Winter Haven, Florida
Economic Development Strategic Plan
January 2011
Located equidistant from Orlando and Tampa, the City of Winter Haven, Florida is experiencing an economic revival. With the upcoming opening of LEGOLAND Florida, the development of a CSX Integrated Logistics Center, and the growth of a high tech cluster in its downtown, Winter Haven is posed to capture and build upon new economic drivers. Spearheaded by the City of Winter Haven, and backed by significant private sector support, the City has partnered with AngelouEconomics to develop an economic development strategic plan for the city which will leverage these key opportunities. Included in the plan for the city will be a target industry analysis, an organizational assessment and the delivery of an action-oriented strategic plan with targeted marketing recommendations.

Palo Alto County, Iowa
Economic Development Strategic Plan
December 2010
The Northwest Iowa Planning and Development Commission, Kossuth/Palo Alto County Economic Development Corporation and the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors have sponsored a grant to hire Austin, Texas-based consulting firm, AngelouEconomics (AE), to lead a 7-month strategic planning process that will result in an Economic Development Strategic Plan for the county. Funded in part by a Community Trade Adjustment Assistance Grant through the Economic Development Administration, the goal of this project is to develop a roadmap for future business investment activities, garner support, and bring together key leaders to develop partnerships that will increase prosperity across the county.

Cameron, Texas
Economic Development Strategic Plan
December 2010
Cameron, Texas, strategically located between the population centers of Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, has partnered with AngelouEconomics to develop a comprehensive strategic plan that will guide its economic development efforts in business and industry attraction. With a traditional foundation in agriculture and the dependence on a major employer who recently shuttered its operations, the city hopes to grow and diversify its economic base and provide quality jobs for its residents.

Iowa Workforce Development
Statewide Asset Mapping Project
November 2009
A comprehensive economic and workforce asset-mapping project for the State of Iowa is under way at AngelouEconomics. With input from public and private leaders throughout the state (supplemented with detailed quantitative data analyses), our team is inventorying and mapping information that has never before been aggregated for the entire state. We will provide an understanding of the region's wealth of human capital, business, innovation assets and key opportunities for creating jobs. Funded by a U.S. Department of Labor Demonstration Grant, the project will serve as a replicable program for other states. Ultimately, the goal of the project is to better integrate employer needs with services and resources to ensure that both Iowa residents and Iowa businesses possess the workforce tools needed to maintain their competitiveness in the global economy. 

Republic of Malta
National Economic Strategic Plan
November 2009
In line with the Republic of Malta’s Vision 2015, AngelouEconomics is advising the government on promising areas of economic opportunity and ways to achieve significant growth within those sectors. Our team of economic analysts is developing a far-reaching national strategy that will coordinate with the private sector and the public. Our objective: to unite the country’s resources to target industry growth in key sectors, such as healthcare, maritime industries, education and culture, advanced manufacturing, tourism, finance, and information and communications technology. The study will also benchmark Malta with several competitor countries within the European Union.

Moraine, Ohio
Comprehensive Economic Development Plan
April 2009
An inner ring suburb of the Dayton MSA with a once rich history in the automotive industry, Moraine has lost over 8,000 jobs in the past five years, leading to a declining business base, increased unemployment and several vacant/abandoned facilities. City leaders have retained AngelouEconomics to create a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to:

• Facilitate a unified vision guiding economic growth for the City and region
• Strengthen the capacity of area education and workforce systems to meet target industry demands
• Build a redevelopment plan for the recently closed GM site
• Identify specific short term strategies that lay out steps to attract, retain and expand high growth industries
• Develop longer-term strategies to create sustainable high-wage jobs in a mix of profitable industry sectors that leverage Moraine’s current set of assets

Cleveland, Ohio
Economic Development Strategy
April 2009
Midtown Cleveland, Inc. has hired AE to develop a business attraction strategy for biomedical device and medical supply/ service companies. Components of the strategy will include:

• Identifying real estate requirements and characteristics of the biomedical device and medical supply/ service companies
• Creating specific recruitment strategies to enhance the local supply chain
• Building workforce development strategies to complement the current workforce efforts of partner organizations
• Identifying competitive advantages supporting investments into the Midtown area and the larger core city