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Positioning Your EDO to be a Public-Private Partnership

With public sector funding becoming uncertain, local economic development organizations are shifting from a government centered function to a shared enterprise where business, government, and community partners are moving in-sync. Yet many historically solely publicly-funded EDOs still struggle to articulate what a true public private partnership looks like in practice — how it’s structured, how it’s funded, and how it earns the confidence of investors who expect discipline, transparency, and measurable outcomes. In this session, we’ll explore how EDOs can position themselves as credible, investable public private partnerships by aligning governance, strategy, and funding around a unified value proposition. Drawing on Resource Development Group, a Convergent Company’s national work with chambers, EDOs, and regional initiatives, we’ll break down what high performing P3s do differently: how they engage the private sector as genuine strategic partners, how they build board structures that reinforce accountability, how they use data, benchmarking, and investor ready messaging to secure long term support, and what you can work on now to position yourself to be a public-private partnership. By registering for this webinar, you agree to share your contact information with the speaker.
When
9/10/2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM