively small facility with several meeting rooms and two ballrooms, both under 5,600 square feet. What set it…

Clarksville, Tennessee is the fifth largest city in the state with a population of approximately 150,000. It was incorporated in 1785, and named after General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter,…

Palm Springs, a desert city in California’s Coachella Valley, has been a fashionable resort destination for over a hundred years. Known for its hot springs, stylish hotels, golf courses, spas,…