• Industrial Site Development, A Handbook for Small Communities, for the Idaho Department of Commerce.

• Participation in the creation of the Business and Industrial Park Development Handbook, published by the Urban Land Institute.

• Contributor to the book, The Race to Recruit, published by the Washington State Community Trade & Economic Development Department.  Chapter title: "The Marketing Plan".

1.      ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - A PARTNERSHIP

• Components of Economic Development Diagram

• A Thumbnail Sketch of Economic Development

2.      TARGETING INDUSTRIES THAT FIT YOUR COMMUNITY

• Community Diagnostics 101 (5 Key Steps to Identifying a "Fit")

• Industrial Development  (3 Considerations & Related Questions for Each Consideration)

3.      DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  (A 7-step process with specific steps)

• Step 1 - Community Assessment

• Step 2 - Initial Inquiry

• Step 3 - Detailed Information

• Step 4 - The Visit

• Step 5 - De-Briefing

• Step 6 - Follow-Up

• Step 7 - Crossing the Commitment Line

4.      SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Preparing for Economic Development

• What Companies Consider in a Location Decision

• A Stranger Comes to Town. . ."Now, What Do We Do?!?"

• The Importance of Preparedness

• Strategic Planning for Economic Development

• Developing a Community Action Plan

5.      CAPACITY BUILDING & ASSET-MAPPING  (2 Workshops):

Workshop #1 - An Overview of CAPACITY BUILDING & ASSET-BASED MAPPING

An introductory presentation on what this topic is, how it came about, the basic steps in Capacity Building, and how an Asset-Map is designed.  An opportunity to  employ the basic Capacity Building steps will be practiced on a fictitious setting and situation.

Workshop #2 - Putting Asset-Mapping Into Practice

This advanced workshop builds off the first one with a quick review of the basic Capacity Building and Asset-Mapping concepts.  Small groups will be formed out of the class for the purpose of designing an Asset Map based on research information on a specifically identified community need.

Contact Elesco to schedule one of these workshops for your business  group at (541) 593-3963 or elesco@teleport.com