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Link:  2016 Excellence in Economic Development Awards

IEDC's Excellence in Economic Development Awards are coming to your state. Awards will be given out during IEDC’s 2016 Annual Conference held in Cleveland. You shouldn’t miss an opportunity to win. Get in on the action by nominating your most buzzworthy programs, partnerships, marketing materials or influential leaders.

The awards honor organizations and individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban and rural communities. The clock is ticking - you have until May 13 to apply to win big in your home state.

An IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Award can bring credibility to your organization, public recognition to your team’s hard work and greater exposure of your community. With 33 categories to choose from in the Excellence in Economic Development Awards, you are sure to find one (or more!) that fits a project or program you are proud of.

Take a look at the awards categories:

Show off your new promotional and marketing materials in the economic development field that you use to attract, retain and foster business.

- General Purpose Print Brochure
- Special Purpose Print Brochure
- General Purpose Print Promotion

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Share innovative approaches to technology your economic development organization is using, including extranets and intranets, podcasts, blogs, wikis, social media and digital marketing.

- General Purpose Website
- Special Purpose Website
- New Media

Full list

Tell us what successful programs your organization has launched and how they benefit the community.

- Multi-year Economic Development
- Business Retention and Expansion - Program of 3 Years or More
- Entrepreneurship

Full list

Highlight your partnership capabilities and recognize collaborative efforts formed in support of economic development and growth.

- Public - Private Partnerships
- Partnerships with Educational Institutions
- Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration

Learn more

The Leadership and Honorary Awards category honors outstanding leaders in the public and private sectors that profoundly impact their communities. One individual will be recognized for each of the seven leadership awards.

- Young Economic Development Professional of the Year
- Leadership Award for Public Service
- Citizen Leadership Award

Full list


All of our Gold Award winners are automatically entered into our most prestigious category: Best in Show. Submit an application and have the chance to take home our biggest prize on your home turf.

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Exciting news! This year, you have the chance to take home the first-ever Innovation in Economic Development Week Campaign award. The award was established to recognize IEDC's international Economic Development Week celebration. If your organization is creating an incredible economic development week campaign, apply by June 10. And what's better is that this new, special category is free to enter.


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The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 4,700 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities by creating, retaining and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth and provide a stable tax base. From public to private, rural to urban and local to international, IEDC's members are engaged in the full range of economic development experience. Given the breadth of economic development work, our members are employed in a wide variety of settings including local, state, provincial and federal governments, public-private partnerships, chambers of commerce, universities and a variety of other institutions. When we succeed, our members create high-quality jobs, develop vibrant communities, and improve the quality of life in their regions.

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