EDO Workshops on Economic Resilience organized by SelectUSA and the Milken Institute in collaboration with Accelerate for America and Economic Innovation Group (EIG)
• Monday, June 1, 2020; 12:30pm-1:30pm EST; “Leveraging Capital to Build Resilient Local Economies – Planning and Acceleration”; Deep-dive workshop for economic developers on training communities to do investor prospectuses to effectively engage with potential Opportunity Zone and impact investors. Speakers: Aaron Thomas, Accelerator for America; Alex Flachsbart, Opportunity Alabama; Ann Rogan, City of Stockton Office of the Mayor; Tai Cooper, NJ Economic Development Authority. RSVP to SUSAEvents@trade.gov.
• Monday, June 8, 2020; 12:00pm-1:00pm EST; “Leveraging Capital to Build Resilient Local Economies – Project Acceleration”; Deep-dive workshop for EDOs on how to build project “capital stacks” and understand different types of potential investors and what they are looking for. RSVP to SUSAEvents@trade.gov.
• Monday, June 15, 2020; 12:00pm-1:00pm EST; “Leveraging Capital to Build Resilient Local Economies – Project Pipeline Development”; Deep-dive workshop for EDOs on best practices. RSVP to SUSAEvents@trade.gov.