Economic Development

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=85 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The Pathfinders </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Pathfinders"><U><B>Home </B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Economic Development</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workforce Verification Studies"><U><B>Workforce Verification Studies</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corporate Site Selection"><U><B>Corporate Site Selection</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0e190900.gif" border=0 width="144" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="068b3a70.jpg" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" width="179" height="167"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</B></div> <bR> <div> In the arena of strategic planning and economic development, a worldwide list of clients has called upon The Pathfinders to develop and implement sales and marketing strategies; provide guidance on policy, impact, and financial issues; provide organizational development assistance; and, increase the effectiveness of the business recruitment function.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Representative Economic Development Projects:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Superconducting Super Collider</B></div> <div> After Congress canceled the Superconducting Super Collider project, the government called upon The Pathfinders to develop the marketing strategy to dispose of those unique, difficult-to-market facilities and to recommend needed infrastructure improvements.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Muskegon, Michigan</B></div> <div> As part of a Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation Recovery Strategy funded by the EDA, The Pathfinders provided a socioeconomic impacts study and produced a comprehensive strategy designed to replace jobs lost, develop new programs and infrastructure, and produce a development finance plan for this Western Michigan County due to vanishing automobile industry employment. </div> <bR> <div> It was cited by the EDA as being an exemplary strategy, and a subsequent contract was awarded to The Pathfinders to develop organizational guidelines and parameters within which to implement that strategy.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Delaware Indian Reservation</B></div> <div> Funded by the U.S. Interior Department, The Pathfinders produced a business recruitment and economic development strategy to bring jobs to these Indian Lands in Central Oklahoma which had no industry and were experiencing an unemployment rate of almost 25%. It involved a feasibility study for a business park and the development of a real property management plan.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Nation of Jamaica</B></div> <div> Under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development, The Pathfinders undertook a three-year project to develop an economic development and business recruitment strategy for this island nation, establishing its business recruitment network in North America, Europe, and the Far East; training its staff; and, actually implementing the strategy which has resulted in significant employment generation in Jamaica.</div> <bR> <div> <B>San Bernardino County, California</B></div> <div> The Pathfinders organization was responsible over an eight-year period for crafting an economic development strategy and conducting the business recruitment functions for the County of San Bernardino. Additionally, The Pathfinders established the County's presence from a business recruitment perspective in Europe and the Pacific Rim, establishing offices for the County in London and Tokyo.</div> <div> <B>Peterborough, England</B></div> <div> Retained by this "New Town" in the north of England, The Pathfinders assisted it in restructuring its business recruitment organization and developed and implemented a business recruitment marketing strategy for North America.  Over a two-year period, that marketing strategy produced over one dozen manufacturing operation locations in that community from the United States.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Frisco, Texas</B></div> <div> Faced with the problems associated with becoming a "bedroom community" as a result of its proximity to Dallas and the competitive influences of the nearby Legacy Industrial Park in Plano, this community retained The Pathfinders to identify targets and produce an effective economic development strategy to bring jobs and corporate facilities to Frisco.  Since its implementation, that strategy has succeeded in the attraction of employers and capital investments to Frisco.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Pampa, Texas</B></div> <div> The exact opposite of the Frisco situation, this community located in a remote Texas Panhandle setting retained The Pathfinders to produce a job creation strategy to combat declining population and stagnating retail operations.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Similar projects have been conducted for clients which include:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="604" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>The Philippines  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Mesa, Arizona</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Barstow, California</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Brunswick, Ohio</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Amarillo, Texas</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Newport, Indiana</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 ><NOBR><div> <B>Fort Collins, Colorado </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Senaca County, New York</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Plattsburgh, New York</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Columbus, Ohio</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Cambridge, Ohio</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Blytheville, Arkansas</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>State of New Mexico</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Victorville, California</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Denver, Colorado</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Ontario, California</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Garland, Texas</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Lampasas, Texas</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 ><NOBR><div> <B>Millington, Tennesse</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Westminster, Colorado</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Gatesville, Texas</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Grissom, Indiana</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Dayton, Ohio</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Anadarko, Oklahoma</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Rantoul, Illinois</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>West Midlands (U.K.)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Marquette, Michigan</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Oscoda, Michigan</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>Rome, New York</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="196" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>